Made in Italy with Silvia Colloca
Time Schedule
Overview
Silvia Colloca visits three regions of Italy that are close to her heart – Abruzzo, Le Marche and Molise, to re-discover authentic ‘cucina povera,’ making healthy, heart-warming food accessible to everyone.
Every episode sees Silvia meeting locals, cooking in their kitchens and allowing viewers a peek inside the true Italian secret of la dolce vita. Silvia meets chefs and cooks, who share their culinary delights and takes us back to meet her own family to live, breathe and eat the food culture of everyday Italians.
With picture postcard backdrops of piazzas, Roman ruins, villages perched on mountains to the ancient traditions of seaside fishermen, Made In Italy With Silvia Colloca is not just a cooking show; it’s a visual feast for any armchair traveller.
This week: Episode 10
Silvia gets an education in a traditional dish of Molise – spicy octopus stew; she makes an Italian savoury pie no picnic can go without; and her youngest son Miro lends a hand with his favourite sweet…honey drizzled cluster cake.
Recipes:
- Spicy baby octopus stew
- Savoury tart with silverbeet
- Pasta and bean soup
- Honey-drizzled cluster cake
Episode 9
Silvia learns how to make heavenly hand rolled cannelloni with slow braised meat; she makes one of her favourite vegetarian dishes – Peperoni imbottiti (stuffed capsicum); she explores the secrets behind an ancient recipe for Italian cheesecake called Fiadone; and teams up with her bother to create an exquisite clam and chickpea pasta, cooked risotto style.
Recipes:
- Antonina’s cannelloni with braised meat
- Ditalini pasta with clams and chickpeas, cooked risotto-style
- Italian baked ricotta cheesecake
- Stuffed capsicum
Episode 8
Silvia receives lesson in an Italian peasant tradition – Vincisgrassi; one of her childhood friends helps out with a spring classic – lamb chops with asparagus; she whips up a party favourite – bread pockets with cheese and stewed capsicum; and with her mum’s help she revives a long lost recipe – sponge cake peaches.
Recipes:
- Grilled lamb chops with asparagus
- Bread pockets with cheese and stewed
- Lasagne Marche-style
- Sponge cakes from Castebottaccio
Episode 7
Silvia’s beloved neighbour shares her take on the most heavenly flatbread, Silvia enjoys the delights of a summer BBQ…Italian Style, her father pops by for a long overdue cooking lesson culminating in a glorious zucchini gratin, and Silvia’s’ mother makes her signature dish, broken pasta and lentil soup.
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Episode 6
Silvia turns ingredients fresh from sea into tacconcelli with fish ragout, bakes the most remarkable spelt ciabatta, receives an education in lamb offal, and makes her son’s favourite dunking cake.
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Episode 5
Silvia takes in the fresh sea air of San Benedetto del Tronto and discovers the secrets behind fritto misto, an Italian seaside speciality; she transforms luscious curds of ricotta into a sensational ricotta, chocolate and cherry tart, and turns the local wine of Abruzzo into savoury Italian waffles.
Recipes:
- Homemade ricotta
- Ricotta, chocolate and cherry tart
- Crispy fried prawns and calamari
- Savoury white wine and olive oil waffles
Episode 4
Silvia wrestles an octopus in exchange for a delectable seafood salad, learns how to make cheese and egg balls the Italian way, and teams up with her brother to make mouth-watering onion focaccia.
Recipes:
- Focaccia with stewed onion
- Octopus and potato salad
- Stale bread and pecorino dumplings
- Wine-drenched peaches with mascarpone cream
Episode 3
Silvia journeys to Ascoli Piceno and immerses herself in Italian cafe culture, learns how to turn Italy’s finest seafood into unforgettable finger food, and her local ‘Butcher Girls’ prepare the makings of a magnificent meat ragout.
Recipes:
- Almond and Lemon Biscotti
- Gratinated Prawns with Lemon and Parsley
- Handmade Pasta with Meat Sauce
- Slow Braised Lamb with Potatoes
Episode 2
Silvia visits an old farmhouse in Le Marche that epitomises rural cuisine, travels to Abruzzo for a lesson in cucina povera (peasant style cooking), and in Torricella she makes a fool proof potato gnocchi.
Recipes:
- Apricot and Olive Oil Cake
- Baked Stuffed Polenta
- Potato Gnocchi with Zucchini and Pecorino
- Rolled Deboned Rabbit Stuffed with Herbs
Episode 1
On this culinary celebration of traditional Italian cuisine Silvia has her breath taken away by stunning seaside dining on the Adriatic Sea, learns how to turn the succulent olives of Le Marche into an extraordinary snack.
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