326 italian recipes

Italian stuffed mushrooms with escargot and garlic-lemon butter, browned under the broiler. Old-school continental appetizer that turns canned snails into elegance.

Italian-style grits casserole layered with hot sausage, ground beef, pizza sauce, green peppers, onion, and melted cheddar. A Southern-Italian comfort food mashup.

Microwave Italian tomato sauce with olive oil, garlic, basil, and oregano, ready in under 10 minutes. No stirring, no stovetop. A quick base sauce for pasta, pizza, or chicken Parmesan.

Classic Italian antipasti platter with roasted red peppers, marinated vegetables, olives, and Parmesan served with crusty bread for an elegant no-cook appetizer.

Roman-style concia: zucchini slices fried golden in olive oil, then layered with garlic, basil, and vinegar. An old-world Italian appetizer that improves as it sits.

Refined Verona-style antipasto with paper-thin prosciutto, crunchy celery root matchsticks, and Parmesan wedges on bitter radicchio for an elegant Italian starter.

Italian-seasoned popcorn tossed with garlic-oregano butter and grated Parmesan cheese. A savory 3-ingredient snack ready in 15 minutes that beats plain buttered popcorn every time.

Pesto Toscano made with fresh kale, garlic, and olive oil instead of traditional basil. A robust Tuscan pesto with just 4 ingredients, no nuts, and no cheese required.

Classic chicken parmigiana, streamlined: saute chicken breasts, fan them out, blanket with marinara and melty mozzarella, then broil until bubbling. No breading, no deep-frying, one skillet, on the table in about 40 minutes.

Slow-simmered puttanesca sauce cooked 6 to 8 hours with plum tomatoes, a whole head of garlic, anchovies, kalamata olives, and capers. Dark, rich, and deeply concentrated.

An Italian-Jewish Passover pie with seasoned turkey breast, pine nuts, and broth-soaked matzo bound with eggs and baked with egg yolks nestled on top. Fragrant with sage, rosemary, and nutmeg, this kosher holiday main is truly special.

Quick Italian pasta shells tossed with garlic-sauteed shrimp, fresh green beans, sun-dried tomatoes, and crushed red pepper in olive oil. A 25-minute weeknight dinner with big Mediterranean flavor.

Sauteed Italian greens for piadini made with spinach, broccoli rabe (cime di rapa), and savoy cabbage, boiled tender then finished in garlic olive oil. A traditional Romagna filling.

Neapolitan mushroom soup with dried porcini and fresh mushrooms, plum tomatoes, marjoram, thyme, and an egg-yolk-Parmesan liaison thickener served over toasted Italian bread.

Fresh spinach sauteed in browned butter with anchovies and garlic, Piedmontese style. A classic Northern Italian side dish with just 5 ingredients, ready in 20 minutes.

Italian veal rolls (involtini) stuffed with prosciutto and Grana Padano, browned in butter, and braised in white wine with tomato paste. A classic Northern Italian secondo.