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A few years back, I was in a nice Italian restaurant that served those thin crust, super tasty, brick oven pizzas, and one of the pizza’s we got for the table was a fennel and sausage combination. I know both ingredients are popular in Italian cooking, but I’m not sure I had them on a pizza before. Well, several months later, I was thinking about pasta recipes, remember that pizza, and decide
Growing up in my house, every November 19, was Pastisio night. Why that day? Well, that day is my birthday, and Pastisio was my absolute favorite. And my saintly (of course saintly) Mom, always made it for me (despite at least one of my brothers hating it). Not sure where the love of this Greek, casserole like, lasagna-ish, dish came from, but my mom had it in her cooking repertoire and I t
As kid, I didn’t know Pappardelle pasta even existed. But a few years ago, I started to see it more often in the “upscale” restaurants I visited…and now I see pappardelle all the time. Usually, these broadly cut pasta noodles are served with a rich meat sauce…and usually they are very very tasty. Unfortunately, now that I have not only discovered, but also acquired a deep affection for pappa
I feel pasta dishes in general offer incredible opportunities to be creative in the kitchen. Of course there are traditional classics that need no modification, but when you want to be creative, pasta offers a great blank canvas.
We eat a lot of pasta for dinner in my house…it’s easy to make after getting home, and it’s filling, but best of all it’s easy to make a wide variety of different recipes without a ton of work in the kitchen. Here is a recipe for a simple dish with an big name…Fettucini with Mushroom Sugo. I’ve posted a pork sugo recipe on the site before which you may have seen, but this one is significantl
Gnocchi in pesto cream sauce is an Italian/American classic. And in this recipe video I show you how to make it. I haven’t made my own gnocchi, which would be the toughest part of this recipe, because there are a lot of good store bought options out there...and because I rarely have the time to make them. The rest of the dish takes little more than 30 – 40 minutes to make, but it looks like
When spring has sprung, I’m always looking for great asparagus dishes…and sense pasta is in season all year long, why not combine the two. In this recipe video, I make a very fresh and light Gnocchi with Asparagus and Bacon dish. These little pillows of pasta are soft and delicious, and worthy of frequent trips to the dinner table. But often gnocchi recipes are supper heavy with thick rich s
Fettucini alfredo is one of the simplest pasta dishes you can make at home. And I think it’s one of the best. It is one of my goto dishes when I want something rich and filling, in just a few minutes cooking time; but the same old alfredo can get old. Fortunately, it’s also one of those recipes that’s super easy to modify. You can add chicken or seafood, you can also add all kinds of vegeta
One of the greatest things about making your own pasta, is that you can make pastas with different ingredients…flavored pastas!! In this recipe video, I show you how to make a pecorino and black pepper pasta that is absolutely awesome. In addition to the freshness and tender texture that homemade pasta pasta gives you, this version has some extra richness and spice from the black pepper and c
Making your own homemade pesto sauce is pretty darn easy. And that means that making your own homemade pesto cream sauce, is pretty darn simple too. In this recipe video, I show you how to make this awesome pasta sauce, which I love with gnocchi and short or stuffed pasta’s like penne and ravioli. It’s a very rich, heavy sauce, so I generally like a small serving and this makes a
