The Secrets of Italian Food: Discover our Brand New Series

The Secrets of Italian Food is a new series hosted by the London-based Italian chef Danilo Cortellini, where he creates some of Italy's best loved dishes, with recipes so simple they'll become firm household favourites.

Across five easy to follow episodes, Cortellini will teach you how to create 'primi', or pasta dishes, including gnocchi, a real lasagna and a fail-safe carbonara to a hearty ossobuco and goldon risotto Milanese, and the best Italian tiramisu to finish, naturally. 

Take a look and prepare to experience Italy at its best in the easy recipes below:

Gnocchi two ways

Cortellini shares his tricks of the trade for making fluffy, pillow-like potato gnocchi in a spicy 'nduja sauce, and a vegetarian version, with pumpkin.

Real Italian lasagna

Cortellini, a self-confessed pasta lover, shows us how to make a traditional Bolognese Italian lasagna, which hails from Emilia Romagna – crispy and golden on the outside and juicy in the middle. As the chef says, who doesn't love Italian lasagne?

Foolproof spaghetti carbonara

Say goodbye to scrambled eggs and pasta, and hello to the perfect spaghetti carbonara every time, with Cortellini's secrets to this traditional Roman dish.

Ossobuco with risotto Milanese

Master this traditional northern Italian dish and prepare to wow your guests, with this generous and authentic winter warmer of a dish.

The best Italian tiramisu

Raise your tiramisu game, as Cortellini shows how to make one of the world's most classic, and simple, desserts from scratch.