Category: Pasta
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Pasta with Eggplant, Speck, and Tomato
Pasta is always a great comfort food. Just don’t use chicken! The world is experiencing a very difficult time right now. I hope you are all safe, well, and staying out of public areas. In the meantime, it seems that a lot of us are cooking up a storm. Everyone is on the prowl…
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Pasta With Zucchini And Gorgonzola
How to learn to like blue cheese This recipe comes from the mother of a good friend of ours who originates from Florence in Tuscany. When we all lived in California, Simone used to make us Pasta with zucchini and Gorgonzola cheese whenever we went to dinner at his place, which I was always…
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Spaghetti alla Bottarga
Last time, I wrote a post, it was all about the amazing archaeological site of Segesta in Sicily. This time, I thought it would be great to introduce you to a delicacy made in Sicily. Bottarga al Tonno, or cured tuna roe (it sounds much better in Italian!) is this brown lump you…
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Pasta Salad To Beat The Heat!
We have pasta for lunch nearly every day. We have to, otherwise we would be disowned from Italian society. It’s one of the rules of holding an Italian passport. In the Summer months, the thought of a hot pasta dish can sometimes feel like a little too much, so we welcome pasta salads!…
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Spaghetti All’Amatriciana
What not to put in Amatriciana sauce There was a huge kerfuffle in Italy recently when a famous chef made Spaghetti All’Amatriciana and put onions in it. The crowd went wild (in a bad way) and there was nearly a lynch mob sent out to get the chef. That’s how seriously the Italians…
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Spaghetti with Herbs, Cannellini Beans and Bacon
An irresistible spaghetti sauce When you don’t have fussy kids hanging around who only like pasta with sauces in which the main constituent is tomato (writing from bitter experience here), this sauce with dried beans, bacon and herbs makes a wonderful change. It suits long pasta, such as spaghetti or linguine perfectly. Even…
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Spaghetti With Pesto, Potatoes and Green Beans
Making fresh pesto takes no time at all! Pasta with pesto is the fall-back meal in our household for when I can’t figure out what to make for a meal, or don’t have much motivation to cook. It’s easy (especially if you get it out of a jar!), and nobody complains about it…
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Cellentani with Radicchio, Bacon and Olives
Time to make pasta with some radicchio I’m a little late, but happy New Year to you! Sorry….things got a bit busy over Christmas and New Year so I haven’t had much time to write anything. My blog has been sitting in a corner sulking from all this neglect, so I thought that…
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Spaetzle with cream, peas, and bacon
Spaetzle, mountains, and intriguing areas of Italy The kids are back at school. All is quiet on the Cote d’Azur as the tourists have flown back to the far corners of Europe from whence they came. We can start thinking about Autumn and writing blog posts (oh, that last bit is about me,…
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Pasta with Tuna and Borlotti Beans
Pasta with tuna and borlotti beans is a favourite in our house when we want a tasty, but quick pasta sauce. It’s great as all the ingredients come out of cans, so they can be stored in the cupboard for the occasion when you look in the fridge and realise that either you…
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Fresh pasta (Maltagliati) with Lentil Sauce
I know that since my post last week on making fresh pasta at home, you’ve all been madly producing kilos and kilos of the stuff. It’s hanging off every hanging surface you have: chairs, clotheslines, broom-handles, and now….what to do with all that bounty?! Just a boring old tomato sauce doesn’t make the…
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Fresh Pasta: How To Make It Easily At Home!
It’s finally time to make fresh pasta This post is way overdue! I’ve been writing for nearly two years now, and haven’t yet put up a post on how to make fresh pasta……and I call this an Italian cooking blog??!! Shame on me! I’m just lucky I haven’t had my Italian passport revoked…
