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Tonno alla brace – a simple Italian main course dish popular all over Italy. The grilled tuna is a tasty dish and even my husband that doesn’t really like eating…

Spaghetti alla carbonara – a typical Roman dish made with simple ingredients. It only needs eggs, cheese, pork jowl or in this case Italian bacon and pepper. Spaghetti is the…

La zuppa di pesce is one of the most well known soups from Liguria (northern Italy). In this recipe, you’ll find a hearty soup you can prepare for lunch or…

Gnocchi di patate – a fabulous first course is an amazing alternative to soup or pasta. The gnocchi are thick, small and soft dough dumplings made from semolina or wheat…

A typical northern Italian (Lombardy) rice dish cooked in broth to a creamy consistency. The main ingredients are rice, broth, onions, butter and Parmesan cheese. In this recipe, I decided…

A recipe for rice balls filled with twelve different fillings to represent the months of the year. The arancini are a rice ball filled with a particular filling, dipped in…

Polpette di ricotta al sugo – these ricotta balls are a very simple and tasty Calabrian dish. Normally, we’re used to meatballs being made from meat, fish or vegetables. However,…

Cannelloni ripieni – a scrumptious and filling vegetarian oven pasta dish made from pasta tubes (cannelloni) filled with spinach, ricotta and smothered in amazing fresh tomato pasta sauce then topped…

This is probably one of my favourite Italian recipes that I have cooked time and time again. It’s very tasty and doesn’t take too much time to make either. Although…