Cavatelli with rocket and olives: Cavatelli from Apulia. First course dressed with arucula (rocket), black olives and pecorino cheese. Step by step instructions if you want to prepare pasta at home.
Cavatelli with turnip tops : Fresh short pasta dressed with turnip tops (turnip greens), olive oil, garlic and chili pepper.
Mutton and potato stew, Basilicata-style: Mutton and potato stew, Lucania-style: the best way to taste mutton stew with some ingredients of the south of Italy: soppressata (cold cuts) and pecorino (ewe's cheese).
Pasta with red bell peppers: Orecchiette. Italian pasta dressed with red bell peppers, arugula and aromatic herbs. No tomato.
Salt cod, Basilicata-style: Stewed salt cod, Basilicata-style. Its ingredients are salt cod, black olives, sultanas, onions, tomatoes and fish stock.
Stuffed cuttlefish, Basilicata-style: Baked stuffed cuttlefish: the original recipe typical of the south of Italy. Stuffing is made with ewe's cheese, parsley, garlic, egg and stale bread.
Calabria
Homemade fresh pasta, Calabria-style: No egg pasta dough as women in Calabria are used to do at home. How to do at home typical Italian long pasta without eggs.
Stew stockfish, Mammola-style: Stockfish, calabria-style. Stockfish in this recipe is stewed with tomato sauce, potatoes, black olives, red hot chili pepper.
Stockfish with mushrooms: Sockfish with mushrooms according an old recipe of Calabria. Stockfish of Mammola is cooked together with wild mushrooms and tomato sauce.
Stuffed aubergines: Stuffed aubergines, Calabria-style. These kind of aubergines are called Melangiani chijni. They are stuffed with goat cheese filling and then fried in olive oil.
Batavian endive pie: A Christmas savoury pie from Naples made with bread dough, Batavian endive, sultanas, pine nuts, anchovies and capers - this is a recipe of Christmastime in Naples but we use to taste it all the year.
Neapolitan macaroni timbale: Macaroni timpano, the authentic macaroni pie from Naples made with a lot of ingredients: chicken beast, veal meatballs, hard-boiled eggs, salami, mushrooms, sausage and tomato sauce.
Pizza, Neapolitan style: There are two versions of Neapolitan pizza: pizza Margherita and pizza Marinara. We teach you how to make thin crust Italian pizza at home and how to obtain the certification if you have a pizzeria restaurant.
Pizza, Neapolitan style: How to make a tasty pizza with oregano, mozzarella, tomatoes and anchovies in oil.
Spaghetti with garlic and olive oil: How to make spaghetti with garlic and olive oil, one of the best Italian-style recipes. Spaghetti aglio and oio.
Emilia Romagna
Bolognese tagliatelle: Bolognese tagliatelle. Step-by-step instructions to make at home egg tagliatelle and the meat-and-tomato sauce (ragù) to toss them.
Piadina from Bologna: Italian starters: piadina with arugula and mozzarella cheese
Real bolognese sauce: Bolognese sauce: the real recipe according Bologna tradition. For tossing tagliatelle, other egg pasta or stuffing lasagna
Strozzapreti from Emilia: Step by step instructions for making strozzapreti emiliani, a kind of fresh pasta from Emilia(Italy) prepared with white flour, egg whites and Grated Parmesan.
Tortellini from Romagna: Typical Italian first course, homemade egg pasta. Tortellini filled with meat and cheese. Dress them with a meat sauce.
Friuli - Venezia - Gulia
Goulash, Trieste-style: Italian Goulash: stew beef with onions, tomatoes and paprika. Serve it with polenta or boiled potatoes.
Potato filled ravioli: Potato filled agnolotti. Fresh pasta filled with potato, cinnamon, mint, onion and brandy. Dressing is made with melted butter and grated Parmesan.
Latium
Anchovy-flavored fava beans: How to cook and season fava beans: fava beans are boiled and then dressed with anchovy fillets, garlic, marjoram, vinegare and olive oil.
Chilli pepper penne: Penne arrabbiata: one of the most famous first dish from Rome
Fava beans and pecorino cheese: Fava beans and Pecorino cheese: how to choose the ingredients, clean and prepare and serve them. Other tasty Italian appetizers.
Savoury profiteroles with ewe's cheese: A tasty appetizer from Roman tradition: savoury profiteroles. Eat them with a glass of wine while you're waiting for the dinner
Italian pasta with pesto sauce: Pasta with pesto is a typical Italian recipe. We show you how to prepare summer and winter pesto and how to toss pasta with pesto sauce.
Pesto sauce: Step-by-step instructions to prepare pesto sauce, Genoa-style, at home. How to preserve pesto. How to use pesto sauce.
Cabbage rolls, the authentic capunet from Piedmont: Step-by-step instructions to prepare cabbage rolls. This recipe is perfect if you have any meat and salami left after a dinner party. It's a typical recipe from Piedmont.
Deep-fried assorted meat, Piedmont style: Assorted deep-fried meat, Piedmontese-style is a full-flavoured main dish made with calf liver, veal escalopes, lamb cutlets, brain and bone marrow, macaroons (amaretti cookies) and semolina. All these ingredients are fried in abundant olive oil.
Ricotta pie: Ricotta cake with no short pastry. It is made with ricotta, flour, sugar, eggs, chocolate, sultanas. All the ingredients are stirred together.
Easter ring cake from Apulia: Scarcella: typical Ester ring cake from Apulia. It's a leavened cake decorated with granulated sugar or hundreds and thousands.
Orecchiette with meatballs: Pasta with meatballs, a typical recipe of the south of Italy, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria.
Orecchiette, Bari style: Orecchiette or strascenate with turnip tops (cime di rapa), typical main dish from Apulia. Vegetarian pasta with turnip tops and anchovies
Baked sardines, Sardinia-style: Baked sardines, Sardinia-style is a tasty main course made with fresh sardines. They are cleaned, arranged in a pan and covered with a tomato sauce. Then baked until tender.
Fregula with clams: Fregola with clams. Traditional Sardinian soup made with local pasta called fregula or fregola and clams, in Sardinia they are known as arselle.
Lemon flavoured lamb: Lemon-flavoured lamb. A Sardinian recipe. Lamb is cooked in the milk and then dressed with an egg sauce.
Sweet fritters with potato from Sardinia: Zippulas are sweet fritters for Carnival; they're made in Sardinia with flour, saffron, grappa, orange juice and fresh yeast.
Tuna and peppers: Step by step instructions to cook tuna with red peppers
Tuna, Alghero-style: Fresh tuna cooked in vegetables, chopped and fried, with black olives. This is a typical dish from Alghero-Sardinia-Italy.
Flat bread Sicily style: Italian flat bread from Sicily: flat bread filled with potatoes and onions and garnished with fennel seeds. It's a vegetarian, vegan recipe.
Pizza, Catania style: Savoury pie filled with meat and cheese - it's a special one-plate meal. You can accompany it with a green salad. It may be the best solution when you have got some slices of cooked veal left.
Sicilian cannoli: Sicilian cannoli. A typical recipe from Sicilia. Cannoli are filled with ricotta cheese, candied fruit and chocolate.
Tuscany
Beef stew, Tuscany-style: Stew beef, Tuscany style. Meat is cooked with a simple technique and ingredients but it tastes fantastic! It's one of the best known and cooked dish in Italy.
Carnival knots with Vin Santo: Tuscan fritters, typical dish of Carnival; step-by-step instructions to prepare dough, cut the appropriate shapes and fry them.
Florentine style cod: Salt-dried cod, Florence-style. We show you how to soak the salt-dried cod and to cook it according to Florentine cooking. The salt cod is fried and then soaked up to flavor in tomato sauce.
Carnival knots, Trentino style: Typical fritters from Trentino-Italy for Carnival. Step-by-step instructions to make dough, to give shapes and to fry them.
Pepperedbread - The real Italian panpepato: Pepperbread: a traditional chocolate Christmas cake from Italy made with dried fruit, honey, candied fruit, sultanas, chocolate, cinnamon, nutmeg and black pepper.
Risi e bisi: Peas and rice or risi and bisi according to the Italian cooking. The tradtional recipe explained step-by-step and the vegan version. Venetian recipe. Vegan recipe.
Venetian style calf's liver & onion: Calf's liver and onions, an example of the Venetian cuisine. This typical Venice recipe is made with liver slices cooked with abundant onions and served with polenta.
Cocoa tagliatelle (noodles): Chocolate egg pasta, cool in Italy. A tasty first dish you can toss with game sauce or light cream & walnuts.
Flat lobster chowder: Tasty chowder made with flat lobsters, tomatoes and aromatic herbs
Four cheese pasta: Four cheese pasta is a delicious dish of pasta tossed with a creamy sauce. The sauce is made melting different kinds of Italian cheese.
Italian pasta with tomato sauce: Pasta with tomato sauce is a typical Italian recipe according to the Mediterranean diet. The sauce is made with puréed tomatoes, garlic, onion and basil leaves.
Lasagne, Bologna style: Bolognese lasagna: how to make authentic Italian lasagna. Doses and ingredients, step-by-step instructions to prepare Italian ragout, bechamel and egg pasta.
Macaroni au gratin: Penne or macaroni au gratin. Tasty main dish made with Italian pasta tossed with béchamel sauce, Parmesan cheese, butter and baked until the surface is crunchy.
Pasta with aubergines (eggplants): Pasta with aubergines (eggplants), a typical Italian light recipe made with a sauce made with sautéed aubergines and cherry tomatoes
Pasta with broccoli: Traditional light recipe according to the Medieterranean diet. Pasta tossed with broccoli sauce. Nutrition facts per serving.
Pasta with cauliflower: Pasta with cauliflower. Step-by-step instructions to make this pasta dish whose ingredients are cauliflower, anchovy fillets and capers. No tomato sauce.
Pasta with creamy gorgonzola sauce: Italian short pasta (penne or macaroni) tossed with a creamy gorgonzola sauce. Tasty main dish, Italian-style. Recipe rich in calories and fat.
Pasta with shrimps, eggs and courgettes (zucchini): Pasta with zucchini(courgettes), shrimps and eggs. Ideal for an important dinner party menu or as one-plate meal in a weekly menu. Nutrition facts per serving.
Potato dumplings- 2: Recipe descriptions for making dumplings with eggs at home
Pumpkin filled ravioli: Homemade egg pasta whose filling is made with pumpkin, grated Parmesan, lemon rind and macaroons. Dress them with melted butter and grated Parmesan.
Artichoke egg casserole: Artichoke egg casserole. A delicious Italian recipe with fresh artichokes, aromatic herbs, shallot, eggs and olive oil. Simple and tasty!.
Cacciatora chicken: Step-by-step instructions for cooking cacciatora chicken: traditional Italian recipe in which chicken is cooked with tomatoes and onions.
Chicken in the brick: Chicken baked in the brick, tasty and easy-to-do recipe, Italy-style
Cod, miller's style : Salmon slices marinated in white wine and cooked on the grill.
Omelette with black truffles: Step-by-step instructions for making omelette with black truffles, Italy-style. Omelette is called frittata in Italian. This frittata is a real delicacy.
Carnival knots with Grappa: Light and crumbly fried dough ribbons for Carnival made with grappa in the dough
Cherry tart: Tart with firm, ripe, frsh cherries, brushed with cherry jelly in a shell of short pastry
French Christmas log cake: Step by step description for the buche de noel, Ftench Christmas log cake: preparing dough, filling dough and decorating.
French summer log cake: Yummy homemade ice cream cake; we teach you how to prepare the dough, fill it and garnish. It's like French Christmas log cake.
Fruit tart: This tart is made with a shell of short pastry filled with pastry cream and fresh fruit
Lemon sorbet: An easy ice-cream made with water, lemon, sugar and grappa
Rice fritters: Fried cakes made with rice boiled in milk. Typical Italian Carnival fritters.
Rice fritters: We teach you how to prepare rice fritters for Carnival; typical Italian recipes.
Sweet ravioli: Traditional Italian fried cakes filled with jam. Serve them for Carnival
Tiramisù: One of the best known all over the world Italian cakes; it is made with biscuits, mascarpone, cocoa and coffee.
Home canning
Mushrooms in oil: Preserved mushrooms in oil: how to prepare them at home. Ingredients, doses and step-by-step description
Other
Artichoke, asparagus, fava bean and pea soup: Tuscan soup made with fava beans (broad beans), peas, asparagus, artichokes, fresh onions and meat: very tasty. A typical spring recipe in Tuscany, land of tasty soups!
Butter cream: Cream made with butter, eggs and sugar for decorating and filling cakes
Chestnuts and savoy cabbage pie: Do you want to open your meal with an unusual, original starter? here it is the recipe of a savoury pie made with chestnuts and savoy cabbage. Serve it with salami. This is a pefect Italia-style starter.
Chicken galantine: Chicken galantine is a perfect Italian dish with which you can open an important dinner party or that you can serve in a buffet for an important celebration.
Savoury tart with courgette: Tasty savoury tart made with zucchini (courgettes) and salami. Serve it as appetizers or one-plate meal with the accompaniment of seasonal salad. Typical Italian-style dish.
Short pastry: Step-by-step instructions for realizing short pastry by your hands