With my recipes I hope to take you to beautiful Italy, where every region, every city, has its own culinary and cultural specialty. Obviously I hope to be able to take you to the rest of the World too... without getting on a plane!
The recipes of this category are mainly pasta dishes
I don’t know why, outside of Emilia-Romagna (an Italian region), spaghetti with ragù is listed on restaurant menus as “Spaghetti alla Bolognese”; could it be because ragù is originally from Bologna? Personally, I make this fantastic pasta sauce called ragù about once a month. I …
This type of pasta goes really well with diced cooked ham and peas—a fantastic combination. First, I sautéed an onion for a few minutes, then added some frozen peas (I find frozen peas more flavorful than the ones in a can). After a few minutes, …
Paccheri pasta with razor clams is a fantastic and flavorful first course. I can’t say this time that it’s easy to make because there are several steps involved, though none of them are complicated. First, soak the razor clams in salted water for at least …
How many times have you found yourself with some cheese in the fridge and no idea what to cook? Well, baked pasta with cheese… is the answer. It’s easy and quick. Take some short pasta and cook it as usual in lightly salted water, then …
I’ve always been a bit curious to see how cooking a spider crab would turn out; I’d only ever eaten them in restaurants. I imagined it would be very labor-intensive, and indeed it was—quite a challenge. Since I’d bought a spider crab that was still …
I find these square spaghetti with turkey meatball sauce to be an alternative to classic spaghetti with meat sauce, with the difference that it takes less time to make the turkey meatballs than the meat sauce!Let’s start with the turkey meatballs, taking some ground turkey …
Spaghetti with garlic, oil, and chili pepper is one of the easiest and tastiest dishes favored by Italians. All you need is 4 cloves of garlic, a few chili peppers, and fresh parsley. Chop everything up and then put it in a pan with a …
Cavatelli are made with fresh durum wheat semolina pasta, which can be made at home or bought ready-made. Let’s talk about red basil…it’s fantastic. Personally, I find it much more intense in smell and flavor than green basil. In short, this combination of cavatelli and …
Gramigna of spinach are green because spinach has been added to the dough. First, remove the skin from the sausage and then crumble it. In a pan with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil, sauté a chopped onion, then add the crumbled sausage. When …
This type of egg pasta is very good and versatile, but above all, it is extremely tasty with a sauce like this one with sausage. Start by peeling the sausage and cutting it into small pieces. In a pan, sauté a large onion, chopped into …