Italian Recipes

Rustic Italian yeast bread made with durum semolina flour and loaded with sautéed butternut squash, roasted red peppers, tomatoes, and onions. Uses a biga starter for deep flavor and makes four golden loaves.

Italian celebration cake with pound cake layers soaked in orange liqueur, filled with sieved ricotta, candied fruit, and chocolate chips, frosted with cocoa-mocha buttercream. No baking required.

Italian baked artichokes stuffed with fresh rosemary, sage, and dried red chile, roasted in an olive oil and water bath until tender. Serve hot, at room temperature, or cold.

Baked peaches from the Piedmont filled with crushed amaretti cookies, peach puree, sugar, and egg yolk. A classic Northern Italian summer dessert that's elegant and simple.

The classic Italian cold veal dish reimagined over pasta. Tender braised veal sliced thin over noodles tossed in a silky tuna-anchovy sauce with capers and parsley.

Italian sausage risotto with Arborio rice, beef broth, white wine, and Parmesan. Slow-stirred until creamy with browned sausage folded through every bite.

Slow cooker Italian chicken dinner with cabbage, onions, mushrooms, and spaghetti sauce topped with Parmesan. A dump-and-go crockpot meal that cooks from frozen.

Hammin di Pesach is a traditional Passover lamb stew with chicken meatballs, spinach, and matzo served as a two-course meal. Braised lamb chops and tiny seasoned chicken dumplings simmer together, then split into a main dish and a matzo soup.

Penne with eggplant, mushrooms, and red wine tomato sauce finished with melted mozzarella. A hearty Italian pasta ready in 45 minutes.

Italian-American penne alla vodka built on cream, butter, and ripe tomato. The vodka spends 24 hours infused with dried red peppers for a deeper, mildly fiery edge. Glossy, restaurant-style pasta.

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.

Simple, yet delicious restaurant quality chicken parmesan.

Fresh tomato, bacon, and onion fettuccine tossed with crumbled bacon cooked in its own drippings, chopped tomato, and basil. Five ingredients, dinner for two.

Genoise cake brushed with amaretto and layered with a whipped chocolate ganache filling. Italian sponge meets boozy almond and dark chocolate for a classic celebration dessert.

Risotto primavera packs spring vegetables into creamy arborio rice: green beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, carrots, and tomatoes folded in stages, finished with butter and Parmigiano. The garden in a bowl.

Quick marinara pasta baked with melted mozzarella on top. Canned tomatoes simmered with basil, oregano, and garlic over tricolor pasta, then broiled until bubbly and golden.