Italian
Silvia’s Masterclass
Ingredients
500g type ‘00’ Mulino Caputo flour
1 tsp bicarb soda
50 ml extra virgin olive oil
100 ml white wine
200 ml San Pellegrino sparkling water
2 tbsp salt flakes
Serve with chunks of pecorino, D’orsogna salami
Method
Preheat your oven to 220°C (200°C fan-forced). Grease a 30cm round baking tin, 2cm deep.
Place the flour in a large bowl, mix in the bicarb soda, and make a well in the centre. Add the olive oil, wine, salt and water and mix with a wooden spoon to encourage the dough to come together. tip onto a floured bench and knead for a few minutes until smooth, then flatten it out with rolling pin to a thickness of about 2 cm. Place the dough onto the baking tray and flatten it to cover the tray. Score it with a serrated knife to create a criss-cross pattern. Using a brush, paint the surface with extra-virgin olive oil, season with salt, then bake for 30–35 minutes, or until golden.
Serve warm of at room temperature with pecorino and salami.
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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