A simple Italian cabbage pasta where slow-caramelized cabbage creates a silky sauce: no cream, just patience and simple ingredients. Adapted from a family recipe.

This baked pasta with tiny meatballs is a true Italian comfort dish. Made with tender beef-and-sausage polpettine, tomato passata, béchamel, and cheese, it’s the kind of pasta al forno served for Sunday lunch—rich, layered, and perfect for sharing.

This summery Zucchini Pasta recipe (Pasta con zucchine) is one of my favorite pasta dishs and I honestly do not know why I have been waiting so long to publish it!  It’s light yet deeply flavorful, with grated zucchini melting into a silky sauce enriched …

This Italian pasta salad with rocket, tomatoes, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, salami and cheese is everything you want in a summer dish—bright, flavorful, easy to make, and endlessly customizable. It is a great dish for warm weather, and a traditional Italian recipe. Try it once, and it’ll become your go-to summer pasta salad.

This Roasted Red Pepper Pesto Pasta (Pesto Calabrese) is a sensory delight—smoky, spicy, fresh, and creamy. The main ingredient is the Calabrian chili that along with homemade roasted bell peppers will give your pasta night an authentic Italian twist.

This post appeared first on Italian Kitchen Confessions In October 2020. Its content has been updated. Spaghetti with Clams in a garlicky white wine sauce is an elegant and easy dish to make this time of the year.  Spaghetti with Clams is one of those dishes …

This easy Italian pasta recipe is all about big flavor and minimal effort. Whether you’re making it for a quiet dinner or serving guests, Pasta alla Puttanesca delivers a bold, satisfying bite every time.

This deeply satisfying Gemelli pasta with leek and mushroom is an ideal recipe for the colder months. Seasonal vegetables such as Leeks and mushrooms are caramelized and stick to the pot until they are deglazed with dry vermouth to break all those delicious bits that …

Italian Calamarata Pasta is a classic Neapolitan-style pasta featuring succulent calamari bathed in a light tomato sauce. The thick ringed Calamarata pasta takes its name after its shape resembling calamari rings. This specific shape – often paired with calamari or squid – catches the sauce …

This pasta with creamy roasted beetroot sauce is a great vegetarian dish that makes use of seasonal beets and it is great for all the beet lover out there! The result is a hearty pink sauce pasta that is delicious if you like more slightly …