Recipes of Main courses

Pasta, risottos, and Italian soups at their best. Simple, homemade recipes to enjoy authentic Italian cuisine at home.

Main courses, Recipes

Lemon risotto with aged goat cheese and basil

20 August 2013 / No Comments

Today I bring you a very summery risotto, thanks to the refreshing touch given by the lemon-basil duo and the absence of heavy ingredients. I won’t bore you again with the mini-spiel about the origin of risotto, because I already did that when I proposed the radicchio and sausage risotto and I am aware that, with this heat, everything feels…

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Pasta alla Checca: the Italian pasta salad recipe ready in 10 minutes
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Fusilli lunghi with sausage and spinach
22 January 2013

Spaghetti with Garlic, Olive Oil and Chili (Aglio, Olio e Peperoncino)
19 August 2025
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Pasta salad with zucchini and peanut-mint pesto

9 August 2013 / No Comments

Today I propose this pasta salad with zucchini and peanut-mint pesto which, besides being easy and quick, is very economical and suitable for vegetarians. I don’t know if you have ever tried raw grated zucchini. I love it even on its own, dressed with a little olive oil and salt, but the interesting thing here is how well it goes…

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Pasta with tuna and rosemary aroma
3 February 2013

Pasta alla Norma: The traditional recipe for the exquisite Sicilian classic
31 May 2025

How to make fresh egg pasta: the original Italian recipe step by step
14 January 2025
Main courses, Recipes

Fusilli with mint aroma, honey, mató cheese, walnuts, and bacon bits

11 July 2013 / No Comments

Today, I bring you a Catalan-Italian combination that is a winner, since I have returned to Sabadell. Fusilli with honey and mató, a typically Catalan product, but one that you can substitute with ricotta or cottage cheese. Don’t be scared and think that I’ve started making mixtures like a children’s party of Fanta-Nutella-potato chips, because no. It is delicious and…

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Pasta with vegetables (pasta alle verdure)
15 November 2019

Spaghetti alla puttanesca with anchovies
20 May 2013

Pasta alla Zozzona: The Roman recipe combining Amatriciana, Carbonara & Gricia
25 February 2025
Main courses, Recipes

Spaghetti alla puttanesca with anchovies

20 May 2013 / No Comments

One of the simplest, fastest, and most satisfying ways to make a guest feel Italian is to sit them down in front of a good plate of spaghetti alla puttanesca. I have had non-Italians try this and other pasta dishes, and with puttanesca, there is always some comment related to what I have just assured you. I suppose it comes…

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Spaghetti with bottarga (mullet roe): the authentic Sardinian recipe
16 May 2026

Risotto alla milanese: the traditional Italian recipe
27 January 2025

Pasta with clams (Spaghetti alle vongole)
20 December 2024
Main courses, Recipes

Fusilli with pesto alla trapanese

24 April 2013 / No Comments

Today I didn’t feel like making dinner, which usually means that, more than hunger, I don’t feel like fighting against my lilliputian kitchen. Do you know what the dimensions are of the surface where I chop vegetables, roll out dough, etc., etc., and etc.? 60 x 32 cm. I’ll add the fact that I don’t have a dishwasher and that,…

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Pantelleria salad: the traditional Italian potato salad, quick and light
30 August 2026

Pasta alla Zozzona: The Roman recipe combining Amatriciana, Carbonara & Gricia
25 February 2025

Mushroom risotto: The recipe for a traditional and creamy Italian autumn dish
12 November 2025
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Risotto with radicchio, sausage, and beer

24 March 2013 / No Comments

Yes, that thing in the background of the photo is Dracula wine. Sorry, Dracula Merlot. It was a gift from a neighbor we had when we lived in Bracciano, as a souvenir from Romania, his homeland. I confess I only put it there to decorate the photo, because we still haven’t uncorked the bottle. I know there’s nothing uglier than…

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Torta pasqualina: savory Easter pie with ricotta, egg, and spinach
18 April 2014

Traditional Minestrone Soup: Italian Vegetable and Pasta Recipe
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Pasta with potatoes and provola (Pasta patate e provola)
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