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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Fig and pecorino biscotti

Figs

Fig and pecorino biscotti

These savoury biscotti are a gorgeous addition to a cheeseboard. They're flecked with crunchy almonds, sticky figs and aromatic rosemary.

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Sfincione (Sicilian-style focaccia pizza)

Pizzas

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 barese (tomato and olive focaccia)

Focaccia

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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Gennaro Contaldo’s cheesy spinach terrine

Spinach

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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Puttanesca focaccia

Savoury bread

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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Pinsa romana bases (Roman-style pizza)

Pizzas

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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Sformato with roast grapes, radicchio and olives

Vegetarian Christmas dinners

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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Basic pizza dough recipe

Pizzas

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 pugliese with fresh tomatoes

Focaccia

Focaccia pugliese with fresh tomatoes

Perfect for sharing at big social occasions, this focaccia pugliese makes a stunning centrepiece studded with fresh, seasonal tomatoes. 

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Baked ‘nduja and burrata dip with olive breadsticks

Italian starters

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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Olive, artichoke and mozzarella calzone

Italian vegetarian

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. 

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Rotolo di spinaci (spinach roll)

Vegetarian mains

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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Polenta pizza with cherry tomatoes and dolcelatte

Pizzas

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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Ciabatta

Savoury bread

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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Stromboli bread

Savoury bread

Stromboli bread

A pizza-style bread recipe stuffed with tomato passata, fontina cheese and speck ham. The perfect picnic fodder.

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