Cook Like an Italian with Silvia Colloca

Silvia goes to an Italian deli that has been running since the 1960s to gather her ingredients. She makes a Tuscan chickpea pasta for her daughter Luna, bakes two schiacciata breads, and makes her mother's apple and mascarpone cake.

Silvia shares some family recipes, including her nonna's Sunday lunch spectacular, a rich sausage stew, and her great aunty's famous Abruzzese-style waffles.

Silvia starts off with delicious mini pizzas made from leftover bread, and a delicate prawn and lemon risotto, before finishing off with yoghurt and berry loaf.

Silvia shares the Italian belief that bread is sacred and should be there at almost every family meal, demonstrating a number of ways to repurpose leftover bread.

Silvia tries to impress her friends when they come to stay, preparing one of her nonna's pasta feasts, and a ricotta and semolina cake. Her friend Rose shares a Sicilian savoury doughnut recipe.

Silvia whips up ricotta-filled Italian pancakes, before using the leftover ingredients to demonstrate how to make a rustic story pie and a hearty baked pasta.