Europe recipe collection

Slow cooker Italian beef sandwiches: chuck roast braised tender, shredded, and simmered with tangy pepperoncini, sweet peppers, and garlic, then piled on Italian bread. Feeds a crowd.

Stuffed Italian chicken rolls with mozzarella and pastrami, pounded thin, rolled up, and baked with a crispy Parmesan bread crumb coating. Freezer-friendly and ready in about an hour.

Italian cream cake stacks three buttermilk-tender layers loaded with toasted pecans and shredded coconut, then crowns it all with cream cheese frosting. A Southern bakery showpiece.

Sweet yeast dough studded with candied fruit, almonds, and anise gets braided into a ring with dyed eggs nestled in the twists for a stunning Italian Easter centerpiece bread.

Traditional Italian fig cookies (cucidati) with a sweet filling of dried figs, raisins, walnuts, and cinnamon wrapped in a buttery dough. A classic holiday cookie from Italian-American bakeries.

Quick Italian garden saute with zucchini, corn, green pepper, and fresh tomatoes in butter with basil and oregano. A 15-minute summer vegetable side dish from skillet to table.

Italian green beans and potatoes mashed together with garlicky olive oil. A rustic two-vegetable side from Puglia that turns humble Yukon Golds and fresh beans into something soulful, silky, and endlessly versatile.

Hazelnut and eggs - also called Brutti Ma Buoni, these cookies have tons of sweet nutty flavor.

Italian loaf stuffs pizza dough with spicy sausage, pepperoni, mozzarella, spinach, pimientos, and olives. A sliceable stromboli-style bake for game day or crowd lunches.

Italian macaroons made from almond paste kneaded with egg whites and sugar, baked into chewy, fragrant amaretti-style cookies. A short rest before baking gives them their crackly top and tender center.

Italian market pasta salad tosses bow-tie pasta with fresh greens, cherry tomatoes, tangy gorgonzola and toasted pine nuts in a balsamic dressing. A light, no-mayo summer salad.

Italian meat sauce mix is a bulk-batch freezer sauce: hot Italian sausage and ground beef slow-simmered for 8 hours with tomato puree, basil, and hidden broccoli and cauliflower florets. Makes 8 pints to stash.

Delicious Italian meatballs are served in a bread basket, absolutely delicious and flavorful!

Ground turkey meatballs with sweet red and yellow peppers, mushrooms, and a light creamy sauce made with evaporated skim milk. Served over parsley rice.

Italian steamed mussels in white wine with garlic and fresh parsley, served chilled as an elegant appetizer. Just five ingredients and a simple stovetop method.

Italian raisin bread for the bread machine: a savory-sweet loaf with golden raisins, pine nuts and fresh rosemary baked right into a soft eggy crumb. Drop in, hit start, add raisins on the beep.