Italy is divided up into 20 regions and each region, except for the Aosta valley, has a number of provinces. Although there are many types of pasta that are eaten in many or all the Italian regions, a lot originated in a particular region and then became popular in other parts of the peninsula, whilst others are only found in one or a few regions.
Paccheri with calamari and potato; a pasta recipe from Naples. Paccheri with calamari and potato is a flavourful traditional pasta dish from Naples and the island of Ischia. Paccheri con calamari e patate. This paccheri with calamari and potato recipe originates from a style of cooking the...
Wild Garlic Fettuccine Pasta with Speck and Radicchio (Italian chicory) Fettuccine al aglio orsino con speck e radicchio This wild garlic fettuccine pasta with speck and radicchio is a wonderful combination of Northern Italian flavours. The pasta I used comes from the Northern...
Elicoidali with Tropea onions! Elicoidali con le cipolle di Tropea. The Italian region of Calabria is famous for its sweet red onions named after the popular beach town of Tropea. The main growing area for these onions is south of Tropea, around Ricardi and Capo Vaticano, although...
Corzetti pasta with Genovese meat sauce (al tocco di carne) Corzetti al tocco di carne Corzetti pasta with Genovese meat sauce (al tocco di carne) is a traditional recipe from Liguria, North-West Italy. This recipe is super scrumptious for two reasons. Firstly the corzetti (also called...
Corzetti or Croxetti Pasta from Liguria. Corzetti or croxetti is a unique kind of pasta from Liguria, in North-west Italy. This pasta originated in Liguria. However, it is also eaten just across the border with Piedmont, in Alessandria province and in Emilia-Romagna, where it is called crosetti...
Authentic Italian spaghetti alla carbonara. Spaghetti alla carbonara is probably ‘the’ most well known Italian pasta recipe. Well, maybe alongside spaghetti bolognese! And like spaghetti bolognese, it has been reinvented a thousand times outside of Italy. Of course, different...
