Instant Italian

Instant Italian

FYI Running Food

1 Season · 12 Episodes · Premiered March 10, 2025

Instant Italian works to take favorite Italian dishes and make them quick and easy for modern home cooks. Drawing on inspiration from her childhood visiting family in Calabria, Anna is known for her ingenious spins on familiar dishes. Whether she is transforming pasta with a snackable fried version (just minutes in an air fryer), perfecting a deeply flavored chicken cacciatore for an easy sheet-pan supper, or putting a creative twist on desserts like affogato mug cake and cannoli icebox cake, Anna is always finding fun and unique ways to update meals while still keeping the flavors true to their roots.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

12 episodes
E01
Play Dough
Tue, Mar 11 2025 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Anna shows how to take pizza dough to a whole new level with her recipes for Pizza Montanare, a fried pizza, and Bubble Bread, a crisp dough with a cheesy center.
E02
Pastabilities
Tue, Mar 11 2025 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Anna shows us how to think of pasta in a snackable way with her version of Italian fried pasta, known as Frittatina, and a sheet pan pasta recipe made with cherry tomatoes, onions, and garlic, baked in the oven, blended with mascarpone, and served over rigatoni.
E03
Super Mom Snacks
Tue, Mar 18 2025 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Anna elevates after-school snacks with her recipes for homemade, golden pan-fried mozzarella sticks and cheesy, saucy pizza pockets.
E04
Panini 2.0
Tue, Mar 18 2025 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Anna elevates after-school snacks with her recipes for homemade, golden pan-fried mozzarella sticks and cheesy, saucy pizza pockets.
E05
Italian Snacking Party
Tue, Mar 25 2025 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Anna's throwing an Italian Snacking Party and showing how to make her guests' favorite make-ahead snacks, such as Sicilian-style Chicken Spiedini and Neapolitan Fried Eggplant Sandwiches.
E06
Savory Breads
Tue, Mar 25 2025 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Anna makes delicious baked goods that can also be savory. First up are "Smacafam," hearty sausage and cheese muffins, followed by syrup-free French toast, which is also known as Italian Pane Fritto.
E07
Something Sweet
Tue, Apr 1 2025 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Anna shows how to make two of her favorite easy-lift desserts that are perfect for parties. She begins with a simple, refrigerator-friendly cannoli icebox cake, followed by delicious crunchy hazelnut spread brownies.
E08
Polpette Party
Tue, Apr 1 2025 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Anna offers two innovative takes on classic meatball dishes: tuna meatballs served with an aioli dipping sauce and eggplant meatballs paired with spicy marinara and topped with ricotta salata.
E09
Dinner Party
Tue, Apr 8 2025 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
E10
Thinking Outside The Pizza Box
Tue, Apr 8 2025 2:00 AM GMT+0000 30 min
E11
Lasagna Love
Tue, Apr 15 2025 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
Anna's love language is cooking for others; she hopes we all fall in love with her recipe for Lasagna Rose, which went viral online, as well as a simple dish she calls Lazy Donna's Lasagna.
E12
When Life Gives You Lemons
Tue, Apr 15 2025 1:30 AM GMT+0000 30 min
In the season finale, Anna transports to the Amalfi Coast as she shows us how to make a flavorful Chicken Piccata Stir Fry and a refreshing Limoncello Sorbet.

Cast

Anna Francese Gass
Anna Francese Gass as Host

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