Pasta recipes

Greek manestra cooked in lamb broth with tomato bits and topped with grated Romano cheese. A simple, traditional Greek pasta side dish with just four ingredients.

Oven-braised lamb stew with flageolet beans, elbow macaroni, fresh oregano, and Roma tomatoes. Browned lamb simmers in stock for 1 1/2 hours, then the pasta cooks right in the pot.

Rigatoni with ground lamb, pine nuts, feta, and fresh mint in a light tomato-broth sauce. A Mediterranean pasta dish with bold Greek-inspired flavors ready in 45 minutes.

Greek-style braised lamb shoulder with orzo cooked in the pan drippings with tomatoes, dill, and parsley. A one-pot meal where the pasta absorbs all the rich lamb and tomato broth.

Manestra is a Greek one-pot dish of slow-braised beef or lamb with orzo pasta in a cinnamon-spiced tomato sauce. Topped with grated cheese and ready to warm you up.

Greek pastitsio layers tender pasta with a cinnamon-and-allspice spiced beef sauce under a creamy feta-and-parmesan bechamel. The Mediterranean baked pasta that eats like a warmly spiced Greek lasagna.

Greek lamb baked with orzo pasta in tomato sauce with cinnamon and cloves. The orzo absorbs all those rich, spiced pan juices.

Handmade chicken tortellini filled with prosciutto, mortadella, and Parmigiano-Reggiano, served in rich broth swirled with a sweet red onion-Lambrusco marmalade. A true Italian labor of love.

Greek lamb shanks with orzo: lamb roasted with garlic slivers, oregano, cinnamon, and tomatoes, then finished over orzo that cooks in the pan juices. One-pan Mediterranean Sunday supper.

Spaghetti with Greek lamb meatballs in a tomato feta sauce. Mint, cinnamon, and scallion-seasoned lamb meatballs simmered in white wine tomato sauce with crumbled feta stirred in.

Mix-and-match meatballs you build your way, choosing the meat, broth, herb, and creamy finish. Baked, then simmered in a mushroom gravy enriched with sour cream, yogurt, or cream cheese, served over noodles, rice, or spaetzle.

Sauteed fresh morel mushrooms with Granny Smith apples, asparagus tips, and butter noodles flambed with Calvados. A spring-foraged dish with chipotle heat and watercress garnish.

Try something new for dinner with this succulent dish made with ground pork, ground lamb and pecorino-romano cheese.

Grilled lamb chops with Gorgonzola cream sauce reduced from white wine, heavy cream, blue cheese, and butter. A steakhouse-style entree for special-occasion dinners.

Giant-batch spaghetti sauce with ground beef, blended onions, bell peppers, mushrooms, and tomato paste simmered all day. A freezer-friendly family recipe meant to fill two 5-gallon pots and stock your freezer for months.

Mexican mince from Marguerite Patten combines ground beef with kidney beans, sweetcorn, tomatoes, and chili powder. A British wartime-era spin on chili served over rice or pasta.