Italian pescetarian main dish recipes

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Italian Shrimp Scampi

Italian Shrimp Scampi

This is an easy recipe that you can prepare in advance and bake right before dinner. It's truly delicious, if not exactly low fat. Make sure to…

Nancy Miyasaki
May 2009
Intermediate
9 votes
33147 views
Baccalà alla napoletana

Baccalà alla napoletana

Baccalà, or salted codfish, marries especially well with tomatoes, and the marriage reaches its apogee of deliciousness in the summer, when tomatoes…

Frank Fariello
Aug 2010
Advanced
2 votes
6790 views
Filetti di pesce all'acqua pazza

Filetti di pesce all'acqua pazza

Acqua pazza, or 'crazy water' is the humorous term for an extremely easy, but tasty way to poach fish--or, more…

Frank Fariello
Feb 2010
Advanced
4 votes
10574 views
Pasta with Cauliflower and Anchovy Sauce

Pasta with Cauliflower and Anchovy Sauce

This is a wonderful, mild flavored pasta we've adapted from Marcella Hazan. I know it sounds like an odd…

Nancy Miyasaki
Jan 2011
Intermediate
5 votes
5673 views
Tuscan shrimp marinara with chickpea pasta

Tuscan shrimp marinara with chickpea pasta

This is a great Tuscan recipe adapted from the Flavors of Tuscan cookbook by Maxine Clark. Maxine recommends…

John Spottiswood
Jun 2009
Advanced
3 votes
24802 views
Shrimp in Green Garlic Sauce

Shrimp in Green Garlic Sauce

Wow, this is a really powerful and delicious dish. If you are looking for subtle flavors, search elsewhere. But if you're in the mood for a…

John Spottiswood
Apr 2011
Advanced
5 votes
8536 views
Baccalà alla vicentina

Baccalà alla vicentina

Baccalà, or dried salt cod, is a favorite meal around our house, even if it only appears occasionally on the dinner table. One of the most delicious…

Frank Fariello
Feb 2010
Advanced
3 votes
4823 views
Baccala' e ceci

Baccala' e ceci

Everyone knows that Friday is fish day for Catholics (even for some lapsed Catholics like myself). A traditional Friday dish in Rome is baccala' e…

Frank Fariello
Feb 2010
Advanced
3 votes
3133 views
Lemon-butter Linguini with Peppery Shirmp

Lemon-butter Linguini with Peppery Shirmp

It always surprises me when black pepper is used in such quantity that it makes a dish truly spicy, since we so…

John Spottiswood
Sep 2010
Advanced
5 votes
9033 views
Garlic & Lemon Butter Shrimp

Garlic & Lemon Butter Shrimp

This recipe for pan searing shrimp is one of my favorites. I adapted it from a Cooks Illustrated recipe. It is full of flavor and the shrimp will…

Nancy Miyasaki
May 2008
Intermediate
4 votes
19324 views
Sole Piccata with Spinach

Sole Piccata with Spinach

This tasty piccata recipe can be made with any white fish...sole, flounder, tilapia, etc. It's simple and very fresh tasting. It goes great with…

Nancy Miyasaki
May 2009
Intermediate
3 votes
7001 views
«Polpetielli» affogati (Baby Octopus Braised in Tomato Sauce)

«Polpetielli» affogati (Baby Octopus Braised in Tomato Sauce)

Octopus is a popular food all around the Mediterranean basin and yet elsewhere it is often, for some reason,…

Frank Fariello
Sep 2010
Advanced
5 votes
9399 views
Tiella pugliese

Tiella pugliese

Even though my paternal grandfather was from Grumo Appula, a small town outside Bari in the southeastern Italian region of Puglia, I don't remember…

Frank Fariello
Feb 2010
Advanced
1 vote
2908 views
Spaghetti with Clam and Tomato sauce

Spaghetti with Clam and Tomato sauce

This is one of my favorite last minute, throw together pastas. I generally use canned clams and canned Italian…

John Spottiswood
Apr 2011
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1 vote
4368 views
Spaghetti alle vongole (Spaghetti with Clam Sauce)

Spaghetti alle vongole (Spaghetti with Clam Sauce)

A Friday night favorite at our place is spaghetti with clam sauce, one of the signature dishes of Neapolitan…

Frank Fariello
Feb 2010
Advanced
1 vote
3277 views