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These moreish meatballs are super easy to make, top them with a simple tomato sauce and stir in some spaghetti for a quick midweek meal. Make the meatballs ahead for an even quicker cook on busy weeknights.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-2907 · Hand-built original
Spaghetti is tossed off the heat with crisped pancetta and a Parmesan and egg mixture that turns silky with a splash of pasta water.
Main ingredient: olive oil
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-6935 · Hand-built original
Toasted baguette rounds spread with goat cheese and topped with basil-flecked strawberries and balsamic glaze.
Main ingredient: sliced french baguette
HB-17316 · Hand-built original
Easy Stuffed Eggplant Rollatini is an Italian main course. Ready in 60 Minutes.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-0831 · Hand-built original
Whipped mascarpone and stiff egg whites are layered with coffee-and-liqueur-dipped lady fingers and chilled until set, then dusted with cocoa.
Main ingredient: separated
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone, coffee
HB-6939 · Hand-built original
What a brilliant idea – baking tortillas to use as pizza bases. A quick and easy supper on the table in less than half an hour. Result. Each serving provides 440 kcal, 28g protein, 41g carbohydrates (of which 9g sugars), 19.5g fat (of which 7g saturates), 8g fibre and 3.4g salt.
Main ingredient: ham
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-2910 · Hand-built original
Two-tone pasta sheets wrapped around a ricotta, burrata and sun-dried tomato filling with a whole yolk in the centre are poached and glossed with sage butter.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-6949 · Hand-built original
Salted, roasted eggplant slices replace pasta in a layered bake of Italian sausage tomato sauce and a ricotta, mozzarella and parmesan mixture.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-6954 · Hand-built original
Salted, breaded and fried eggplant slices layered with pomodoro sauce, mozzarella, Parmesan and basil, then baked.
Main ingredient: eggplant
HB-4394 · Hand-built original
Baked eggplant slices are layered three times with a slow-simmered tomato sugo, basil and parmesan, finished under mozzarella.
Main ingredient: eggplant
HB-6955 · Hand-built original
Eggs poached in a simmering tomato, basil and oregano sauce with red pepper flakes. Served with broiled rustic bread and Parmesan.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-4632 · Hand-built original
Eggs baked in a skillet of tomato sauce with chickpeas and baby spinach, seasoned with oregano and garlic and finished with Parmesan and basil. The yolks stay soft, and the sauce is served with baguette slices.
Main ingredient: Eggs
Pairs well with: Baguette slices
HB-5479 · Hand-built original
The exotic Pavesini slab is a no-bake dessert with white chocolate cream, mango and pineapple. Fresh, creamy and perfect to make ahead.
Main ingredient: packs
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone, coffee
HB-0860 · Hand-built original
A no-bake layered loaf of milk-dipped Pavesini biscuits, white chocolate mascarpone cream and cubes of mango and pineapple, bordered with coconut-rolled biscuits.
Main ingredient: packs
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone, coffee
HB-13722 · Hand-built original
A fast lasagne with a pork sausage meat, mushroom and spinach crème fraîche sauce layered against a sun-dried tomato passata sauce, topped with grated cheddar.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-13724 · Hand-built original
A single-serve bake of beef meatballs browned with onion, fennel seeds and chilli flakes, simmered in chopped tomatoes and finished under a torn mozzarella topping in the same small ovenproof pan.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-6978 · Hand-built original
Shaved fennel and red onion in a lemon and olive oil dressing with grated Parmesan.
Main ingredient: fennels
Pairs well with: soup, crusty bread, grilled chicken
HB-5331 · Hand-built original
Luganega sausages brown, then bake in a covered casserole with waxy potatoes, lemon, bay and parsley until the potatoes are tender. The remaining parsley is scattered over the finished braise.
Main ingredient: pork
Pairs well with: applesauce, roasted sweet potatoes, coleslaw, cornbread, braised cabbage
HB-18477 · Hand-built original
An Italian raw salad of fennel, radicchio and apple with a mustard vinaigrette and toasted pecans.
Main ingredient: fennel
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone, soup
HB-4052 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: fettuccine
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-0885 · Hand-built original
Fettuccine tossed in an emulsified Alfredo sauce of butter, cream and Parmigiano Reggiano with finely minced shallot, loosened with a splash of the pasta's own cooking water so the sauce clings to every strand.
Main ingredient: fettuccine
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-6982 · Hand-built original
Fresh fettuccine with prosciutto-wrapped scallops, garlic, lemon and vermouth.
Main ingredient: scallop
HB-4398 · Hand-built original
Main ingredient: cream
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-0887 · Hand-built original
Pan-fried flour-dusted fish fillets over charred eggplant slices, topped with a fresh tomato, chili and basil salsa whose juices form the sauce, with toasted sourdough on the side.
Main ingredient: eggplant
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-13754 · Hand-built original
Egg-dipped flounder fillets sautéed until golden and served with a lemon butter pan sauce.
Main ingredient: flounder
HB-4402 · Hand-built original
Floured flounder fillets pan fried and finished in a white wine, lemon and caper sauce.
Main ingredient: flounder
HB-4309 · Hand-built original
Flourless Chocolate Torte is an Italian dessert built around cream. Ready in Prep Time: 30-45 minutes. Bake Time: 1 hour and 30 minutes..
Main ingredient: cream
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone, coffee
HB-0928 · Hand-built original
Focaccia is an Italian breads built around potato.
Main ingredient: potato
Pairs well with: sour cream, green beans, coleslaw, grilled steak, roast chicken
HB-0932 · Hand-built original
A soft, olive-oil focaccia dimpled and baked with sea salt.
Main ingredient: flour
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-5420 · Hand-built original
Focaccia Bread is a Italian bread centred on flour, prepared in a straightforward home style. Serve it as directed in the method.
Main ingredient: flour
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-4123 · Hand-built original
A fast focaccia from a wet dough of strong flour, warm water, olive oil, honey and instant yeast, rested and folded several times, dimpled, topped with an oregano, garlic and Parmesan seasoning mix and shredded cheese, and baked until golden.
Main ingredient: bread flour
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-7012 · Hand-built original
Halved focaccia topped with sweet leeks folded through mascarpone, Parmesan, lemon zest and egg, baked until burnished on top.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-13768 · Hand-built original
An Italian flatbread topped with rosemary, garlic and sea salt flakes, baked until golden.
Main ingredient: flour
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-3481 · Hand-built original
Beef short ribs browned and braised for hours in red wine with porcini mushrooms, tomato paste, anchovy paste and herbs, shredded back into their puréed braising liquid and served over hot polenta with a lemon and parsley gremolata.
Main ingredient: beef
Pairs well with: mashed potatoes, roasted carrots, red wine sauce, yorkshire pudding, green beans
HB-7015 · Hand-built original
Four Cheese Manicotti is an Italian main course built around egg. Ready in 100 min.
Main ingredient: egg
Pairs well with: toast, hash browns, fruit salad, bacon, avocado
HB-2634 · Hand-built original
Penne pasta in a creamy sauce of ricotta, Parmesan, mozzarella and Asiago cheeses.
Main ingredient: pasta
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caesar salad, caprese salad, bruschetta, grilled vegetables
HB-3482 · Hand-built original
Toasted fregola tossed with blanched broad beans, runner beans and sugar snaps in herbs, served under watercress with a grated tomato, sumac and muscatel vinegar dressing.
Main ingredient: podded
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-13783 · Hand-built original
French toast with ricotta, orange and chocolate is a variation of the classic French toast, perfect for a truly special breakfast!
Main ingredient: sandwich bread
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-0941 · Hand-built original
A ciabatta sandwich spread with pesto and layered with fresh greens, pickled radishes and prosciutto, topped with a whole burrata cut open over the filling.
Main ingredient: long ciabatta roll
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone, coffee
HB-10737 · Hand-built original
Spaghetti tossed with olive oil, garlic and softened cherry tomatoes, finished with basil, mozzarella and Parmesan.
Main ingredient: spaghetti
HB-3485 · Hand-built original
Fresh Spinach Pasta is a Italian main course centred on spinach, prepared in a straightforward home style. Serve it as directed in the method.
Main ingredient: spinach
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-4083 · Hand-built original
Ripe tomatoes seasoned with garlic, basil and olive oil, spooned over grilled bread.
Main ingredient: tomato
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-4663 · Hand-built original
Fried stuffed anchovies are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, with a filling of bread, aromatic herbs and orange.
Main ingredient: ¾ oz fresh anchovies
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-0956 · Hand-built original
A blended frozen cocktail of Aperol, Prosecco and orange juice over ice, served in two glasses.
Main ingredient: ice cubes
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-11517 · Hand-built original
Whole wheat fusilli and asparagus are tossed in a cashew, basil and asparagus pesto loosened with pasta cooking water until glossy. Lemon juice keeps the creamy, dairy-free sauce tasting fresh and green.
Main ingredient: garlic clove
HB-17766 · Hand-built original
Seek out the best quality cherry tomatoes, courgette and pepper for this easy summer dinner – they will deliver a wonderful rich sweetness. Each serving provides 524 kcal, 42.7g protein, 51.2g carbohydrate (of which 8.5g sugars), 15.1g fat (of which 5g saturates), 6g fibre and 0.6g salt.
Main ingredient: chicken
Pairs well with: roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, green beans, caesar salad, garlic bread
HB-2930 · Hand-built original
Large shrimp seared quickly in olive oil and butter with garlic, simmered briefly in white wine with red pepper flakes, and finished off the heat with the remaining butter, lemon juice and parsley. The whole scampi takes minutes and goes to the table in its sauce.
Main ingredient: shrimp
Pairs well with: garlic bread, rice, grits, lemon wedges, col slaw
HB-7065 · Hand-built original
Garlic cheese pizza is an Italian bread, mains, starter built around style.
Main ingredient: style
Pairs well with: garlic bread, caprese salad, tiramisu, minestrone
HB-0981 · Hand-built original
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