Best Homemade Italian Recipes
This mushroom sauce is a quick sauce of dried porcini, fresh mushrooms, garlic and rosemary in olive oil, ready in about 1 hour 5 minutes. It serves 4, and one base gives you two sauces: a white one with butter, or a red one with tomato. Why This Recipe Works Dried porcini are soaked in …
This minestrone recipe makes a hearty Italian vegetable soup with potatoes, carrots, celery, borlotti beans and tubettini pasta, ready in about 50 minutes. It feeds 4, and a spoonful of grated Parmesan on top finishes each bowl. Why This Recipe Works The soup starts with olive oil, onion, garlic and a little chopped bacon or …
Linguine with tuna fish sauce is a quick pasta dinner of canned tuna, tomato sauce, garlic and chili, ready in about 25 minutes. It feeds 4 and comes together almost entirely from the pantry, which makes it a good weeknight rescue. Why This Recipe Works The sauce starts by warming parsley, garlic, chili and ginger …
Herb sauce is a quick butter and olive oil sauce with garlic, pine nuts, fresh herbs and lime zest, ready in about 20 minutes. It serves 4 and goes well tossed with hot pasta, like the linguine in the photo. Why This Recipe Works The onion cooks gently in olive oil and half the butter, …
This cannelloni recipe makes 8 baked pasta tubes with a beef, porcini and mozzarella filling, ready in about 1 hour 15 minutes. It feeds 4 and works well for a Sunday dinner or a make-ahead table. Why This Recipe Works Fresh pasta squares are boiled for just 4 minutes before filling. That softens them enough …
Bolognese sauce is a slow-simmered meat sauce of ground beef, ground pork, onion and tomatoes, ready in about 2 hours 20 minutes. It feeds 4 and is a good pick for a lazy Sunday, since the pot does most of the work. Why This Recipe Works Butter and olive oil go in the pan together. …
Easy baked pasta is layered penne, a chicken liver and mushroom tomato sauce, mozzarella and Parmesan, ready in about 2 hours 10 minutes. It feeds 8, and the sauce does most of the work while you do other things. Why This Recipe Works The sauce is built slowly on purpose. Cook the onion and garlic …
Fresh egg pasta is a simple dough of 00 flour, 3 eggs and a pinch of salt, ready in about 1 hour 15 minutes. It makes about 1 pound, enough for 4 servings, and you can cut it into noodles or use it for filled pasta. Why This Recipe Works The flour goes on the …
This Easy Octopus Carpaccio is thin-sliced octopus with a parsley, garlic and chili dressing, ready in about 6 hours including the chill. It serves 6 as a starter and can be made the day before. Why This Recipe Works Simmer the octopus gently in water with lemon, bay leaves and peppercorns. A hard boil tightens …
Easy focaccia with grapes and rosemary is a soft pan bread with a crisp golden top and juicy baked grapes, ready in about 3 hours 20 minutes. It makes one 9×13-inch pan, enough for 12 squares, and most of the time is hands-off rising. Why This Recipe Works The dough is wet and sticky on …
