Italian, Pasta Recipes

Tender strips of tripe slow-braised in tomato sauce with red wine, garlic, herbs, and a hit of lemon zest, finished with freshly grated Parmesan. A rustic Italian classic served over pasta.

From McCall's Great American recipe card collection, Our Italian Heritage 5e, a baked meatball lasagna.

Italian garden lasagna layers a rainbow of sauteed vegetables (peppers, carrots, mushrooms, zucchini, broccoli, spinach) with ricotta, mozzarella, and parmesan in a no-boil lasagna. Vegetarian comfort that uses up the garden haul.

Italian meatballs and spaghetti features oven-baked beef meatballs simmered in a quick basil-oregano tomato sauce with Parmesan stirred in at the end. Classic family weeknight dinner over a bed of pasta.

Quick, easy and delicious. Using whole wheat pasta makes the dish even more nutritious and filling. An ideal one-pan meal.

Chicken liver and prosciutto lasagne layered with ricotta, Parmesan, and mozzarella in a rich wine-tomato sauce. An Italian-style baked pasta worth the effort.

Baked squid with garlic-anchovy capellini, the Italian-American Feast of Seven Fishes star reimagined for the home oven. Crispy crumb-coated calamari over silky anchovy-garlic pasta, all in 30 minutes.

Homemade marinara sauce with pureed Italian plum tomatoes, garlic, and fresh parsley simmered with bay leaves. A simple meatless pasta sauce ready in about 30 minutes.

Slow cooker Italian spaghetti sauce loaded with ground beef, Italian sausage, tomatoes, mushrooms, and green peppers. Set it in the morning and come home to a rich, simmered-all-day meat sauce.

A flavorful homemade spaghetti sauce, it's thick and tasty. Use it to make your spaghetti meatballs or any your favorite dish that uses spaghettis sauce, it certainly will deliver lots of deliciousness.

A succulent and savory lasagna made with mild pork sausage, mushrooms and a variety of tasty cheeses.

Italian lasagna with ground beef, ricotta, mozzarella, and Parmesan layered with a homemade tomato meat sauce. A big-batch recipe that makes four 8x8 pans, perfect for feeding a crowd or freezing ahead.

Pasta e fagioli: Italian bean and pasta soup with white kidney beans, canned tomatoes, sun-dried tomato, basil, and oregano. A rustic vegetarian one-pot that thickens into a hearty meal.

Gambardella's minestrone with five dried legumes, fresh fennel, basil, oregano, and Italian vegetables simmered into a thick, hearty soup. Serve over pasta or rice.

A tasty and scrumptious seafood pasta dish that will have you hooked from the first bite to the last!

Long, slow simmering of meat and herbs produces the base for this incomparable sauce.