Italian Food

This pasta dish is made from scratch, but is still quick and easy and a great way to make use of leftover potatoes that you may have after a big dinner. Gnocchi is usually served as a satisfying...

The easiest way to make delicious fried calamari at home

Want to impress your friends at your next dinner party? Make this really simple ricotta gnocchi, add your favorite tomato sauce or cheese and serve it with a crisp Pinot Grigio and a fresh...

Usually, making the dough takes hours of your time, but this techniques takes less of your time, but spreads the work over two to three days. The trick to the dough is in the waiting. By...

It's tempting to think that true Italian cooking must be complicated. If you've ever eaten good Italian food and tasted the depth and richness of a good sauce, or the delicate flavor and texture...

Italian cooking is a creative way to use your tomato harvest through the summer and fall. Fresh herbs like basil, oregano, thyme or garlic are common in Italian food and easily grown indoors or...

Piadina is a traditional food of the Romagna area in Italy, a typically poor - but very tasty - recipee, requiring only flour, water or milk and animal fats. It is a type of local bread that is...

Italian chestnuts are very delicious, low in fat and an excellent fiber source. Here's a recipe to incorporate them into a creamy fettucine alfredo pasta dish. To boost the fiber and protein...

Cannoli are an Italian dessert that originated in Sicily. Deep fried tubes are filled with either a custard cream or ricotta cheese. The tubes or shells must be made first and allowed to cool...

If you love incredible pizza, along with all those savory ingredients that can be added as toppings, then this recipe is sure to please your palate and alleviate the need to call one of those top...

Semolina flour is a coarse, yellow flour, made from durum wheat. Durum wheat has hard wheat berries that are high in protein and gluten, making it a widely used flour for pasta. The high gluten...

Now you don't have to go out to a pizza parlor for a fresh delicious pie! Follow the easy recipe for a quick and easy meal!

This simple homemade pizza recipe is exactly what you would expect from a pizzeria in Rome, and is more delicious than any take out.

When I was a kid and we had a garden, one of my fondest memories was making and eating fried zucchini sandwiches. They were delicious and at the time, it was the only way I ate zucchini. With...

For most people, the idea of making home made pasta noodles sounds horribly difficult. I thought so too, until one day at a cooking lifestyles class taught me other wise. Some people say...

I don't know what it is about this recipe but it makes the best durned pizza crust! Every time I make it for company people rave about it. Everyone in my family loves it. It is one of the recipes...

You might have had the chicken Marsala at the Olive Garden and enjoyed it enough to want to try your hand at making it at home. Thanks to the Olive Garden chefs, you can do just that. They have...

There was a time when money was short and I wanted to make lasagna for dinner. I checked in the pantry and found I had all the ingredients except the noodles. I did not have any money to go buy...

Step-by-step instructions for making homemade lasagna noodles - with photos! (These sheets of pasta can also be used for ravioli.) One of the best things about using fresh lasagna noodles is that...

I'm a sucker for a good slice of pizza. I live about an hour outside of NYC and thirty minutes south of New Haven, CT. It is a 75 mile strip of turf that some might call Pizza Heaven. After...

Known as one of the national foods of Italy, polenta flour is most often a ground cornmeal-based product that can be manipulated and enhanced to create many tasty modern dishes. Once a common...

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Pasta Dura bread is a hearty Italian bread made with durum or semolina flour. It is a good source of fiber and has a crusty exterior with a soft interior. It is easy to make with a little practice...

Learn about how to add regular flour for pizza dough with expert cooking tips on this classic Italian food in this free video clip.

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This is a delectable Italian dish that my mother used to make for parties. I make it for my husband and 2 1/2 year-old daughter and they love it! This is moderate in difficulty only because there...

There is nothing like homemade pasta. It is not very difficult to make, and it such a treat for friends and family, either with your favorite sauce, or tossed with olive oil, garlic, parmesan...

Ravioli are little pillows of pasta filled with meat, vegetables or cheese. They're popular with children as well as adults, and can be bought dried along with other pasta, frozen in bags, or...

When most people think about pizza, they think about going to a restaurant or ordering it to have it delivered. But if you are planning a kids party or just want a fun activity to do at home with...

This recipe is for those non- suzy homemakers or for those that just don't have that much time in the kitchen but still want that extra flavor.

Besciamella is a white sauce that is the key ingredient of many successful Italian dishes. In fact, no lasagna in Italy is made without it. Here's how to make it.

The Italian term for "nude," these tender little dumplings are a cousin of gnocchi. Made with ricotta rather than potato, they're more delicate, take to a wide variety of sauces and instantly feel...

The History of Pizza goes way back. Some say it began in Ancient Greece with it's Mythological stories. Vulcan worked in his forge inside Mount Vesuvius while Venus was at home. Vulcan finished a...

Italian S Cookies, those tender, buttery morsels that are decorated with white icing and rainbow-colored sprinkles, are customarily prepared by Italians for Christmas and Easter. But you needn't...

Traditional recipes for Focaccia bread call for long kneading by hand. This recipe allows you to make the herbed Italian flat hearth bread faster by using an electric mixer.

Making pasta from scratch is not difficult, but it is somewhat time-intensive. There is certainly a sense of satisfaction you can derive from making pasta. In addition, homemade pasta is somewhat...

This is an excellent way to showcase the delicate flavor of veal. Serves six.

Scallopine can be served in a number of ways, such as with tomato and basil or with mushrooms. In this version, the delicate flavors of the veal are perfectly complemented by the Marsala wine and...

This vegetarian classic will easily feed six people as a main course.