Luca's Italy

Caponata (recipe)

By popular demand, my recipe for caponata, the Sicilian classic made with egg plant and other vegetable delights.

In this episode I talk with Francesco Russo, Neapolitan and pastry chef, about the pastiera Napoletana, one of Naple’s most iconic desserts.

Try this recipe for pesto Trapanese, an amazing Sicilian pasta sauce which I learnt to make from a native of Trapani, its home town.

In this episode, I talk about the the most famous Italian dessert, the tiramisù and the theories of its origins.

Puntarelle (cicoria di catalogna / cicoria asparago) is an Italian winter vegetable forming part of traditional Roman cuisine.

In this episode, I talk about the queen of Neapolitan cuisine, the pizza Margherita, now an iconic symbol of Italy, was born.