Italian Inspired

This dish which is inspired by a Sicilian specialty is easy and delicious and can be used in many ways. Have it as a vegetable side to a main, or cook some chicken pieces in the dish...

When life gives you lots of lemons - make Limoncello.  
With the aid of the sous vide function in your steam oven, you can have limoncello ready to drink in just a few...

Bombolini are Italian doughnuts, usually filled with a pastry cream and then fried and rolled in sugar. In this recipe the filling takes on a Christmas theme with the addition of Christmas...

This unctuous, chocolately tart is deceptively easy to make.Adapted from a recipe originating in the Island of Capri, it uses equal quantities of Butter, Sugar Almond Meal and chocolate...

A Steam oven makes easy work of a risotto. There is no need to stand over the cooktop slowly adding liquid and constantly stirring. The method used in this recipe starts the process...

This easy to make dish is the ultimate comfort food. It makes a perfect accompaniment in place of potato or rice but could be used as a main dish with a salad on the side. You might...

This is a really easy cake to make and it results in an impressively deep and light cake that actually improves over a few days as well. You can swap out the limoncello for other liquids...

This ravioli recipe is easy and delicious. The sweetness of the butternut is enhanced by the lightly acidic lemon cream sauce.
If you don’t have a steam oven, you can cook this the...

This method of using your steam ovens Sous Vide mode to make Ricotta cheese is so easy you will never buy it again!
If your steam oven doesnt have a Sous Vide mode, then choose steam...

This recipe epitomises spring. It’s so easy too, with a steam oven. We like to start my rice on the cooktop to get more flavour from toasting it, but if you are pushed for time, just...

This fool proof recipe is great for dipping, but also makes a wonderful slab-type sandwich for lunch.

METHOD

1. Set oven as above...

While a traditionalist might feel some horror at cooking pasta in a steam oven, in fact for filled pasta it is a really wonderful way to cook a large volume of pasta achieving an al...

This delightful chocolate dessert hails from the Piedmont area in the north of Italy. It is essentially a Creme Caramel but has the addition of crushed amaretti biscuits in the custard...

This is true comfort food. If we had to describe it, we would call it the grown ups equivalent to macaroni cheese. Delicious light fluffy potato gnocchi drowned in a rich creamy blue...

This is an easy way of cooking a risotto which doesnt have you standing stirring for the whole cooking time.
The stirring at the end releases the starches and gives you a lovely...

We’ve included this recipe in the Steam Oven section as we discovered that using the Steam function is a wonderful way of cooking Ravioli.
We often find that when adding Ravioli...

This recipe is a simplification of a savoury pie from the Liguria area of Italy. It is also known as an Italian Easter Pie.
We have chosen to make it with Filo pastry but you can...

This is a different and delicious  way of cooking pizza. That makes a more portable version too.  Using a traditional pizza dough and toppings, instead of cooking it flat...

This is an easy recipe for a fast focaccia style bread that is cooked with steam in an oven proof skillet ( I used cast iron). You can even fill this with your choice of fillings for...