Episode guide | Cook like an Italian with Silvia Colloca | Season 3
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Food writer and passionate home-cook Silvia Colloca will shine a light on food rituals that many Italian Australians still do today to eat well and teach younger generations on the sanctity of food and its deep connection to family life.
In this series, Silvia Colloca shows homemade customs for what they truly are: sensible alternatives to processed food, which place Italian families firmly in control of what they eat.
Episode 1 | Passata Day
Premieres 8.00pm Tuesday 17 May, 2022 on SBS Food
For Italians, the tomato is a national treasure. And once every year, passionate Italian families all over Australia answer the call of the tomato. They come together to make their yearly supply of la passata, the base for all Italian tomato sauces. In this premiere episode, Silvia and her children have been invited to join her good friend, Paola, and her parents, Enzo and Franca, for their favourite family food ritual, Passata Day.
Episode 2 | Ferragosto
Airs 8.00pm Tuesday 24 May, 2022 on SBS Food
Ferragosto is a summer feast that Italians have celebrated at the peak of summer for over 2,000 years. It's a family food ritual that sits all of Italy down at the table to eat and drink as one.
In this episode, Silvia hosts her Italian friends and prepares a three-course feast of incredible seafood, a traditional Neapolitan ragu and an irresistible homemade affogato.
Episode 3 | No waste
Airs 8.00pm Tuesday 31 May, 2022 on SBS Food
Italian home cooks learn from a young age that resourcefulness in the kitchen can save the day, and the bank. The art of breathing fresh new life into leftovers is one of the most valuable things Silvia's mother ever taught her in the kitchen. To prove it, after she cooks beautiful zucchini pasta, Silvia and her mother (via Facetime) take the leftovers and completely reinvent them as a delicious homemade spaghetti frittata.
Episode 4 | Salami Making Day
Airs 8.00pm Tuesday 7 June, 2022 on SBS Food
Once a year Silvia's friend, Michael, and his whole family come together for one of their most cherished family food rituals, Salami Day. In this episode, Silvia has been invited to the family gathering to lend a hand and learn how true homemade Italian sausages and salamis are crafted. She also learns about how important the tradition is to Michael's whole family. Wait until you see the pasta they make.
Episode 5 | Sunday lunch
Airs 8.00pm Tuesday 14 June, 2022 on SBS Food
The Sunday lunch in Italy is a truly special family food ritual. It's respected and celebrated across the whole country, and when friends are invited it creates a very special sense of belonging. With Silvia's family all back in Italy, she loves nothing more than spending Sundays in the kitchen with Italian friends she has made here in Australia. Today her friend, Alfia, shows her some of her favourite Sunday lunch recipes. Read More...
