While neighbouring France and Switzerland might get all the credit when it comes to European chocolate, Italy has its own long history with the cocoa bean and can boast a number of world-renowned chocolatiers. Dark chocolate is particularly popular in Italian desserts, often paired with flavours of coffee, fruit or alcohol.

This collection of fantastic chocolate recipes is bound to provide some mouth-watering inspiration for your next dinner party dessert. Teresa Buongiorno's exquisite Crêpe cake with bitter chocolate mousse combines a variety of textures and colours, while Gaetano Trovato's dark chocolate mousse recipe offsets the bitter richness of the mousse with mango jelly, passion fruit and a wonderful salted caramel gelato. If you like your desserts with a boozy twist try Andrea Sarri's pretty chocolate ganache recipe – served with an exquisite orange and Campari sorbet – or serve up Fabrizio Marino's Vegan tiramisu recipe, which will no doubt be a pleasant surprise to any vegan guests.