Italian christmas recipes

Basil-Walnut Pesto

To help mix the pesto with the cooked pasta, blend 4 to 6 tablespoons of the pasta cooking water into 1/2 cup pesto before tossing.

Crunchy Green Bean Salad

compote of tomato

a nice tomato sauce for your pasta or just as a dip with your appetizer. It can be used hot or cold. Delizioso enjoy your cooking Branna

Alfredo Potato Finger Fries

Polenta Basic

How to make a good basic polenta dish

Italian Red Wine Cookies

These are so quick and easy you can bake them anytime, and people will think you spent all day just baking for them !!

Cherry Vino Cotto (Vincotto) Pie

A delicious dessert combination that's easy to prepare--making this the perfect ending for any occasion.

Minestrone Soup

Calamari al Forno

Sauce may be made in advance. I prefer to assemble/cook sauce and then continue with stuffing squid....

Zucchini con Anice

Dolce Casalinga con pinoli

This is the cake we make for birthdays. It is simply delish. Original recipe is handwritten. Please make any changes to make this cake work for…

Buttery Jam Tarts

Cant seem to find anyone who does not care for these little baked jam filled pieces of heaven! ;) Hard Work, But SOOOOO Worth It!

Cream Cheese Cookies

Delicious if made properly. This recipe is qiut tricky But quite yummy!

A Royal Christmas Pudding copyright 2011 art of living,PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati

italian sauce

My mum is a professinol cook and this is one of her favourite dishes.