Savoury Italian baking recipes
Take your tastebuds on a trip to Italy with our best savoury Italian baking recipes, including pillowy focaccia, perfect ciabatta and classic pizza dough.
These authentic bakes include internationally-known classics and lesser-known gems from Italy’s regions, such sfincione, a Sicilian-style baked pizza. Or have a bash at these cheesy flatbreads, a Genoese speciality.
Take pizza night to the next level with Roman-style pinsa pizzas. Planning a dinner party? We’ve got some elegant savoury bakes for the main course, including Gennaro Contaldo’s spinach terrine. Homemade olive breadsticks will go down a treat, too.
For more inspiration, check out our sweet Italian bakes and complete Italian recipes collection.
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Pizza recipes
Sfincione (Sicilian-style focaccia pizza)
Sfincione is a Sicilian-style focaccia pizza. The pillowy base is topped with a rich anchovy, garlic and tomato sauce, cheese and breadcrumbs
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Focaccia recipes
Focaccia barese (tomato and olive focaccia)
Learn how to make Puglia's famous focaccia barese. This round olive and tomato loaf takes pride of place in the region's bakery windows.
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Spinach recipes
Gennaro Contaldo’s cheesy spinach terrine
Gennaro Contaldo's cheesy spinach terrine makes a versatile lunch or light supper dish. This springtime dish is perfect for lunch al fresco.
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Savoury bread recipes
Puttanesca focaccia
Our pillowy focaccia - glistening with olive oil and topped with tomatoes, olives, anchovies and capers - is this summer’s must-bake.
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Pizza recipes
Pinsa romana bases (Roman-style pizza)
The dough for this easy pinsa romana pizza base recipe requires no kneading or proving – just throw it together the night before
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Vegetarian Christmas dinner recipes
Sformato with roast grapes, radicchio and olives
A smashing vegetarian Christmas main which will satisfy both veggies and meat-eaters alike, give this sformato with roast grapes, radicchio and olives a go.
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Pizza recipes
Basic pizza dough recipe
Before you rush to buy a ready-made version, we urge you to try making your own pizza dough first. It's ever so easy and tastes a hundred times better.
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Focaccia recipes
Focaccia pugliese with fresh tomatoes
Perfect for sharing at big social occasions, this focaccia pugliese makes a stunning centrepiece studded with fresh, seasonal tomatoes.Â
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Italian starter recipes
Baked ‘nduja and burrata dip with olive breadsticks
Serve the easy baked 'nduja and orange dip with crunchy olive breadsticks for dipping into the warm and gooey burrata centre.
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Italian vegetarian recipes
Olive, artichoke and mozzarella calzone
This vegetarian calzone recipe sees ready-made pizza dough stuffed with olives, artichokes and mozzarella to create an oozy filling as it bakes in the oven.Â
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Vegetarian main courses
Rotolo di spinaci (spinach roll)
This vegetarian roll filled with spinach, ricotta and leeks is perfect for when you have a little extra time and want to impress friends and family.
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Pizza recipes
Polenta pizza with cherry tomatoes and dolcelatte
Skip the takeaway: this gluten-free polenta pizza is bursting with Italian flavours and takes just 20 minutes to put together.
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Savoury bread recipes
Ciabatta
Take this classic ciabatta recipe up a notch by adding olives, sun-dried tomatoes or rosemary. Then, in true Italian style, drizzle with a good olive oil.
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Savoury bread recipes
Stromboli bread
A pizza-style bread recipe stuffed with tomato passata, fontina cheese and speck ham. The perfect picnic fodder.
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Biscuit recipes
Grana Padano and hazelnut cantuccini
These crunchy Italian biscuits are sweet and nutty with a savoury edge from a hint of grated parmesan. (Psst! Try them with dessert wine.)
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