Italian
Silvia’s Masterclass
From
Silvia’s Masterclass
season
1
Soft Serve Crema di Caffé
With
Silvia Colloca
Ingredients
2 Illy espresso shots
4 tablespoons of icing sugar
250 ml of whipping cream
dutch cocoa powder for dusting
Method
Make the coffee, sweeten with sugar and refrigerate until cold. Place cream in a 750 capacity bottle (it needs to have a lid. An empty milk bottle is ideal), add sweetened, cold coffee and close with the lid. Shake vigorously for a few minutes until the coffee cream is whipped. Serve into cups, dust with cocoa 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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