Pasta alla puttanesca with olives and capers

Lemon pasta sauce: zesty, buttery and ready in 25 minutes

Homemade trofie pasta twists

How to make trofie: hand-rolled eggless pasta twists from Liguria

Make trofie at home: short, twisted Ligurian pasta made with just flour and water, shaped around a wooden skewer for easy results. Perfect with pesto.
Pasta with asparagus and sausage

Asparagus and sausage pasta sauce

A quick spring pasta sauce of asparagus and Italian sausage, made creamy by blending part of the asparagus with olive oil. No cream needed. Ready in 30 minutes.

Pici all’aglione: hand-rolled Tuscan pasta with garlic tomato sauce

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This is a classic Sienese pasta dish: hand-rolled pasta with a tomato and garlic sauce.
Spinach and ricotta gnudi with butter and sage

Gnudi: Tuscan “naked” ricotta and spinach dumplings

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These are called "naked" dumplings since they are like ricotta and spinach ravioli without their pasta "clothing". They are easy to make and delicious!
Pasta with zucchini, ricotta and basil

Pasta with zucchini and ricotta: a quick, creamy summer sauce

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Pasta with zucchini and ricotta: browned courgettes, garlic, fresh basil and creamy ricotta. A quick vegetarian summer pasta, ready in 20 minutes.
Pasta with broccoli and Parmesan

Orecchiette with broccoli, garlic, chili and capers

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This is a quick, healthy and tasty dish originally from southern Italy which has many possible variations (some add anchovies, some boil the broccoli in the pasta water etc).
Baked squash gnocchi in tomato sauce

Baked butternut squash gnocchi in tomato sauce

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These are not like boiled gnocchi at all, but are creamy balls of squash baked in a tomato sauce. Guests who come on our cooking courses in Italy say that they are one of their favorite fall dishes.
Pasta with fresh porcini mushroom sauce

Fresh porcini mushroom pasta sauce with garlic and parsley

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Fresh porcini are wonderfully aromatic and just melt in your mouth.
Pasta alla puttanesca with olives and capers

Pasta alla puttanesca: quick sauce with olives, capers and chili

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This is a great, quick pasta sauce to make while your pasta is cooking. The ingredients are typical of Southern Italy and it apparently became popular in the 1960s.