115 on pasta recipes

Fettuccine with steamed sea scallops, fresh peas, and saffron butter sauce. An elegant seafood pasta where gentle steaming keeps the scallops tender and the saffron adds golden richness.

Shrimp and sea scallops over angel hair pasta in a reduced white wine, cognac, and tarragon butter sauce. An elegant 30-minute seafood dinner with restaurant polish.

Baked stuffed manicotti the old-school way: pasta tubes packed with a beef and mozzarella filling, blanketed in a homemade tomato sauce simmered an hour with fennel seed and herbs, then baked bubbling under more cheese.

Pasta alla carbonara made with fettuccine, bacon, onion, eggs, and Parmesan in a silky sauce built from egg yolk and rendered bacon fat. An Italian-American weeknight classic ready in about 40 minutes.

Ground beef spaghetti Parmigiana with corn, tomato sauce, and a pinch of cinnamon over butter-Parmesan tossed pasta. A unique weeknight comfort dinner ready in under an hour.

Mediterranean chicken baked in a tomato-wine sauce with mushrooms, black olives, artichoke hearts, and Parmesan, served over pasta. A one-dish Italian-inspired chicken dinner with rich, layered flavors.

Bay scallops and shrimp in a light cream and clam juice sauce with tri-color bell peppers and zucchini over angel hair pasta. An elegant seafood dinner ready in under 20 minutes.

Tender bay scallops in a silky dill cream sauce with shallots and white wine, served over angel hair pasta. An elegant seafood dinner for six that comes together in 40 minutes.

Orzo tossed with rehydrated sun-dried tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, and fresh basil. No-oil pasta sautéed in chicken broth instead of butter. Ready in 25 minutes for an easy weeknight dinner.

Grilled vegetable and ravioli salad with cheese-stuffed pasta, smoky grilled vegetables, and a red wine vinegar vinaigrette. An 8-minute summer dinner that turns leftover grilled vegetables into a full-meal salad.

Layered baked pasta casserole with hot Italian sausage, creamy spinach, and a ricotta topping. Old-school comfort food that feeds six in under an hour.

Turn leftover pasta, rice, meat, and vegetables into a bubbling casserole with a quick homemade white sauce. The ultimate fridge-clearing dinner, ready in an hour.

Tender shrimp tossed with pasta in a bright lemon-herb dressing spiked with tarragon and rosemary makes an elegant cold salad perfect for warm-weather gatherings.

This is an easy recipe with some great flavor. Next time I will have rice instead of pasta, and I think it will be yummy too.

Onions slow-braised in butter for an hour until deeply caramelized, finished with Madeira wine, and tossed with pasta and Parmesan. Five ingredients, one knockout sauce.

Creamy linguini with butter, heavy cream, and Parmesan, served with microwave-steamed zucchini and cauliflower. A simple cream pasta with an easy vegetable side built in.