For a quick weeknight supper that feels gourmet or an easy dish with which to impress guests, try making spaccatelle with tuna, artichokes, olives, and capers. The variety of textures and flavors in this recipe will surely leave you feeling satisfied. If you have difficulty finding spaccatelle, any type of medium length pasta will do. […]
This baked ziti (ziti al forno) recipe is a delicious way to cook and enjoy pasta. Pasta and sauce is great, but do you know what is even better? Pasta and sauce baked together with cheese, meats and other seasonings. How can you resist that?! Casserole dishes are a great way to serve pasta […]
When you mention pasta, what usually comes to mind for many people is Italian cuisine. As a matter fact, pasta has always been associated with Italy and Italian cooking. To be fair, pasta did originally come from Ancient Rome. Although many historians believe Arabs were the ones who introduced the cultivation of durum wheat centuries ago to […]
How to Make Lasagna? As mentioned above, the classic lasagna recipe may not have tomatoes in it, but it does have various cheeses. However, for this traditional recipe, we will only be using Parmigiano Reggiano. Now that’s settled, let’s proceed on how to make lasagna step by step. For this recipe, you can use dry […]
We might have a spaghetti problem. No, seriously. We love pasta sooo much, that we can’t help but mentioning it every time we have the opportunity—and sometimes, even when we shouldn’t. We literally gathered some of the most well-known Italian main dishes, and we still managed to sneak pasta in. But you will forgive us, […]
What do you think when you hear about Pizzo Calabro? If your answer is “Did anyone say pizza?” then you need to know that Pizzo Calabro is a seaside resort in the province of Vibo Valentia (Calabria, southern Italy), famous—in terms of cuisine—for its delicious (which is an ice cream) and its long tradition of […]
In Calabria, maccaruni d’a zita was always served at wedding luncheons. Today, this pasta is more popularly called penne Zita, which can be used for this Penne alla Calabrese recipe. The differences between regular penne and penne Zita is that the latter has a smoother surface and is slightly bigger in diameter. According to tradition, […]
