Italian boil recipes

Spinach & Ricotta Gnocchi with Sage Butter

I love to eat vegetarian, when it's not boring. This is one of my favorite gnocchi recipes. Easy and tasty.

Guiltless Spicy Pasta

To make this "guiltless" I use spaghetti made from soy flour and whole wheat. It has 13 grams of protein per serving. However, the sauce would be…

Port Wine / Balsamic Reduction Sauce

This sauce was modeled after the amazing balsamic steak recipe from Acqua al Due in Florence, Italy. For any…

Cranberry Agrodolce

This has been my fave turkey accompaniement for years. From the '94 issue of Food and Wine.

Celery Root Tortellini with Dungeness Crab Salad

Bollito and other boiled dinners

Some of our favorite Sunday meals during the cold weather months are boiled dinners. I usually make homemade…

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…

Tagliatelle al tonno e panna

Here's a dish for iconoclasts: tagliatelle with tunafish simmered in butter, cream and parmesan cheese—a dish that violates one of the cardinal…

Gnocchi and Peas with Pesto

I opened my freezer this morning and saw peas, some left over uncooked gnocchi and a small container of pesto. Let me show you a little of this and…

Pene alla Tuna Puttanesca

One of my favorite pasta sauce's is Puttanesca sauce. I love the combination of olives, capers, anchovies and garlic to the tomatoe sauce. I always…

Linguine al pesto genovese

The origins of pesto genovese go way back in time, to Genova, in the Ligurian region of Italy. The word pesto comes from the verb "pestare" which…

Bread Soup

Here is an easy-to-remember recipe for delicious, hearty Tuscan-style bread and vegetable soup. It calls for equal amounts of each vegetable, and…

Vegan Spaghetti and Meatballs

This is so fast and so simple. It's effortless. It's so delicious you won't believe how good it is until you try it. I didn't. My husband…

Panacotta. (Italian cream custard)

Very delicious but quite rich so don't 'pig out'

Ricotta Gnocchi

Simple pasta dish