Tomato Pasta
Ingredients 300 g (10 oz) large pasta spirals (dry) 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, more if you like it 2 large garlic cloves, crushed and finely chopped, more if you like it 4 large ripe tomatoes, well-chopped, seeds and skin…
Recipe Types pasta sauce
Spaghetti with Bolognese Meat Sauce
This northern Italian meat sauce, or Ragu Bolognese, is wonderful on pasta with freshly grated Parmesan cheese, or as filling for lasagne. Ingredients ¼ lb (125 g) ham or bacon, cut into cubes 1 lb (450 g) beef lean or…
Spaghetti with Clams in White Wine Sauce
This recipe is an Americanized version of spaghetti alle vongole, a Neapolitan dish that’s popular throughout Italy. The traditional, Neapolitan version calls for clams, spaghetti, garlic, olive oil, parsley, salt, black pepper and sometimes red pepper flakes. This American version…
Marinara Sauce
Marinara (mariner’s) sauce is a southern Italian tomato sauce usually made with tomatoes, garlic, herbs (such as basil), and onion. However, there are many variations. Some of these include the addition of capers, olives and spices. There are at least…
Spaghetti Sauce
This is a simple spaghetti sauce that works well for everyday meals, even with picky eaters. It is best served hot at the table, to be poured over lightly-cooked pasta. Shredded mozzarella cheese may be added on top. Ingredients 29…
Neapolitan Sauce
Neapolitan sauce refers to a tomato-based sauce derived from those in Italian cuisine. This page incorporates text from the public domain cookbook The Cook’s Decameron: A Study In Taste, Containing Over Two Hundred Recipes For Italian Dishes by Emily Waters.…
Pesto I
Pesto is a sauce that originates in the city of Genoa in the Liguria region of northern Italy (pesto alla genovese). It can be used as a sauce for pasta or meat, or can be used as an ingredient in…
Chicken and Pasta Alfredo
Ingredients 1 ½ cups shredded cooked chicken, reheated 2 cups uncooked farfalle pasta 1 ½ oz fresh shredded Parmiggiano-Reggiano cheese ¼ cup unsalted butter, divided ¼ cup heavy cream 4 oz (115 g) grated mozzarella cheese ½ tsp minced garlic…
Lasagne with Red and White Sauce
Ingredients Bolognese sauce 2–3 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, chopped 2–3 cloves of garlic, minced 1 sprig rosemary, leaves removed and minced 1 tsp dried oregano 2–3 mid-sized carrots, chopped small or shredded 1–2 sticks of celery, chopped small 1…
Simple Italian Sausage Spaghetti Dinner
Ingredients 8 ounces whole grain thin spaghetti 1 tsp olive oil 1 small onion ½ pound mild or hot Italian sausage ½ cups red or dry white wine 2 cans (28 ounces) no-salt-added diced tomatoes 1 can (6 ounces) no-salt-added…
American Marinara Sauce I
This is the classic expensive restaurant edition. You only live once. Ingredients ½ stick unsalted sweet cream butter 1 tbsp vegetable or olive oil 2 medium cloves garlic, crushed and chopped fine ⅓ cup (80 g) diced red onion ½…
Rigatoni Pasta with Ricotta in Tomato Cream Sauce
Pasta with ricotta cheese in a tomato cream sauce topped with Parmesan cheese and parsley. Ingredients 16 oz rigatoni (or other) pasta 2 tbsp olive oil 1 tbsp butter 1 cup finely-chopped onions 3 garlic cloves, minced 1 can (28…