Best Homemade Italian Recipes
Springtime tagliolini is fresh pasta in a garlic butter sauce with mixed herbs, toasted hazelnuts, lemon zest and Parmesan, ready in about 22 minutes. It feeds 4 and works as a quick weeknight dinner or a light spring main. Why This Recipe Works The herbs are the sauce here, so use at least five kinds …
Soup with pasta is a light chicken stock soup with ripe tomato and angel hair pasta, finished with Parmesan and chives, ready in about 20 minutes. It feeds 4 and works as a quick starter or a small weeknight supper. Why This Recipe Works The soup only has a few ingredients, so the stock does …
Soup with cappelletti is a light Italian soup of chicken stock, fresh tomato and small stuffed pasta, ready in about 25 minutes. It feeds 4, and one pot is all you need for a quick lunch or a simple first course. Why This Recipe Works The stock does all the flavor work here, so use …
Sardinian gnocchi with tomato sauce is a simple pasta of malloreddus shells in a fresh cherry tomato and basil sauce, finished with aged pecorino and ready in about 40 minutes. It feeds 4 and works as an easy weeknight dinner. Why This Recipe Works The sauce starts by softening the onion in olive oil over …
Risotto with two artichokes is a creamy Italian rice dish made with globe artichokes, Jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes) and Parmesan, ready in about 45 minutes. It feeds 4 and works as a meatless main or a rich side. Why This Recipe Works The recipe uses two different vegetables with the same name. Globe artichokes give a …
Rigatoni with rich Bolognese sauce is a baked pasta with ceps, chicken livers and Parma ham, ready in about 3 hours 20 minutes. It feeds 5 to 6 and can be built a day ahead, so you only bake it when it’s time to eat. Why This Recipe Works The meat sauce gets its depth …
Rigatoni with pork ragout is a hearty pasta dinner of bone-in pork, onion, white wine and tomatoes, ready in about 1 hour 20 minutes. It feeds 4, and the sauce simmers on its own while you wait. Why This Recipe Works Browning the pork in olive oil before anything else goes in builds the base …
Penne with chili sauce is a quick pasta of penne, fresh red chilies and chopped tomatoes with garlic and parsley, ready in about 25 minutes. It feeds 4 and uses pantry staples, which makes it an easy weeknight dinner. Why This Recipe Works The sauce starts with 6 tablespoons of olive oil, and that is …
Peasant soup is a hearty Italian bean and pasta soup with cannellini beans, potatoes and broken spaghetti, ready in about 40 minutes. It feeds 4, uses plain pantry ingredients, and makes a filling weeknight dinner. Why This Recipe Works Half the beans go in whole and the other half get mashed to a pulp with …
Pasta with peas is a brothy Italian pasta dish of fresh peas, thin strips of ham and wide pappardelle, ready in about 35 minutes. It serves 4 and works for a weeknight dinner that needs only one pot. Why This Recipe Works The pasta cooks right in the chicken stock, not in a separate pot …
