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Sicilian Profiteroles: Valvona & Crolla Recipe
Sicily is noted for its pastries and sweets. This recipe for profiteroles has real Sicilian flavour: they're soaked in Marsala wine, then filled with cream and ricotta.
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How to Bake a Traditional Sachertorte
There's a strong Austrian influence on the cuisine of some northern regions of Italy. So try a taste of the Tyrol with this recipe for delicious traditional sachertorte.
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Homemade Italian Ricotta Strudel with Sultanas
This Austrian-style strudel has a delicious filling of sweet ricotta cheese and dried fruit, flavoured with zingy lemon zest. Serve it with cream or chocolate sauce.
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How to Make Pine Nut Bread from Southern Italy
Make your own Italian bread for breakfast with this recipe for pignola - pine nut bread, flavoured with orange zest. You can freeze it for up to a month.
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How to Make a Chocolate and Chestnut Roulade
Fancy an alternative to Christmas pudding this year? Then try this festive recipe for chocolate rum roulade, filled with Italian ricotta cheese and chestnut puree.
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Homemade Blueberry and Polenta Cupcakes
If you love baking, try this recipe for blueberry cupcakes made with polenta. Top them with extra blueberries for a delicious breakfast - ideal with a creamy cappucino.
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Recipe for Focaccia with Chestnut and Vin Santo
Made with Vin Santo, the sweet Italian wine, and chestnut flour this focaccia recipe is delicious. The bread is ideal teamed with cheese on cold winter nights.
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Italian Coffee Cupcakes from the Primrose Bakery
Homemade cupcakes aren't just for children's parties. This recipe for sweet - but sophisticated - espresso coffee cupcakes, is a real grown-up treat.
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How to Make Ciabatta
Ciabatta is a delicious bread from Northern Italy, made with olive oil. If you fancy making your own, try this recipe which uses a traditional biga - or starter dough.
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How to Make a Rich Chocolate Cake with Frosting
A slice of this frosted, dark chocolate cake goes beautifully with a cup of strong Italian espresso coffee or a frothy cappuccino.
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Meringue Roulade with Apricots and Mascarpone
This impressive roulade makes a delicious dessert. Italian mascarpone cheese and apricots are flavoured with orange flower water and wrapped in a fluffy meringue.
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Italian Lemon Meringue Pie
A bright yellow lemon filling and a gorgeous, fluffy meringue topping makes this Italian lemon meringue pie a delicious - and eye-catching - dessert.
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How to Make Unsalted Tuscan Bread
There's nothing like homemade bread - and it is easier to make than you might think. Try this recipe for Tuscan bread, unsalted of course, as is traditional.
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Amaretti Tart Recipe
If you've got a box of amaretti in the store cupboard and aren't quite sure what to do with them, try making this delicious Amaretti Tart from the Venezia cookbook.
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Homemade Orange and Walnut Biscotti
If you enjoy dunking crunchy Italian biscotti in your coffee, try making them yourself with this easy recipe which uses orange zest and walnuts.
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Italian Easter Strudel with Rum and Raisins
For an Easter treat, try this recipe for Presniz, a rum-soaked pastry from northern Italy. It's rather like strudel, but has chocolate, pine nuts and raisins too.
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Homemade Gorgonzola and Walnut Bread
If you've always wanted to make your own bread, try this Italian recipe for a delicious Gorgonzola and Walnut Loaf.
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Italian Apple Tart
Everyone loves an apple tart. This version of the classic dessert comes from the Valle d'Aosta and features in the new Food Festivals of Italy recipe book.
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Homemade Italian Cherry Pie
If you want some delicious homemade cherry pie, try this recipe for Cherry Crostata. A crostata is a sweet Italian tart: basically a pie with a lattice pastry top.
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Gorgeous Desserts by Annie Bell
If you want to try your hand at making some traditional desserts from Italy and the UK, take a look at Gorgeous Desserts, a recipe book that's ideal for the beginner.
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Plum Pie with Vanilla Custard
Fresh plums are put to good use in this recipe for a delicious pie, which makes a tasty dessert.
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Chestnut and Hazelnut Cake
For a delicious, and easy, Chestnut and Hazelnut Cake try this exclusive recipe from the Bettys Family Cookbook.
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Panforte di Siena
This is a recipe for panforte, a traditional Christmas cake from Siena.
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Panettone Recipe
This recipe for Panettone, a delicious Italian Christmas Cake, is simple to follow.
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Torta della Nonna
This version of Torta della Nonna is a traditional Italian family recipe, and a favourite Italian dessert..
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