Italian Pasta Recipes

Orecchiette with lamb ragout is pasta with lamb neck cutlets in a tomato and white wine sauce, ready in about 1 hour 30 minutes. It feeds 4, and the lamb doubles as a main course on the side. Why This Recipe Works Brown the lamb cutlets on both sides before anything else goes in the …

Marille with peas is a creamy tomato pasta with smoky bacon, sweet green peas and mascarpone, ready in about 35 minutes. It feeds 4, and since marille pasta is discontinued, you make it with large gomiti or rigatoni instead. Why This Recipe Works Frying the bacon in butter until it turns crisp does two jobs …

Farfalle Genoese-style is fresh pasta in a smooth tomato sauce thickened with egg and finished with pecorino, ready in about 30 minutes. It feeds 4 and works on a busy weeknight, since the sauce takes only a few minutes at the stove. Why This Recipe Works The onion cooks in 6 tablespoons of olive oil …

Cart Drivers’ spaghetti is a pasta of tuna, pancetta and porcini mushrooms in a slow-simmered tomato sauce, ready in about 1 hour 10 minutes. It feeds 4 and uses mostly pantry staples, so it works well for a weeknight when the fridge is nearly empty. Why This Recipe Works Soaking the dried porcini in warm …

Bucatini with bacon, cheese and eggs is a quick pasta of hollow noodles, crisp pancetta and a creamy pecorino and egg yolk sauce, ready in about 25 minutes. It feeds 4 and works for a weeknight dinner when you have almost nothing in the fridge. Why This Recipe Works The sauce is raw egg yolk, …

Angel’s hair with lemon is a quick pasta of capelli d’angelo in a butter, cream and lemon sauce with Parmesan, ready in about 15 minutes. It feeds 4 and works as a fast weeknight dinner or a light first course. Why This Recipe Works The sauce starts with butter melted gently, then cream and lemon …

Amatrice-style bucatini is a pasta of pancetta, onion, chili and tomato sauce tossed with pecorino, ready in about 30 minutes. It feeds 4 and works as a quick weeknight dinner from a handful of pantry ingredients. Why This Recipe Works Fry the pancetta, onion and chili together in olive oil until they turn slightly brown. …

Ziti Neapolitan-style is a layered baked pasta of ziti, beef meatballs, spicy salami and cheese, ready in about 1 hour 35 minutes. It feeds 8, and the beaten eggs poured over the top set the layers so you can cut clean portions. Why This Recipe Works The sauce starts with onion cooked in olive oil …

Easy tomato sauce is a simple stovetop sauce of onion, chopped tomatoes and basil in butter or olive oil, ready in about 25 minutes. It feeds 4 and goes with a pot of pasta on a weeknight. Why This Recipe Works The onion cooks first, in butter or olive oil, until it turns soft. That …

Taglierini with three mushrooms is a quick pasta of fresh chanterelles, morels and porcini in a buttery sauce, ready in about 30 minutes. It feeds 4, and the fresh pasta cooks in seconds, so the sauce is the part that takes your time. Why This Recipe Works Three kinds of mushroom give the sauce more …