Italian Recipes

Pepper-crusted porterhouse steak broiled and brushed with a bright Sicilian mixture of fresh mint, lemon juice, olive oil, and garlic. Dinner for two in just 10 minutes.

Batter-crust pizza loaded with browned ground beef, green peppers, mushrooms, and gooey mozzarella. No yeast, no kneading, no waiting. Dinner in 40 minutes flat.

Polipi Veraci all'Aglio is Italian braised octopus with crushed garlic, cumin, bay leaf, and olive oil, slow-cooked in a sealed earthenware dish until tender. Finished with rosemary, parsley, and green pepper.

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 beef over buttered egg noodles with sliced round steak marinated in red wine vinegar, Worcestershire, basil, marjoram, and garlic. Savory, saucy, comes together in one skillet.

Italian frangipane custard with ground almonds, cooked like pastry cream then cut into squares. Traditional holiday treat similar to Turkish delight in texture.

Easy chicken cacciatore with strips of chicken breast, mushrooms, red and green bell peppers, and a kick of red pepper flakes. The classic Italian hunter's stew adapted for a 45-minute weeknight dinner.

Italian sausage and zucchini stir-fry with fresh tomatoes, oregano, Tabasco, and Parmesan. A one-skillet dinner ready in 25 minutes with crusty bread.

One-pan Italian oven dinner with chicken, Italian sausage, bell peppers, and tomatoes roasted with garlic and olive oil. Minimal prep, maximum flavor from the oven.

Italian chocolate cookies with cocoa, cinnamon, cold coffee, and grape jelly in the dough. An old-world recipe with no eggs that makes a huge batch of soft, cakey cookies.

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.

Shrimp and vegetable risotto with dried porcini mushrooms, broccoli, tomatoes, and white wine. Arborio rice cooked the classic way with ladled broth for a creamy, one-pot Italian dinner.

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

Tender veal slices pounded thin, stuffed with breadcrumbs, hard-boiled eggs, Romano and Parmesan, then slow-simmered in a homemade herb tomato sauce until fork-tender. A hearty Italian-American Sunday supper classic.

Pounded chicken breasts stuffed with fresh basil and Roma tomatoes, coated in Parmesan breadcrumbs, and pan-fried golden. Served on a bed of peppery radicchio and watercress tossed in vinaigrette.

Baked ziti casserole loaded with Italian sausage, mushrooms, and green peppers in a creamy cheddar and Parmesan sauce. Bubbly, golden, and ready for a crowd.