Bowl of fresh homemade basil pesto

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

Pasta with fresh arugula pesto

Arugula pesto: a fresh, peppery pasta sauce in 10 minutes

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 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.
Crostini topped with salsa verde

Salsa verde crostini: Tuscan green sauce with parsley and capers

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Crostini are little appetizers that you can invent yourself depending on what’s in season and what you have in the house. Salsa verde is a tangy herby sauce often served to accompany boiled meats, but delicious in its own right.
Pasta with Tuscan ragù

Tuscan ragù: slow-cooked meat sauce with vegetables and sage

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There are dozens of versions of ragù which are favourites in different regions of Italy. During our cooking classes in Tuscany, we teach this Tuscan version (using not much tomato).
Pasta with fresh tomato and basil sauce

Quick fresh tomato and basil pasta sauce

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During our cooking vacations in Italy, we teach you various tomato sauces, some that are packed with tasty vegetables and some that have a purer tomato taste. This simple sauce relies on good, tasty, ripe tomatoes, fresh basil and a good olive oil.
Pomarola, Tuscan tomato sauce with basil

Pomarola: Tuscan tomato sauce with onion, carrot and celery

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This is a good alternative to a classic tomato and basil sauce. It has more texture and a more subtle, less tart flavour.Great with potato gnocchi, pasta, or any recipe that calls for a tomato-based sauce.
Bowl of fresh homemade basil pesto

Fresh basil pesto: how to make it and serve it with pasta

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In the summer, nothing beats the pungent, aromatic flavours and satisfying texture of a home-made pesto sauce.