Fried Sagne Pasta with Chickpeas: Recipe from Abruzzo. Known as ‘sagne fritte con ceci’ in Italian and ‘sagne sfritt’e cice’ in the local dialect, this fried sagne with chickpeas is one of the best pasta and legume recipes I have tried. I love the fact that it includes...
Tuscan Pasta Tordellata with ragu, Swiss chard and ricotta. Known as Tuscan pasta tordellata, intordellata or stordellata, this delicious deconstructed version of a traditional tortelli recipe from Tuscany tastes as good as the filled pasta dish, with less work! I loved everything about this...
Spinach tagliolini pasta with chanterelles and speck. Recipe from Trentino-Alto Adige. I actually have another version of pasta with chanterelle mushrooms and speck here on the Pasta Project, which I published in 2017. However, my sister came to stay recently and I wanted to make this recipe for...
Creamy Sausage and Saffron Pasta alla Monzese Recipe from Lombardy Pasta alla Monzese is a rich pasta recipe from the Brianza area in Lombardy, Northern Italy. This creamy sausage and saffron pasta is actually surprisingly simple to make and has just 4 main ingredients. However, it’s the...
Fileja Pasta alla Silana Recipe from Calabria, Southern Italy. This fileja pasta alla Silana is a typical rich and hearty Calabrian recipe. It contains some of the tastiest and best known products of this Southern Italian region, including spicy sausage and peperoncino. Perfect winter...
Orecchiette with Meatballs: Recipe from Puglia. This orecchiette with meatballs is based on a similar dish that I enjoyed during a recent trip to Salento, Puglia, in Southern Italy. Many consider this dish to be the authentic Italian version of pasta with meatballs! Orecchiette maritate con...
