Authentic Italian Recipes

“Nutellotti” are a quick and easy cookie made with Nutella hazelnut spread. They take very little time to make and use only three...

It might sound strange, but Nutella pizza is commonly served as a dessert in Italian pizzerias. The dough is cooked by itself, completely...

One of the most common sights in Italian cities are little vendors who sell crepes. What are the crepes inevitably stuffed with? Nutella!...

Everyone loves Nutella, including us. We consider it to be a major macronutrient, up there with protein, fat and carbs. That being said,...

Cauliflower for dessert? Yep! In Sicily, they make these fried vegetable treats which are unbelievably yummy despite a surprisingly low...

These traditional Calabrian cookies are made with flour, honey, and a little bit of seasoning—that's it! You can make very simple...

This Italian sweet bread is reminiscent of panettone, but was made by poor workers who couldn't afford richer ingredients: like sugar!...

This super simple chestnut cake was traditionally made with chestnut flour and water—that's it! While today it's common to add raisins,...

This unusual, Sardinian cookies have a very unique flavor given by the "saba" syrup, or cooked grape must. This syrup is naturally sweet,...

This intriguing potato dessert comes from the earliest Italian cookbook, written by Pellegrino Artusi. As he says himself, you would...

This Calabrian delicacy is a ball of gelato with an oozing center of "molten" chocolate. Traditionally it's made with hazelnut and...

This Italian ice cream cake has been largely forgotten in Italy, although it still flourishes in Puglia. It can be made in a countless...

One of our favorite ways to eat gelato is served on a light, fluffy brioche bun. It's the ultimate ice cream sandwich! This type of...

Italian gelato is actually quite a bit different from ice cream. It's a much leaner concoction which, on the one hand, makes it much more...

These historical cookies are actually a variation of Italian meat cookies, but adapted by the poorer classes who couldn't afford the...

It's hard to describe granita to someone who has never tried it. Inevitably, the description ends up making the Sicilian dessert sound...

It's hard to describe granita to someone who has never tried it. Inevitably, the description ends up making the Sicilian dessert sound...

The term "biscotti" literally means "twice-cooked," and Tuscan cantucci cookies definitely fall in that category. These delicious cookies...

In Sicilian dialect, "Risu Niru" means "black rice." This sweet rice dessert is so-called because of the addition of chocolate. It was...

These delicious, miniature zucchini tarts hail from Sicily and were named after Mary Stuart (Queen of Scots) for mysterious reasons. Move...