Best Homemade Italian Recipes
Pasta with lobster is linguine tossed in a fresh tomato and garlic sauce with tender lobster meat, ready in about 1 hour 5 minutes. It feeds 4, and one lobster is enough for the whole table. Why This Recipe Works Cook the lobster whole in a covered pot over low heat. A gentle simmer keeps …
Square spaghetti with garlic and anchovy is a pasta in a smooth milk, garlic and butter sauce with broiled peppers, ready in 1 hour 10 minutes. It feeds 4 and works for a weeknight when you want a sauce with real depth. Why This Recipe Works The garlic simmers in milk for 30 minutes instead …
Tagliatelle with bottarga is an Italian pasta of fresh noodles, olive oil, onion, herbs and grated cured fish roe, ready in about 20 minutes. It feeds 4 and works as a quick dinner when you have almost nothing in the fridge. Why This Recipe Works Bottarga is salted, air-dried fish roe, and it is the …
Tagliolini with red mullet is a quick pasta of red mullet fillets, garlic, white wine and tomatoes, ready in about 30 minutes. It feeds 4 and comes together in one pan and one pot, so it suits a weeknight dinner that still feels special. Why This Recipe Works Red mullet is a delicate fish that …
Black angel’s hair with scallops is a quick seafood pasta of ink-black capelli d’angelo, tender scallops, garlic, red chili and white wine, ready in about 20 minutes. It feeds 4 and works for a dinner that looks far fancier than the effort it takes. Why This Recipe Works The scallops cook in hot olive oil …
This roasted pork loin is a pancetta-wrapped roast flavored with garlic, rosemary and white wine, ready in about 1 hour 30 minutes. It feeds 4 and gives you a pan sauce from the cooking juices with no extra work. Why This Recipe Works The pancetta does two jobs. It bastes the lean pork loin as …
Straw and Hay with Zucchini and Pecorino is white and green tagliatelle tossed with zucchini, tomatoes and basil, ready in about 30 minutes. It feeds 4, and the two colors of pasta make a plain weeknight dinner look special. Why This Recipe Works The sauce starts with olive oil and butter together. The oil keeps …
Creamy potato salad with caramelized onions is a make-ahead side of waxy potatoes, sweet onion and tangy yogurt dressing, ready in about 55 minutes. It serves 6, and it tastes even better after a short rest in the fridge. Why This Recipe Works Dress the potatoes while they are still slightly warm. Warm potato starch …
Oven baked egg toast with sucuk is a sheet-pan breakfast of cheesy egg-soaked bread topped with spicy diced sausage, ready in about 27 minutes. It makes about 14 slices, enough for 4 people, and you bake them all at once. Why This Recipe Works The egg mix has milk, oil and a full bowl of …
These layered pastry rolls are flaky yeast rolls with a milk and oil dough, soft butter and optional feta, ready in about 2 hours 40 minutes. The recipe makes 16 rolls. Why This Recipe Works Spreading soft butter over each strip of dough and rolling it into a log builds the layers. As the rolls …
