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Italian recipes: spaghetti omlette with Parmesan cheese

23 April, 2020

With this new recipe you will save time, money and eat great!Ingredients: 3 eggs; leftover spaghetti; butter; Parmesan cheese; culinary herbsPreparation: chop the spaghetti and place in a bowl. Next add the eggs, Parmesan cheese, aromatic herbs, and a pinch…

Italian cinema and pasta dishes: maccheroni with tomato sauce from Un americano a Roma

23 April, 2020

Today’s recipe is inspired by a famous Italian movies called Un Americano a Roma or An American in Rome and starring Alberto Sordi; the movie tells the story of young man obsessed with American culture; he eats, behaves and dresses…

Tasty pasta recipes: spinach and ricotta with beef and tomato

21 April, 2020

This yummy pasta recipe is made with meat, cream and tomato sauce, with some added ricotta. Ricotta is such a versatile milk product; it can be sweet or savoury and used in everything from ricotta cakes to salads and more.This…

Introducing Italy's first pasta with chicken: easy pasta dish

20 April, 2020

We’ve seen many types of pasta in Italy and even discussed the fact that Italians will never put pasta with chicken. But here is the first case we’ve seen of the chicken-pasta combination and it comes direct from our friends…

Traditional Italian products: bresaola cured beef from the Valtellina

18 April, 2020

We’ve touched on Italian cold cuts and cured meats before, called “salumi”. For an idea of the pitfalls regarding the Italian language, see our post on “salumi, salame and salami“. Today, though, we take a general look at Italy’s salumi,…

Pasta recipes: tagliatelle with mushrooms and rocket

15 April, 2020

Here’s a great Italian pasta recipe for late summer/early autumn with bavette or tagliatelle with mushrooms and rocket. A few other ingredients give it some extra zing, making this a great entree course for any season.Ingredients: 250 grams of bavette,…

Homemade pasta: recipe from Umbria, Italy

15 April, 2020

Believe me, homemade pasta is worth every effort, and you should always seek out the ‘house’ pasta in restaurants where you know they make it themselves, because there’s nothing more disappointing than paying money in a restaurant to eat Barilla.…

Italian recipes from Sorrento: the pasta tower or Torretta di Paccheri video

13 April, 2020

On watching this video I was ready to rush off to the “Photo” restaurant in Sorrento for lunch. In this video chef Simone Ammendola shows how to make the Torretta di Paccheri, or Paccheri Tower. This is an aubergine and…

Italian Christmas recipes: homemade seafood pasta

11 April, 2020

This Italian Christmas recipe is used as part of the initial Christmas toast at the beginning of the meal, and is an Italian seafood, Christmas pasta recipe.The ingredients for four people are: 400 grams of tagliatelle, 300 grams of turbot…

The Geometry of Pasta: new cookbook explains pasta shapes

9 April, 2020

The shape of pasta is not just a random thing that you can throw any sauce at. On the contrary, Italian cooking has known for centuries which are the best sauces to match to certain pasta shapes, and which shapes…

Spring recipes from Italy: pasta with asparagus

9 April, 2020

While it snowed yesterday in northern Italy, to welcome spring and Easter on April 1st, generally speaking signs that the warmer season is on its way are apparent. Which means some wonderful Italian dishes are just around the corner. We’ve…

Italian pasta dish recipes: green tagliatelle from Trento

8 April, 2020

Just reading this recipes makes me hungry. You can do many things with pasta dishes, but often the most traditional Italian pasta dish is the best. Today, we look at green tagliatelle, or fettuccine with porcini mushrooms.Ingredients: 300 grams of…

Easy pasta recipes: spaghetti with clams and chilli

5 April, 2020

A classic Italian seafood recipe appearing as a pasta dish, is “spaghetti alle vongole”, and today we try another version of “vongole”, or clams, but with chilli. It’s an easy recipe to make and is fantastic for summer evenings. It…

Simple pasta recipes: bow ties with asparagus

27 March, 2020

We normally call this pasta “bow ties” or similar, in English, but their real name is “farfalle” or “butterflies”. Despite presenting some difficulties in the cooking, it’s wonderful pasta to use and goes well with seasonal ingredients and simple preparations…

Italian recipes: tagliatelle with spinach

27 March, 2020

Last Sunday I prepared tagliatelle with spinach and at the end of the meal I had nothing but great compliments from my guests, so why not give it a try? The following recipe serves four.Ingredients 200 g flour; 2 eggs;…

Italian pasta recipes from Sicily: "pasta alla norma"

25 March, 2020

This pasta dish from Sicily has its origins in Catania and is called “pasta alla norma”. There are various theories as to its name, one of which says that Vicenzo Bellini’s heroine was called Norma, and she was from Catania.Ingredients…

World Tagliatelle Day: celebrating original Italian cooking

24 March, 2020

Today is international “Tagliatelle Day” when the world celebrates one of Italy’s greatest types of pasta. Around the world, more than 1000 Italian chefs will make original pasta recipes based on the traditional Italian dish from Bologna, of “tagliatelle al…

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