Cook Like An Italian With Silvia Colloca

Name: Cook Like An Italian With Silvia Colloca
Rating: 3.8

Cook Like An Italian with Silvia Colloca is an Australian cooking program broadcast on SBS Food that takes viewers on a culinary journey. In this 10-part series, Italian-Australian actress, opera singer and cooking show personality Silvia Colloca takes viewers by the hand to discover a new approach to everyday Italian cooking, based on her Italian family recipes that have been passed on through generations. All of it using her mother's kitchen to present the renowned cucina povera (or peasant's kitchen). From delicious one pot penne with tuna and casarecce with roasted tomatoes to home made overnight bread baked in a cast iron pot and authentic Italian almond biscuits, Cook Like An Italian lives and breathes the famed Italian cuisine, with a focus on the regions of Abruzzo, where Colloca's family is from, Marche, and Molise.

Total number of episodes:99Last broadcast:19/07/2022 at 10:30

Rating:3.8 of 5 (181x)

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Season 3

26:01

Season 3, Episode 10 - Italy, Top To Bottom

19/07/2022 4.0 17 x

If renting a red Vespa, and embarking on a road trip from the top of Italyall the way down to the bottom of the 'boot,' isn't fitting your schedule anytime soon, Silvia has 3 recipes that will take you on that journey. From an incredible zucchini filled strudel with all the flavours of Calabria to a pesto linguine from Gen...

06:20

Linguine con pesto Genovese (classic pesto with linguine)

19/07/2022 4.0 5 x

This recipe has pesto hack that you'll use forever, and will ensure your sauce keeps its vibrant green hue.

07:42

Strudel di ricotta e n’duja (ricotta and n’duja strudel)

19/07/2022 3.0 13 x

A savoury strudel is a wonderful way to present a pie in a slightly different shape and form. This one is filled with creamy ricotta and meaty pork sausage.

Tigelle Liguri (Ligurian style bread)

19/07/2022 4.5 31 x

If a tigelle press is not in your arsenal of cookware, you can easily cook the tigelle in a frying pan, ideally a non-stick and fitted with a lid.

Season 3

26:02

Season 3, Episode 9 - Signature Dishes

12/07/2022 2.3 69 x

Italian home cooks always have a signature dish that families just can't getenough of and in this episode Silvia's friend Silvania shows her how tomake an Arancini recipe that has been in her family.

08:39

Arancini

12/07/2022 3.0 49 x

Some arancini are made with leftover risotto, some are made from scratch – either way, they make a perfect appetiser. In this recipe, the little rice balls are filled with cheese, peas and mince.

Risotto zucca e pancetta (risotto with pumpkin and pancetta)

12/07/2022 4.0 67 x

This risotto packs a punch with a couple of simple trickles – pumpkin roasted in balsamic vinegar, and a salty savoury touch of pancetta cooked until it's crispy.

05:59

Torta Caprese

12/07/2022 3.0 36 x

Everyone needs another reliable chocolate cake recipe – this traditional Italian chocolate cake is set apart because it's flourless (gluten-free!), simple to make, and impressive to serve.

Season 3

26:03

Season 3, Episode 8 - Meal Planning

05/07/2022 4.0 23 x

For Italians, if the pantry is stocked with classic and versatile ingredients,they will never go hungry again or spend a fortune ordering in.

06:11

Chicken cacciatore (pollo all cacciatora)

05/07/2022 4.3 135 x

Italian home cooking has an array of recipes that are so well suited to cook ahead - and one such recipe is this chicken dish, which is called pollo alla cacciatora in Italian (chicken cacciatore in english), meaning chicken in stye style of the hunter.

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