Italian
Silvia’s Masterclass
From
Silvia’s Masterclass
season
1
Lemon Chicken Scaloppine with Cannellini Bean Mash
With
Silvia Colloca
Ingredients
2 x Inghams chicken breast, pounded to ½ cm and then halved
¼ cup (60ml) extra-virgin Colovita olive oil
2 tablespoons of unsalted butter
plain flour (or rice flour for a GF version) for dredging
salt and pepper for seasoning
zest and juice of 2 lemons
3 tablespoons baby capers in vinegar, drained, rinsed
Cannellini mash
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
2 shallots , thinly sliced
1 garlic clove, finely chopped
2x 400 gr cans Capriccio cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
Method
To make the cannellini mash, heat the olive oil in a saucepan over medium heat, add the shallot and garlic and cook for 1 minute or until fragrant. Add the cannellini beans and cook for 3–4 minutes, adding 1–2 tablespoons of water, if needed. Season to taste. Blitz the mixture in a food processor until smooth, add a little water if it is too stiff. Season with salt and pepper.
Dredge the chicken in flour and shake off the excess. Heat up the oil and 1 tablespoon of butter over medium heat, add the chicken, season with salt, pepper, add capers and sear on both sides for 2-3 minutes or until golden. Pour in the lemon juice and the remaining butter and cook over medium-low heat for 8-10 minutes or until the sauce is thick. IServe the scaloppine drizzled with sauce with the cannellini bean mash
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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