I live in Perth, Western Australia.
I am first generation Australia born to Italian immigrants.
Sorry, I don't speak Italian or regional dialects.
I watch a variety of sub-titled Asian TV shows and movies.
I recently watched an Asian TV show where it was mentioned English is a universal language and such many Asians use English as a subject reference.
Metric and weight measurements are universal. Only the USA use imperial and cup measurements.
The electronic scales available in my region are both imperial and metric.
Metric is accurately scalable to the decimal point, measuring in imperial cups, tablespoons, teaspoons are convenient, yet depending on the recipe, not accurately scalable, can cause recipe failure especially when dealing with baking products.
Outside baking, Italians like the Asian region don't measure condiments, they taste, therefore the condiments and ingredients listed in the recipes are approximations.
I have over 150,000 recipes, mainly from USA recipe collections, in my recipe database sorted into categories.
My approach after reading through the recipes would be list the main ingredients then the variations.
Also in the directions, list the main preparation first then under notes list the variations.
For example:
Tiramisu is a coffee-flavoured Italian dessert. It is made with ladyfingers (usually commercial Savoiardi) dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavoured with cocoa. The recipe has been adapted for use in many varieties of cakes and other desserts.
I have 90 Tiramisu recipes in the database. Only one is authentic Italian, the others are adapted shortcuts. The authentic Italian, is time consuming, for special occasions. The others are suitable for general use.
The other recommendation is before starting a recipe collection is visit the Ciao Italia website:
https://www.ciaoitalia.com/
Mary Ann Esposito is the creator and host of the nationally televised PBS series, Ciao Italia with Mary Ann Esposito and the author of 13 cookbooks. Based in New York, The PBS Show has been running for 30 years and the most authentic Italian recipes outside Italy.
If I recall correctly, there are about 2000 Italian recipes.
Use the website a a guide, it will save hours of work.
regards,
John.