Culinary Lessons from Professional Chefs

Soffritto is, for Italians, the holy trinity of Italian cuisine. In this lesson, you will learn how to prepare and cook a perfect Italian soffritto. Used commonly when creating soups, sauces, stews, or braises, it include onions, celery, and carrots in a 2:1:1 ratio. Soffritto is the Italian word for “under-fried” or “fried slowly” and perfectly describes the process of gently cooking vegetables in oil to soften them and release their flavour.

After learning how to prepare soffritto, you will learn how to use it with the most famous Italian sauce: tomato sauce.

In this lesson you will learn how to use soffritto and tomato sauce to prepare and cook a typical Italian pasta: spaghetti with fresh tomato sauce and basil.

Learn how to make pesto for use as a sauce or dip. This Italian condiment adds a burst of fresh flavor to any dish and it's perfect with pasta! Pesto is an essential condiment traditionally made from fresh basil leaves, ripened Pecorino Romano cheese, Parmigiano cheese, garlic, pine nuts and a good quality extra virgin olive oil.

Authentic Pasta Carbonara is easy to make, full of bacon flavor, and smothered in a cheesy egg sauce that will make you crave more. You will learn how to cook this delicious pasta, a classic italian dish which is quick and easy to master with the right techniques.

Risotto alla Milanese (with saffron) is a beautiful, bright and easy risotto with butter added at the end to give a lovely silky richness.

Roasted Potatoes make a very simple but delicious side dish that goes with pretty much any meal. You can vary the seasonings on these oven-roasted potatoes based on what’s in your spice cupboard or what herbs are growing in your garden!

The World’s Best Meatball Recipe: An authentic recipe for Italian style meatballs. Learn how to cook with my original grandma's recipe.

As the name suggests, the steak Milanese recipe comes from Lombardy, the region around Milan. Learn how to prepare a steak Milanese, an authentic Italian icon.

These sweet and sour marinated vegetables have Sicilian origins. Serve as a side dish or slather on some thick, crusty Italian bread.

Learn the best way to prepare linguine with clams, a delicious and traditional Italian pasta recipe made up of only five ingredients. One of the best-loved Italian pasta recipes, this dish beautifully combines pasta and the sea

A classic but easy seafood pasta made using a seafood marinara mix of prawns/shrimp, calamari, clams and mussels, all tossed through a simple, tasty tomato sauce. Made properly, the proper Italian way, this Seafood Spaghetti is dinner on the table in 20 minutes.

A refreshing salad made with potatoes and octopus dressed with olives, herbs and olive oil.

This method is common in Sicily and produces a really moist, perfectly seasoned fish. If you love fish, this is a technique you should try.  Not only is it remarkably simple, it is almost foolproof, resulting in a perfectly cooked fish with little effort.

This simple swordfish recipe is packed with Mediterranean flavours. This crowd pleaser is quick and easy to prepare, featuring the fragrances and flavours of summer.

A very easy italian recipe ideal for a genuine and healthy quick meal. Baking fish fillets is the easiest way to ensure a tender, flaky entrée that maintains its flavor and doesn’t dry out.