Chocolate and Vanilla Ciambella (Ring Cake)

Chocolate and Vanilla Ciambella (Ring Cake)

This elegant chocolate ciambella (ring cake) is soft, buttery, and easy to make. Learn how to make it with this recipe by Mario Matassa… There’s something gently nostalgic about a ciambella; the rustic ring-shaped cake with a hole in the centre that earns its name from the Italian word for ‘doughnut.’ In this chocolate ciambella […]

Italian-Style Bruschetta with Peppers

Bruschetta recipe

This bruschetta recipe combines sweet grilled peppers with rich mascarpone and gorgonzola, making an irresistible Italian starter. Few things capture the spirit of Italian summer quite like peppers charred on an open flame. Their skins blister and blacken, their flesh softens, and the flavour deepens into something smoky, sweet and faintly addictive. Once peeled and […]

Easy Italian Cannoli Recipe with Ricotta & Chocolate Chip Filling

easy cannoli recipe italian dessert

Indulge in classic cannoli filled with sweet ricotta, chocolate chips, and candied peel. It’s an easy recipe for authentic homemade indulgence in Sicilian style. Jump to recipe Cannoli are one of Sicily’s most celebrated desserts: deep‑fried pastry tubes filled with creamy, sweetened ricotta and studded with dark chocolate and candied peel. Crisp-edged and dusted with […]

Gazzetta Italia! Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari: The perfect F1 match?

Lewis Hamilton Formula 1 driver profile

In this edition of our bilingual feature, Tom Alberto Bull reports on Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton and his two-year contract with Ferrari… Key words Useful Italian words and phrases to add to your vocabulary. In tutto il mondo All around the world Ciò ha avuto un impatto considerevole su This has had a considerable […]

How to make abbracci – Italian ‘hug’ biscuits

Huggie biscuits (Biscotti abbracci)

These huggie biscuits (biscotti abbracci) combine light vanilla dough with dark cocoa for a crisp, buttery treat. Sweet, simple and perfect with coffee, they’re Italy’s most charming biscuit. For a country so devoted to coffee, Italy has surprisingly few biscuits made specifically to go with it. The abbraccio, meaning ‘hug’, is a joyful exception. One […]

Trabocchi Coast: 10 reasons to visit Abruzzo’s hidden treasure

Trabocchi coast Abruzzo: traditional fishing platform

Abruzzo’s Trabocchi Coast is home to many wonders. Explore our top ten things to see and do along this glittering coastline… Picture this: a stretch of coastline where the blue shades of the sea blend with the sky, and as you wander along the shore, the salty breeze mingles with the aroma of freshly cooked […]

White Chocolate and Mascarpone Mousse

White Chocolate and Mascarpone Mousse

This chocolate and mascarpone mousse is rich, elegant and irresistibly simple to make. With silky white chocolate and a pistachio crunch, it’s a proper Italian treat for dessert lovers. Chocolate might not be the first ingredient you associate with traditional Italian cuisine, but for many of us, it holds a very nostalgic place at the […]