Chifferi Elbow Pasta with Cannellini Beans and Tuna. Recipes like this chifferi elbow pasta with cannellini beans and tuna are rarely served in restaurants or on special occasions here in Italy. However, that doesn’t mean they’re not delicious! Quite the contrary! Pasta with beans and...
Gomiti Elbow pasta also known as ‘Elbow macaroni’! A pasta with many names! The word ‘gomito’ means elbow in Italian. So, this is one of the names Italians give to America’s favourite pasta and the main protagonist in ‘mac and cheese’. However, the world of Italian pasta isn’t...
Baked Lumaconi Pasta Shells with Chicory and Porcini These delicious Italian baked lumaconi pasta shells with Catalonian chicory and porcini mushrooms are perfect for meatless Mondays, vegetarians and baked pasta fans! You can even serve them as finger food! (Click to go straight to recipe)...
Hazelnut pasta with baby spinach and ricotta cream. The hazelnut pasta I used in this deliciously creamy and nutty pasta recipe comes from the Langhe hills in North Italy, home to the world’s best hazelnuts and birthplace of Nutella! Tagliatelle di nocciola con spinacini, crema di ricotta...
Red wine pasta from Barolo with white ragu. On a recent trip to the Langhe hills in Piemonte, we visited the village of Barolo famous for its wine. There I bought some wonderful wine, of course, and some red wine pasta which I cooked with a white ragu. This combination was recommended by the...
Pasta with zucchini flowers (courgette flowers), saffron and ham. Pasta with zucchini flowers, saffron and ham is a beautiful delicate and creamy summer dish that you are certain to fall in love with and want to make time and again (at least while zucchini/courgette flowers are in season!)...
