Pasta & Peas

Pasta & Peas

Pasta & Peas is a fast and easy first course to make every day in any occasion. It can be considered a “save dinner” if you do not know what to cook, in a few minutes you will have a dish that will surprise everyone!          ...
Orecchiette Pasta with turnip peaks and chili peppers

Orecchiette Pasta with turnip peaks and chili peppers

Orecchiette Pasta with turnip peaks and chili peppers is an amazing first dish during the winter period. Orecchiette is a form of fresh pasta made from hard wheat flour, handmade, representing the gastronomic symbol of the Puglia region. The perfect condiment for the...
Ragù Tortellini

Ragù Tortellini

Ragù Tortellini mixes best two dishes of Italian culinary tradition: the Emilian tortellini and Bolognese ragù. Tortellini, both in broth and ragù, are a dish known all over the world: a thin dough of pasta that contains a filling of meat and parmesan for a first dish...
Spaghetti with Shrimp

Spaghetti with Shrimp

Spaghetti with Shrimp is a typical dish of Italian culinary tradition created with few ingredients and suitable for many occasions: a light and fast lunch, or a family dinner or friends. The perfect union between tomatoes, fresh shrimps and a pinch of chili pepper...
Pasta & Chickpeas

Pasta & Chickpeas

Pasta & Chickpeas is a typical dish of Campana, Apulian, Sicilian and Roman cuisine and has ancient origins. Chickpeas are always a great nutrition alternative to meat or fish. Chickpeas have always been a real salvation for the poor diet of the peasants who...
Pasta & Lentils

Pasta & Lentils

Pasta & Lentils is a typical dish cooked by grandmothers and handed down from generation to generation. It’s perfect for the cold winter evenings. It may have a dense or more liquid texture and can be flavored for example with bacon, so it can be also liked...
Pecorino and Pepper Manicotti Pasta

Pecorino and Pepper Manicotti Pasta

Pecorino and Pepper Manicotti Pasta is a typical dish, along with the carbonara pasta, of the tradition of the Lazio region. It is a simple recipe, created with only two ingredients: the creamy of Pecorino cheese and the decided taste of black pepper.    ...
Hot Chilli Spaghetti

Hot Chilli Spaghetti

Hot Chilli Spaghetti a perfect union of three basic ingredients of Italian culinary tradition: pasta, tomato, and spicy chili. It is loved by those who like the decided and strong flavors!           Ingredients: 320 g of Spaghetti pasta 400 g...
Spaghetti with Meatballs

Spaghetti with Meatballs

Spaghetti with Meatballs are a tasty and easy to prepare a dish, loved by all adults and children. if tomato spaghetti is one of the most popular dishes in the world, with the addition of the meatballs this dish will be even more special!        ...
Spaghetti with Clams

Spaghetti with Clams

Spaghetti with Clams is a simple recipe with few ingredients but that will surprise your guests with a tasty sea flavor. You can use fresh clams (as in the recipe) or frozen.           Ingredients: 320 g of Spaghetti Pasta 1 kg of Clams 1...
Risotto with Truffle

Risotto with Truffle

Risotto with Truffle is a delicious dish that conquers the most demanding palates with its unmistakable and amazing scent. Truffle in the kitchen is considered a real wealth, especially white truffle. No elaborate preparations, few ingredients and a carefully selected...
Salmon Penne Pasta

Salmon Penne Pasta

Salmon Penne Pasta with cream is a recipe that you can prepare in a short time, is simply because they serve few ingredients, it is liked by everyone and always does her beautiful shape.           Ingredients: 300 g of Penne Pasta 100 g of...
Pasta with Pesto

Pasta with Pesto

The basic recipe for pasta with pesto (basil sauce) is very easy if you have the right ingredients. Put in a pot 2 liters of water and warm up until it bubbles. Add a spoon of salt and taste it. Only after that, add the pasta and continue to cook without lowering the...
Traditional Pizzoccheri

Traditional Pizzoccheri

Traditional Pizzoccheri of the Pastificio Chiavenna, are produced according to ancient local traditions and made with durum wheat flour and buckwheat flour better form a kind of food containing high protein food and natural fibers. Pasta made from buckwheat contains...
Tomato Sauce Pasta

Tomato Sauce Pasta

Tomato sauce pasta is the symbol dish of Italian cuisine. It is a very easy recipe but it ‘s important to cook correctly to have a great result. For this recipe, you can use the format of pasta that you prefer long and short: penne, fusilli, spaghetti, tagliatelle....
Penne with Amatriciana Sauce

Penne with Amatriciana Sauce

Pasta with Amatriciana sauce is a traditional, zesty Italian pasta sauce, based on guanciale, (salt-cured pork jowl), pecorino cheese and tomato. Originating from the town of Amatrice (in the mountainous Province of Rieti of Lazio region), the Amatriciana is one of...
Tagliatelle with Mushroom Sauce

Tagliatelle with Mushroom Sauce

Tagliatelle with Mushroom Sauce is a classic autumn dish, flavourful and easy to prepare. Some variations of the recipe calls for cream, which however covers the taste of the mushrooms somewhat. It’s best to use fresh mushrooms, but you can also use dried ones, making...
Spaghetti with Bolognese Sauce

Spaghetti with Bolognese Sauce

Bolognese ragu may be the most famous Italian sauce in the world, along with pesto. Outside Italy spaghetti with bolognese sauce is usually thought of as a spaghetti sauce, but this goes against tradition. It is usually used with special kinds of pasta like...
Spaghetti with Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Spaghetti with Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Spaghetti with Extra Virgin Olive Oil is the most simple dish. There are four basic types of olive oil and the Italian government strictly controls every single bottle before allowing it to bear the “extra-virgin” seal. The only oils which can qualify are those which...
Pasta & Beans

Pasta & Beans

Pasta & Beans is more of a soup, prepared with different variations throughout Italy, where it spread immediately after the import of the first beans from the Americas, where they were one of the three pillars of native diets, together with maize and squash. At...
Carbonara Spaghetti

Carbonara Spaghetti

Carbonara Spaghetti is an Italian pasta dish from Rome based on eggs, cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), and black pepper. Spaghetti is usually used as the pasta; however, fettuccine, rigatoni, linguine or bucatini can also...
Classic Italian Lasagna

Classic Italian Lasagna

Classic Italian Lasagna made from scratch, bubbling with cheeses, and oozing Bolognese sauce, is easier than you think to make and it is absolutely delicious. The best Classic Italian Lasagna recipe is made with home-made ingredients, including the eggs pasta, meat...
Tiramisù with Panettone

Tiramisù with Panettone

Tiramisù with Panettone is a popular coffee-flavored Italian dessert. Tiramisù (meaning “pick me up”) and it is made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavored with cocoa. The recipe has been adapted...
Pizza Margherita

Pizza Margherita

Pizza Margherita is to many the true Italian flag. According to popular tradition, in 1889, 28 years after the unification of Italy, during a visit to Naples of Queen Margherita of Savoy, wife of King Umberto I, chef Raffaele Esposito of Pizzeria Brandi and his wife...
Milanese Risotto

Milanese Risotto

Milanese Risotto (or Saffron Risotto) is a north Italian rice dish cooked in a broth to a creamy consistency. The broth can be derived from meat, fish, or vegetable. Many types of risotto contain butter, wine, and onion. It is one of the most common ways of cooking...
Rice Arancine

Rice Arancine

Rice Arancine are stuffed rice balls, which are coated with breadcrumbs, and fried. Arancini are usually filled with ragù (meat and tomato sauce), mozzarella, and peas. There are a number of local variants that differ in fillings and shape. The name derives from their...
Polpette

Polpette

Polpette (meatballs) in Italy are generally eaten as a main course or in a soup. The main ingredients of an Italian meatball are beef and/or pork and sometimes poultry, salt, black pepper, chopped garlic, olive oil, Romano cheese, eggs, breadcrumbs, and parsley, mixed...
Calzone

Calzone

Calzone is an Italian filled oven pizza, originating in Naples, and shaped as a folded pizza. It resembles a half-moon and is made of salted bread dough. A typical calzone is baked in an oven and stuffed with salami or ham, mozzarella, ricotta, and parmesan or...
Eggplant Parmigiana

Eggplant Parmigiana

Eggplant Parmigiana called “parmigiana di melanzane” or “melanzane alla parmigiana”, is an Italian dish made with a shallow or deep-fried sliced aubergine filling, layered with cheese and tomato sauce, and then baked. Parmigiana made with a...
Piadina Romagnola

Piadina Romagnola

Piadina Romagnola is a thin Italian flatbread, typically prepared in the Romagna region. It is usually made with white flour, lard or olive oil, salt, and water. The dough was traditionally cooked in a terracotta dish, although nowadays flat pans or electric griddles...
Porcini Mushrooms Risotto

Porcini Mushrooms Risotto

Porcini Mushrooms Risotto presses all the right buttons, with intense porcini mushrooms and plump arborio rice. Risotto is a north Italian rice dish cooked in a broth to a creamy consistency. The broth can be derived from meat, fish, or vegetable. Many types of...
Parmesan easy Appetizer

Parmesan easy Appetizer

Parmesan easy appetizer: unexpected guest? All you need is a thick Balsamic Vinegar, Parmesan cheese and if you want strawberry or grapes. in the Italian culinary tradition both Parmesan and Vinegar are basic ingredients, with a unique and inimitable flavor and above...
Caprese Salad

Caprese Salad

Caprese salad is an extremely simple Italian salad. It consists of sliced fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, basil, and seasoned with salt, and drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It was made to resemble the colors of the Italian flag: red, white, and green. In...