Pasta Recipes

Five-ingredient orzo with toasted pine nuts, olive oil, and dried basil. A 30-minute vegan side dish or light main with serious Mediterranean simplicity.

Quick pasta primavera with broccoli, carrot matchsticks, and Parmesan in a creamy soup-based sauce. A pantry-friendly weeknight pasta ready in under 30 minutes.

Easy pesto pasta tossed with prepared basil pesto, fresh Parmesan, and toasted pine nuts. A 4-ingredient pasta dinner ready in the time it takes to boil water.

Favorite macaroni and cheese is a baked classic with elbow pasta, sharp cheddar, and a mustard-and-hot-sauce-spiked butter base. Bubbling cheesy comfort food in 60 minutes.

Fresh fettuccine with a silky butter and cream sauce finished with Parmesan. Authentic Alfredo-style pasta made with homemade egg pasta, just four ingredients for restaurant-quality Italian classic.

Fettuccine Florentine with prosciutto, spinach, and Parmesan in a rich heavy cream sauce reduced until thick. A five-ingredient Italian pasta that's luxuriously simple.

Sardinian fregula with clams, prosciutto, saffron, and chili flakes cooked to a risotto-like consistency in white wine and tomato broth. A rustic Italian seafood pasta.

Fresh egg pasta from scratch with just flour, eggs, and olive oil. Hand-kneaded on a wooden board using the classic Italian well method for silky, elastic dough.

Fusilli with vegetables: a fresh Italian pasta sauce of zucchini, plum tomatoes, garlic, shallots, and herbs simmered in olive oil. Summer garden produce tossed with corkscrew pasta and a shower of parmesan.

Garlic spaghetti (aglio e olio) with golden garlic sauteed in olive oil, tossed with pasta water, fresh parsley, and Parmesan. Five ingredients, 35 minutes, and the simplest Italian pasta you can make.

Authentic Italian potato gnocchi uses just three ingredients, hand-kneaded into soft pillows and rolled against fork tines for ridges. Tender pasta ready to sauce with brown butter, ragù, or pesto.

Classic potato gnocchi made from riced potatoes, flour, butter, and a hint of nutmeg. Light, pillowy dumplings shaped with a fork and boiled until they float.

Homemade green pasta dough made with spinach, eggs, and olive oil. A classic Italian spinach pasta from scratch that rolls thin and cooks tender with a vibrant green color.

Halloween black spiders' leg noodles toss inky squid ink linguine with roasted butternut squash, orange bell peppers, garlic, and Kalamata olives. A vegetarian Halloween pasta with bold spooky color contrast.

Hearty lentil tomato sauce with dried lentils, fresh tomatoes, and Italian herbs simmered into a thick, protein-rich vegetarian pasta sauce. Meaty texture without the meat.

Hearty minestrone: vegetable soup with leeks, potatoes, white beans, zucchini, orzo pasta, and spinach in chicken broth. Lighter weeknight take on the Italian classic in 30 minutes.