Cozy Italian Kitchen

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 …

Spaghettini with seafood sauce is a light Italian pasta of thin spaghetti, mixed shellfish and squid, garlic and white wine, ready in about 30 minutes. It feeds 4 and comes together fast enough for a weeknight. Why This Recipe Works Start the garlic in cold oil over gentle heat. It turns lightly golden and sweet …

Ravioli with spinach and ricotta is fresh pasta squares stuffed with spinach, ricotta and Parmesan, tossed in sage butter, ready in about 1 hour 10 minutes. It feeds 4 and makes a meatless dinner that looks like restaurant food. Why This Recipe Works The spinach gets cooked, drained and squeezed dry before it goes into …

Penne rigate with sausage is a pasta dish of browned pork sausage, onion, garlic and rosemary in a butter and white wine sauce, ready in about 45 minutes. It feeds 4, and the nutmeg and cloves give the sauce a warm, spiced edge that sets it apart from a plain sausage pasta. Why This Recipe …