Italian
Silvia’s Masterclass
Ingredients
1 whole Inghams chicken butterfiled
3/4 cup of cherry tomatoes , halved
1/2 cup of black olives, pitted
1 tablespoon capers, drained and rinsed
1 garlic bulb, halved
½ cup (125 ml) dry white wine
100 ml of extra-virgin olive oil
Rosemary or thyme leaves
8 slices of stale sourdough cut into chunks
salt for seasoning
balsamic vinegar for drizzling on top
Method
Pre-heat your Ooni oven to 200 C conventional
Oil an oven safe dish, add the cherry tomatoes and their juices, olives, capers, garlic, wine and half of the oil. Add thyme leaves, bread chunks and season with salt. Place chicken on top, season with salt and pepper and drizzle some of the liquid onto it.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and crispy golden on top, the cooking time will be dependent on the size of your chicken, so keep an eye on it. For Silvia’s tip bake 20 minutes with foil on and 20 minutes with foil off. Take the tray out of the oven, scatter more thyme leaves on top, drizzle a little extra-virgin olive oil and a little balsamic vinegar and serve.
Silvia Colloca
Silvia Colloca is an Italian-born food writer, opera singer, TV producer and host. She has authored seven cookbooks, including Silvia’s Cucina, Made in Italy, La Dolce Vita, Love, Laugh, Bake!, Simple Italian (2024), and The Italian Homecook (2025), all published by Penguin.
Silvia’s most recent television work is Silvia’s Italian Masterclass (Channel 10), with its latest season airing in October 2025. The series is currently funding for Season 4. She has also appeared as a special guest on SBS’s Mastermind in 2025. Her earlier TV credits include the SBS Food series Cook Like an Italian, which has screened internationally across three seasons, as well as Made in Italy with Silvia Colloca (SBS), filmed on location in the Le Marche and Abruzzo regions and earning her a 2015 TV WEEK Logie Award nomination for Best New Talent. She also co-wrote, co-produced and hosted the ABC prime-time series Silvia’s Italian Table in 2016.
Outside of food and television, Silvia has enjoyed a career as a celebrated opera singer and actress. In 2022, she released her debut solo classical album with Universal Music, which topped the Classical Charts for over 20 weeks. That same year, she performed with Andrea Bocelli at his Sydney concert, a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
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