Italian Recipes

Authentic Italian Pizza Dough Recipe
Authentic Italian Pizza Dough Recipe

Authentic Italian pizza dough is the heart and soul of every great pizza. Its origins date back to ancient Rome, where unleavened flatbreads were first topped with olive oil and local ingredients. Over ...

12-15 minutes 2 pizza dough balls
Fettuccine with Prosciutto & Mushrooms
Fettuccine with Prosciutto & Mushrooms

Fettuccine with Prosciutto, Mushrooms, and Peas Instructions_Step In a large skillet, fry the bacon until crisp and drain on paper towels. Instructions_Step Add the butter and oil to the skillet and...

20 minutes 4 to 6
Tomato /Goat Cheese & Anchovy Bruschetta
Tomato /Goat Cheese & Anchovy Bruschetta

Burnt Tomato, Goat Cheese, and Anchovy Bruschetta Whenever I make bruschetta, I think of Aldo Langhi, chef of La Cave di Maiano, a restaurant in the hillside town of Fiesole outside Florence. Aldo's go...

15 minutes 8
Porrata (Leek Pie) Recipe
Porrata (Leek Pie) Recipe

Porrata Leek Pie Strangely enough, the word "puree" seems to derive from the Italian word for leeks, porri. A soup made from porri was called a "porrea." At the annual festival held at San Lorenzo (of ...

45 to 50 minutes 12
Panna Cotta Recipe
Panna Cotta Recipe

Panna Cotta (Milk and Caramel Custard) Volpi. Instructions_Step In a small saucepan, put the sugar and lemon juice. Mix very well together with a metal spoon, and place over low heat. Instructions_Ste...

25 minutes 8 to 10 servings
Italian Tomato Sauce Recipe
Italian Tomato Sauce Recipe

Italian Tomato Sauce This classic tomato sauce and any of its variations may be kept in the refrigerator for up to 4 days or frozen for up to 3 months. Instructions_Step Heat in a large skillet over m...

25 minutes 4-5 cup
Italian Braised Celery Stalks Recipe
Italian Braised Celery Stalks Recipe
25 minutes For 4 to 6 servings

Braised Celery Stalks with Onion, Pancetta, and Tomatoes Instructions_Step Cut off the celery's leafy tops, and detach all the stalks from their base. Save the hearts for a salad. Use a swiveling-blade...

Linguine with Shrimp Sauce Recipe
Linguine with Shrimp Sauce Recipe
35 to 37 minutes 4 or 5

Linguine con Gamberetti Linguine with Shrimp Sauce (and Variations) From Make It Italian, by Nancy Verde Barr I especially like this dish with small gulf or Maine shrimp, and if you stumble on either, ...

Spaghetti Alla Carbonara Recipe
Spaghetti Alla Carbonara Recipe
15 -18 minutes 4

Spaghetti Alla Carbonara (Spaghetti with Egg-Pancetta Sauce) This Roman dish is sometimes called "spaghetti with bacon and eggs" on tourist menus. Pancetta, of course, is not bacon, because it is not s...

Italian Pork Roast in Milk
Italian Pork Roast in Milk
1-1/2 hours 6 to 8 servings

Maiale in Latte (Italian Pork Roast in Milk) This brilliant Italian dish begins with pork half-submerged in milk. In the course of long cooking, the milk breaks down into a dark and delicious sauce, wh...

Hay and Straw Recipe
Hay and Straw Recipe

Hay and Straw Instructions_Step Blanch the peas (if fresh) in boiling salted water until al dente. Drain and set aside. Instructions_Step Sauté the onion and garlic in the butter for several minutes. ...

15 minutews 4
Classic Neapolitan Pizza Dough, by Pamela Sheldon Johns
Classic Neapolitan Pizza Dough, by Pamela Sheldon Johns

Classic Neapolitan Pizza Dough Instructions_Step In the bowl of a heavy-duty mixer fitted with a dough hook, stir the yeast into the warm water until it dissolves. Add the I cup pastry flour and the s...

6-1/2 to 8 hours Enough dough for six 10-inch pizzas
Basil Pesto Recipe, from Mustards Restaurant
Basil Pesto Recipe, from Mustards Restaurant

Basil Pesto Here is a very simple way to use a whole bunch of basil, and the result has multiple uses. It is good on pasta or mashed potatoes, or to dress up a soup. Fold a little into some mayonnaise...

8 minutes about 3/4 cup
Alfredo Sauce/alla panna Recipe
Alfredo Sauce/alla panna Recipe

Alla Panna Cream Sauce [Alfredo Sauce] [This recipe assumes you are using fresh tagliatelle or fettuccine, either homemade or store-bought. If you are using dried pasta, you will have to cook it as lon...

12 minutes 6
Risotto All'Aragosta, Lobster Risotto
Risotto All'Aragosta, Lobster Risotto

Instructions_Step Bring 2 gallons salted water to a boil in a large pot. Put in half the wine with the carrots, leeks, peppercorns, and bay leaf and boil for 15 minutes. Add the lobsters and boil for 13...

12 as a main course, 24 as a side dish