Braised Fennel with Garlic Butterbeans
This dish really highlights the amazing flavor of fennel as it transforms from fresh and crispy to sweet, meaty and caramelly when slow cooked.It’s simple and so spectacular. This dish is no waste as well, using the fennel tops at the end to add a fragrant, fresh element to the dish.Serve with fish, chicken, roast […]
Creamy Aglio e Olio (2 Ways)
There’s a secret to achieving creaminess in this dish that you’re not doing and today we’re going to show you that secret with nothing more than garlic, oil and water. Not one way, but two. The traditional way, then my way.
Summer Pasta with Zucchini, Squash, and Corn
This summer pasta recipe with zucchini, squash and corn is the perfect way to celebrate the season. Loaded with seasonal vegetables, fresh herbs and a delicious white wine lemon butter sauce, you’re going fall in love with this dish.
Mimi’s Italian Fish Stew
My grandmother, MiMi, passed down some lovely Italian recipes that my family still enjoys today like this simple, delicious and classic fish stew — aka Mimi’s Italian Fish Stew! Over the years, I’ve made my own personal touches to the recipe, but its essence is still captured in each bowl of this easy-to-make soup. It’s […]
Sausage and Pepper “Bolognese”, An Italian American Ragu
Taking the Italian American classic, Sausage and peppers and mashing it with the traditional Ragu Alla Bolognese from Emilia-Romagna. The result is a ragu Italian Americans can all their own.
Short Rib Agnolotti del Plin
Agnolotti Del Plin are a variation of agnolotti that is made by a pinch or "plin" from the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. It's a dish that requires some time and love to make and that's why it's reserved for special occasions like Christmas. It's a show stopper that can be served as a little […]
New York-Style Pizza Sauce
No need to go in search of a slice joint. You can make a New York-style pizza at home any time you want, starting with this faithful and perfectly calibrated recipe for the sauce.Unlike Neapolitan pies, which generally use a simple, uncooked sauce of fresh or canned tomatoes and salt, New York by-the-slice pies use […]
Foolproof Pan Pizza
A pan pizza recipe for those who love a thick and crispy crust that's golden on the bottom, but puffy and soft under the layers of sauce and mozzarella.A long, slow rise is a hands-free way to develop maximum flavor and chewiness in the crust.With a hot oven and a cast iron pan, the […]
Italian Dressing
Learn how to make this delicious classic homemade Italian dressing recipe that is bursting with cheese and herb flavors!Growing up my dad used to marinate just about everything in Italian dressing and gosh was it so delicious. If you’re a big marinade fan, then definitely try this dressing out on my T-Bone steak or Chicken […]
Pasta with Caramelized Onions, Pecorino Romano, and Black Pepper
This quick pasta gets its bold flavor from a handful of simple ingredients. Caramelized onions provided complex sweetness. We accented that sweetness by blooming coarsely ground black pepper in butter before stirring it into the onions, and we finished the dish with sharp and savory Pecorino Romano and fresh-tasting parsley.
Chicago Thin-Crust Pizza
You know Chicago deep‑dish pizza. Now meet its slimmer, crunchier sibling. The trick for making an ideal Chicago Thin-Crust Pizza—a thin, crisp alternative to its doughy cousin—at home was to make the dough in a food processor. Because of the high speed of the blade, the processor brought the dough together quickly, which prevented […]
Charred Cherry Tomatoes with Bell Peppers and Mozzarella
Sweetness and a kiss of char bring intrigue to this tasty salad at any time of the year. This recipe was inspired by one in acclaimed British chef April Bloomfield's cookbook, A Girl and Her Pig (2012). Compared to her recipe, which calls for roasting whole peppers and slow-roasting whole tomatoes before peeling them, ours […]
Lunch Lady Square Pizza
For many folks school lunches don’t bring up happy memories of eating good food. But, if your school experience was anything like ours then there were a few stand-out lunch items that really were very good, despite the bad reputation that school food has. One of our favorite school lunches was that rectangular pizza. It […]
Amalfi-Style Lemon Cake
Giovanna Aceto, whose family owns a generations-old lemon farm on the Amalfi Coast of Italy, showed us how to make torta al limone, a simple lemon cake popular throughout the region. Naturally, Aceto used farm-grown lemons, a variety called sfusato amalfitano that mature to the size of softballs; the fruits are wonderfully fragrant and have […]
Lemon and Shrimp Risotto with Fresh Basil
This is our version of the rich, intensely flavored risotto di limone that Giovanna Aceto taught us to make in Amalfi, Italy. In an unusual twist, the risotto is finished with an egg yolk and a couple tablespoons of cream, giving the rice a lush, velvety taste and texture. To create a flavorful broth for […]
Spaghetti with Lemon Pesto
This pasta dish is modeled on the spaghetti al pesto di limone that Giovanna Aceto made for us on her family’s farm in Amalfi, Italy. The lemons commonly available in the U.S. are more acidic than Amalfi’s lemons, so to make a lemon pesto that approximates the original, we use a little sugar to temper […]