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...
Fresh Tuna Pasta all’eoliana; recipe from the Aeolian Islands. With this beautiful fresh tuna pasta recipe from the Aeolian islands, you can bring a taste of the Mediterranean to your table this summer! Pasta con tonno all’eoliana. This fresh tuna pasta recipe comes from the...
Tagliatelle pasta with fresh peas and pancetta; recipe from Veneto. Pasta coi bisi! Pasta with fresh peas, or ‘pasta coi bisi’ in local dialect, is a traditional spring recipe here in the Northern Italian region of Veneto. This simple pasta dish is more than the sum of its parts...
Tagliatelle pasta muffin nests; great party food! Sformatini di tagliatelle. Although not an old traditional dish, these tagliatelle pasta muffin nests are becoming really popular here in Italy. They make great snacks or party food and can be made with different pasta sauces. I have found...
Tagliatelle with chicken liver. Le tagliatelle ai fegatini di pollo. Not everybody likes liver and some people can’t seem to decide if they like it or not. As a child I hated eating it. I’m sure I’m not alone in that. On the whole I wasn’t a fussy young eater...
