Silvia starts by detailing the best way to stock an Italian pantry, proving that when a pantry is well stocked, you only need a few fresh ingredients to create simple yet memorable meals.
Silvia shares her family's most cherished meals, starting with her Nonna's Sunday lunch spectacular, a rich sausage stew served at the table over a giant bed of soft polenta.
Nothing Silvia makes will be measured or mixed with kitchen appliances, it's all hands on, starting with delicious mini pizzas made from leftover bread, and a delicate prawn and lemon risotto.
Bread is sacred in Italy, it's there at almost every family meal and should never be wasted. Silvia shares three delicious ways to repurpose leftover bread, starting with a rustic orecchiette pasta.
With Silvia's best friends coming to stay for few days she is out to impress, making one of her Nonna's most delicious, crowd pleasing pasta feasts, plus a delicate ricotta and semolina cake.
Silvia makes divine ricotta filled Italian crepes, and then using the leftover ingredients shows us how to create a rustic story pie from the north of Italy and a heart baked pasta, pasta al forno.
Silvia explores how to make three meals that have become Italian national treasures - the 1000 year old recipe for pasta Amatriciana, a seafood dish from the Puglia region, and pizza Napoletana.
For Italians, food has always formed a huge part of connecting with family roots, which means keeping culinary traditions alive is essential. Silvia makes the famous ragu Napolitana.
Silvia prepares a super quick seafood risotto, cooks a Sicilian pesto penne in eight minutes flat, and a lemon and almond sweet treat that can be prepared in a jiffy.