2,500 italiani recipes

Pizza bianca is the Roman white pizza topped with olive oil, sea salt, sliced garlic, and fresh rosemary. No tomato, no cheese, just crackly crisp dough.

Home-improved tomato sauce doctors canned tomato sauce with sauteed onion, garlic, and fresh herbs. Tastes like scratch-made in 30 minutes.

Chicago-style Italian beef with slow-roasted rump roast sliced paper-thin and simmered in garlicky pan drippings. Served on crusty Italian rolls for authentic sandwiches.

Vanilla chip biscotti studded with white vanilla chips and twice-baked Italian-style for a crisp, dunkable cookie. Almost fat-free in the dough, with a clean vanilla-citrus crumb.

Deep dish pizza with a no-yeast cottage cheese crust, seasoned tomato sauce, mozzarella, and Romano. A lighter, Weight Watchers-friendly pizza ready in 45 minutes.

Italian pan-fried trout in a white wine and lemon sauce with pearl onions, topped with butter-toasted almonds. A classic trota recipe ready in 30 minutes. Simple, elegant, unforgettable.

Basil and garlic focaccia with fresh herbs in the dough and sauteed onions on top. A food-processor Italian flatbread with dimpled olive oil pockets and a crisp golden bottom.

Italian rice with fresh artichokes sauteed in olive oil until tender and caramelized. Just six ingredients for a simple, rustic side dish with short-grain rice.

Italian roast onions (cipolle arrositite) baked whole in their skins with olive oil until soft and golden. Three ingredients, hands-off, and versatile as a side or antipasto.

Turkey breast Marsala pounded thin, dredged in herbed flour, and sauteed in butter with a quick Marsala wine and chicken broth pan sauce. An Italian-style dinner ready in 30 minutes.

Fresh spinach boiled right with the fettuccine, then tossed in heavy cream, Parmesan, and garlic salt. A 5-ingredient creamy pasta for two, ready in 20 minutes.

Italian barley soup slow-simmered for 3 hours with red wine, tomatoes, garlic, fresh herbs, and Parmesan. A thick, hearty vegetarian soup with deep, layered flavor from the long cook.

Easy focaccia using store-bought pizza dough kneaded with chopped onion, diced tomato, and herbs, then brushed with butter near the end of baking. Bakery-style flatbread on the table in about 30 minutes.

Veal Marsala with provolone, pounded thin and pan-seared, topped with melted cheese, and finished with a butter-mounted Marsala mushroom sauce. Italian elegance in 35 minutes.

Tortellini with garden vegetables tosses cheese-filled pasta with sautéed carrots, zucchini, peas, and fresh tomato in olive oil with Parmesan and basil. Quick vegetarian weeknight dinner.

Pomodori secchi imbottiti: sun-dried tomato "sandwiches" drizzled with garlic and red pepper-infused olive oil. A simple Italian antipasto with intense flavor.