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eggplant and zucchine parmigiana with text overlay stating the recipe was a pinterest and Food52 Grand Prize Recipe winner
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Mama A’s Eggplant & Zucchini Parmigiana (Pinterest & Food52 Golden Recipe Grand Prize Winner)

This ooey-gooey layered Eggplant and Zucchini Parmigiana is as satisfying and scrumptious as your favorite lasagna, but it’s totally noodle-less (and you won’t even miss them). In fact, this recipe was recently selected as one of the 2022 Pinterest and Food52 Golden Recipe Grand Prize Winners! Mama A’s “Melanzane e […]

homemade spinach pasta rolled out and a zigzag-edged square lying on a cutting board with a mound of ricotto, Parmigiano-reggiano, and spicy salami filling in the center
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Homemade Spinach Pasta Dough Recipe (Using Twice-Milled Semolina Flour )

If you’ve ever wondered how to make green pasta this is the recipe for you! Homemade spinach pasta is easy to make and uses just 4 ingredients –twice-milled semolina flour (semolina rimacinata), eggs, and a bit of extra virgin olive oil. This pasta dough recipe makes the best,  chewy spinach […]

a spoon full of homemade strawberry jam being taken out of the widemouth mason Ball jar
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How to Make 30-Minute Homemade Strawberry Jam (Without Pectin)

This quick and easy homemade strawberry jam recipe (aka strawberry freezer jam) is delicious! It tastes as good slathered toast as it does drizzled over ice cream or cheesecake. And it’s what I use to make one of our all-time favorite strawberry desserts — Italian strawberry crostata (and little strawberry […]

a golden brown lattice-topped strawberry crostata di marmellata with scallop cutouts on top of the lattice and a piece removed from the pie tin
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Strawberry Crostata w/Homemade Strawberry Jam (Crostata di Marmellata di Fragole)

This super delicious Italian summer fruit crostata recipe is one of our favorite desserts to eat. And it’s so easy to make which means it’s an excellent dessert for beginner bakers and kiddos to make. There are two components of this strawberry jam tart: “pasta frolla” which is a very […]

a tray filled with rows of homemade raw tortellini
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How to Make Traditional Homemade Tortellini from Scratch (Tortellini in Brodo)

This homemade tortellini recipe is 100% made from scratch and it’s easier to prepare than you might think (especially filling and folding them). “Tortellini in brodo” or little meat and cheese stuffed pasta cooked in homemade broth is one of Bologna Italy’s most iconic pasta dishes along with Bolognese ragù, […]

A well-hydrated, shiny, deep yellow-colored ball of homemade egg pasta in my great grandmother's bread bowl with a vintage Italian cookbook open to the tortellini recipe page
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Homemade Italian Egg Pasta (Using Italian 00 Flour & Semolina Rimacinata Flour )

This homemade egg pasta recipe is simple to make and uses just 3 ingredients — a combination of soft wheat Italian 00 flour, semolina rimacinata (twice-milled hard wheat flour), and eggs. If you’ve ever wanted to try making your own pasta, this is probably my favorite recipe on the site. […]

a slice of prosciutto cotto and mozzarella lasagna with cheese and tomato sauce oozing out
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Italian Prosciutto Cotto and Mozzarella Lasagna (Lasagne con Prosciutto Cotto e Mozzarella)

This is the easiest lasagna recipe you’ll ever make and it could not be more delicious. Mama A’s melty delicious Italian ham and mozzarella lasagna is filled with layers of fresh egg lasagna, delicate slices of prosciutto cotto (Italian cooked ham), generous helpings of shredded mozzarella, grated Grana Padano cheese, […]

zigzagged square wonton wrappers cut out and ready to be filled
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Easy Homemade Wonton Wrappers (Using Bread Flour)

This easy 3-Ingredient wonton wrapper recipe is my favorite one on the site. I use it to make all kinds of wontons (including Spicy Sichuan wontons), or sometimes potstickers — they’re especially delicious when fried to make crispy wonton strips for homemade egg drop soup. Plus, you can fill them […]

a golden brown lattice-topped cherry crostata di marmellata with hearts
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Easy Authentic Italian Crostata di Marmellata (Italian Jam Tart)

Crostata di Marmellata is one of my favorite simple Italian desserts because it tastes great and it’s easy to make (even for beginner bakers). Don’t let the simplicity of this traditional jam tart recipe fool you — it’s delicious. There are two components of fruity Italian jam tarts: “pasta frolla” […]

Classic Sichuan Long Wonton Soup in a bowl with homemade chicken broth glistening with bits of oil and fresh cilantro leaves and crispy fried homemade wonton strips
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Classic Sichuan Wonton Soup (Long Chāo Shǒu or Dragon Wonton 龙抄手)

Ready in just 30 minutes (if you use store-bought wrappers), this easy Sichuan wonton soup recipe is one of the most famous of all the Chengdu snacks and it’s one of the easiest things to make at home. Based on my Chengdunese friend, Vivian’s recipe, if you’re already familiar with […]

a stack of six red and blue berry and pecan filled pumpkin pancakes with melting butter on top, maple syrup surrounding i
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Pumpkin Pancakes with Wild Berries and Pecans (for Two or a Crowd)

These light and fluffy crispy-edged pumpkin pancakes are packed with wild berries and toasted pecans, topped with butter, and drizzled with pure maple syrup for a real breakfast win. These pancakes are a great way to use up leftover canned pumpkin from your fall baking, but eating them year-round is […]