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    Italian Recipes (From Right Here in the Heart of Italy)

    Whether you’re looking for a classic Italian lasagna recipe, handmade tortellini, or an authentic Bolognese sauce, this is the place to learn about all the delicious regional food in Italy. We have lots of easy pizza and pasta recipes but there's so much more to traditional Italian food including our favorite Northern Italian recipes from our home in the Veneto to Central and Southern Italian dishes from our family home in Abruzzo.

    • Slice of perfect tiramisu next to a Polspotten mug with handpainted woman holding her nose under the espresso, with the larger tiramisu in the background.
      Authentic Tiramisu Recipe (Thick & Luscious Mascarpone Cream)
    • Homemade plum and mozzarella caprese salad with basil leaves, olive oil, and sea salt on a serving platter making one of the best unique caprese salad options ever!
      Plum Caprese Salad (with Buffalo Mozzarella)
    • perfectly steamed Mussels Guazetto
      Mussels in Tomato & White Wine Garlic Sauce (Guazzetto di Cozze)
    • The silkiest creamy béchamel sauce layered into a traditional lasagna bolognese on top of meat ragu.
      15-Minute Silky Béchamel Sauce (Easy White Sauce Recipe +Video)
    • Spaghetti alle vongole with veraci clams in All-Clad saute pan, best clam pasta recipe with fresh Italian clams.
      Linguine with Clam Sauce Recipe (Pasta alle Vongole)
    • Italian 24-month aged prosciutto crudo wrapped around smooth white "liscio" (meaning smooth) cantaloupe melon wedges, brunch appetizers and brunch menu ideas for Mother's Day.
      Italian Prosciutto Wrapped Melon Slices (Prosciutto e Melone)
    • A skillet full of homemade pasta alle zucchine (or better known as pasta with zucchini with tagliatelle standing in for spaghetti and sprinkled with a handful of freshly grated aged Grana Padano cheese.
      Pasta alle Zucchine (Spaghetti with Zucchini)
    • Fresh homemade spinach pasta varieties showcasing vibrant green fettuccine, chitarra, cappellini, and pappardelle nests artfully arranged on semolina-dusted baking sheet.
      Fresh Spinach Pasta Dough (Using 00 Flour + Video)
    • Green spinach pasta mezzaluna-shaped spinach and ricotta ravioli on a serving platter topped with homemade Italian tomato sauce and freshly grated Parmesan.
      Homemade Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli Filling Recipe
    • Italian white asparagus cooked in a cast iron skillet with bits of crispy prosciutto sprinkled on top (seasonal regional asparagus from Bassano Del Grappa in the veneto region.
      White Asparagus with Crispy Ham (Asparagi Bianchi con Prosciutto Cotto Croccante)
    • Speck and Asparagus lasagna just out of the oven
      Italian Speck & Asparagus Lasagna (w/Asparagus Béchamel & Zucchini Crema)
    • eggplant and zucchine parmigiana with text overlay stating the recipe was a pinterest and Food52 Grand Prize Recipe winner
      Nonna Anna's Eggplant & Zucchini Parmigiana (Food52 & Pinterest Grand Prize Winner)
    • A portioned square of "almost lasagna bolognese" pasta bake with beef ragu, porcini bechamel, mozzarella cheese, and parmigiano-reggiano cheese.
      Beef Lasagna w/Tomato White Wine Sauce and Porcini Béchamel
    • beautifully golden brown frittata in the cast-iron skillet that's been flipped to show off it's perfectly golden underside
      Asparagus and Zucchini Frittata Recipe (Perfect for Spring)
    • Pastel colored green asparagus bechamel sauce being spooned into a lasagna dish showing it's creamy texture and bright spring color for layered Mother's Day lasagna.
      Italian Asparagus Béchamel Sauce (The Real Green Goddess)
    • Perfect thick-crust pizza dough with pizza margherita toppings (including homemade pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella, and mini buffalo mozzarella balls.
      Thick-Crust Pizza (Fluffy 00 Flour Pizza Dough Recipe)
    • Pizza dough recipe for a homemade pizza with sausage and onion on a crispy bread flour pizza crust recipe, how to make pizza dough for the best homemade pizza dough.
      Best Bread Flour Pizza Dough Recipe (5 Ingredients)
    • Homemade 00-thin crust pizza with pioppini mushrooms, pepperoni, shallots, mozzarella, buffalo mozzarella, and large green and black olives.
      Best 00 Flour Pizza Dough Recipe (Thin-Crust, 5 Ingredients)
    • Light green basil and Parmigiano savory crepes stacked and ready to fill, showing the natural green color from fresh basil blended into the batter. A versatile meatless lenten breakfast or dinner crepe.
      Savory Crêpe Recipe (Fresh Basil and Parmesan IN the Batter)
    • Naturally creamy triple shrimp pasta made without cream, featuring trighetto pasta in a rich tomato shrimp sauce that uses all parts of the shrimp including the heads to flavor the pasta in a deep pasta bowl. A decadent lenten seafood pasta recipe.
      Triple Shrimp Pasta (Creamy Shrimp Trighetto Pasta)
    • summer fresh tomato and zucchini pasta sprinkled with Grana Padano cheese
      Italian Spaghetti With Zucchini & Fresh Tomatoes
    • Italian Langoustine Shrimp Scampi w/Rigatoni Pasta (Mezze Maniche agli Scampi)
    • closeup of fresh egg maccheroni pasta with purple and red sauce
      Fresh San Marzano & Purple Carrot Pasta Sauce w/Maccheroni
    • Pasta bowl filled with creamy corn and zucchini pasta with radiatore pasta shape for the perfect summer pasta recipe.
      Sweet Corn and Zucchini Pasta (Summer Pasta)
    • A bowl of homemade Italian ventricina and cicerchia bean soup garnished with grated parmesan and scallions and two parmesan crostini.
      Italian Cicerchie Bean & Ventricina Soup (Zuppa di Fagioli Cicerchie)
    • Close-up of homemade cuttlefish ink pasta nests in various shapes on tray, fresh black pasta ready for seafood pasta recipes and nero di seppia dishes.
      Squid Ink Pasta (Homemade Pasta al Nero di Seppia)
    • Authentic Italian vanilla bean panna cotta in pandoro star shape with wild berry coulis sauce and chopped strawberries with white chocolate, classic Italian panna cotta recipe easy no bake dessert.
      Velvety White Chocolate Vanilla Bean Panna Cotta
    • Closeup of 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.
      Homemade 00 Flour & Semolina Pasta Dough (Semola Rimacinata)
    • A pasta bowl filled with black squid ink tagliatelle with crab meat sugo and chunks of crab with a hot pepper garnish on top.
      Easy Crab Linguine (Linguine Nero di Seppia al Granchio Blu)
    • Garlic butter shrimp scampi with extra virgin olive oil, grated parmigiano reggiano parmesan and scallions, garlic shrimp scampi recipe.
      Delicious Shrimp Scampi for Two (or a Crowd)
    • Argentinian red shrimp in tomato cream sauce with creamy tomato alfredo for shrimp pasta recipe.
      Shrimp Pasta with Spicy Tomato-Cream Sauce (Tomato-Alfredo)
    • A strawberry cheesecake crostata with lattice-crust on a linen table cloth.
      Strawberry Cheesecake Tart (Cheesecake Crostata)
    • Authentic Italian pasta ai funghi in a white bowl topped with grated Grana Padano, a traditional mushroom pasta recipe made without cream.
      Authentic Mushroom Pasta ai Funghi (No Cream)
    • Homemade bucatini all'amatriciana made from scratch with fresh homemade bucatini pasta for a truly authentic pasta amatriciana recipe.
      Amatriciana Recipe (Pasta Amatriciana with Guanciale or Pancetta)
    • Golden brown crostata di marmellata with lattice top and decorative hearts sprinkled with homemade cherry sugar showing authentic Italian jam tart recipe.
      Crostata di Marmellata (Authentic Italian Jam Tart w/Video)
    • Sausage and Mushroom Maccheroni Pasta in the pot looking scrumptious and glistening with tomato sauce.
      Easy Sausage and Mushroom Pasta (For Busy Weeknights)
    • A bowl of paccheri pasta with shrimp and zucchini in a tomato and white wine sauce.
      Paccheri Pasta With Shrimp and Zucchini Sugo
    • Cast iron skillet gnocchi with sage, olive oil, and parmesan cheese with seared caramelized purple onion.
      3-Ingredient Italian Potato Gnocchi Recipe +Video
    • two lines of alternating tomato and mozzarella slices drizzled with bright green olive oil, sea salt and sprinkled with baby leaves of basi.
      How to Make Italian Caprese Salad (l'insalata Caprese)
    • Creamy pumpkin pasta with sausage and kale in a cast iron skillet featuring trottole pasta coated in pumpkin cream sauce, an easy pumpkin pasta sauce recipe.
      Creamy Pumpkin Pasta Sauce with Sausage and Kale

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    Memorial Day Grilling Recipes

    • A single taco al pastor on a plate consisting of a warm yellow corn tortilla topped with homemade pork pastor, salsa, grilled pineapple, and cilantro.
      How to Make Tacos al Pastor at Home
    • the best perfectly cooked carne asada steak with caramelized onions on a sheet pan
      Restaurant-Style Carne Asada Steak (For Two or a Crowd)
    • Grilled red argentinian shrimp on a grill pan.
      4-Minute Perfectly Grilled Argentinian Red Shrimp
    • a beautiful golden brown Florentine beef steak cooked perfectly
      Perfect Pan-Seared Thick-Cut Steak (Bistecca alla Fiorentina)
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    Strawberry Season Recipes

    • Strawberry butter in a bowl (looking like a scoop of ice cream) with a freeze dried strawberry garnish.
      Best Strawberry Butter (w/Strawberry Honey Butter Option + Video)
    • A spoon full of traditional strawberry jam being taken out of the widemouth mason Ball jar showing it's perfect gel point.
      Easy 30-Minute Strawberry Jam Without Pectin (w/VIDEO)
    • Homemade strawberry jam served on a scone with clotted cream, strawberry coulis, and freeze-dried strawberry powder dusting the plate.
      Best Strawberry Scones (All-Natural)
    • Easy strawberry sugar using double the amount of strawberries to get the dark pink flavored sugar.
      Strawberry Sugar Recipe (All-Natural w/Video)
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    Pizza Recipes

    • Collection of 25 homemade pizza varieties including vegetarian options, meat-vegetable combinations, hawaiian, prosciutto-arugula, marinara, margherita, mushroom, various cheese pizzas, olive, breakfast pizza, capricciosa, zucchini and ham, pepperoni, quattro formaggi, BBQ chicken pizza, and more on different kinds of homemade pizza dough including neapolitan, whole wheat, bread flour, 00 flour, St. Louis Style, pizza fritta, and pinsa Romana.
      Best Pizza Toppings & Pizza Dough Ultimate Guide w/Real Photos
    • Pizza dough recipe for a homemade pizza with sausage and onion on a crispy bread flour pizza crust recipe, how to make pizza dough for the best homemade pizza dough.
      Best Bread Flour Pizza Dough Recipe (5 Ingredients)
    • Super crispy sliced whole wheat Supreme pizza with green olives, spicy ventricina salami, salsiccia, prosciutto cotto, mushrooms, red bell peppers, and onions.
      Best Whole Wheat Pizza Dough Recipe (For Thin Crust Pizza)
    • Perfect thick-crust pizza dough with pizza margherita toppings (including homemade pizza sauce, shredded mozzarella, and mini buffalo mozzarella balls.
      Thick-Crust Pizza (Fluffy 00 Flour Pizza Dough Recipe)
    • A platter with three golden brown fried pizzas topped with burrata cheese, mozzarella, prosciutto di parma, olives, and sun dried tomatoes.
      Crispy Italian Fried Pizza (Easy Abruzzo Pizza Fritta)
    • St. Louis style thin crust whole wheat pizza cut into squares topped with artichoke hearts, Taggiasche olives, caramelized onions and melted mozzarella cheese - no yeast pizza dough recipe.
      Easy 20-Minute Thin & Crispy St. Louis-Style Whole Wheat Pizza
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