Italian recipes

The Italian trick of toasting breadcrumbs in garlic oil until golden — a crunchy, savoury topping that adds texture and flavour to soft food and dissolves quickly afterwards.

A rich beef lasagne built on our onion- and garlic-free stock, garlic-infused oil and just a little tomato paste, layered with a lower-lactose cheese sauce. Have it with pasta, or skip the sheets for soft eggplant layers.

A rich, slow-simmered bolognese that skips the onion and garlic but keeps all the savoury depth — built on our onion-free stock, garlic-infused oil and a little tomato paste. A weeknight staple the whole table can share.

A quick, kid-friendly bowl of buttery parmesan pasta topped with toasted garlic crumbs — gentle enough for you, plain enough for the kids, with crunch on top.

Soft, herby beef-and-pork meatballs in a gentle tomato sauce over white spaghetti — onion- and garlic-free, but full of flavour. A proper family dinner that won't cost you the night.

Soft potato gnocchi and tender chicken in a creamy garlic-herb butter sauce built on onion-free stock — a pillowy, comforting one-pan dinner.

White spaghetti tossed in garlic butter and parmesan, topped with toasted garlic breadcrumbs for crunch — a five-ingredient dinner that proves gentle isn't the same as boring.

Soft baked meatballs and white spaghetti in a creamy onion-free stock sauce with thyme, parsley and a little Dijon — a gentler take on a creamy pasta, finished the way the pros do it.

Proper garlic bread — golden, buttery, herby — made with a homemade garlic butter that carries all the flavour and none of the raw-garlic bite.

A gentle, creamy tomato pasta built on tomato paste and onion-free stock rather than tins of tomatoes, topped with toasted garlic breadcrumbs for crunch.