Italian Recipes (Most Popular)
If you love tapenade, you will love this spicy olive pate flavoured with roasted garlic and Fontina cheese. Yield: 1 ½ cups
A creamy vegan sauce that's delicious over pasta and seitan strips or a big bowl of steamed veggies and rice. Add pepper flakes to taste - I like it nice and spicy!
Deliciously nutty toasted orzo is cooked to perfection with zucchini, carrots and red pepper in a diluted tomato broth before being swirled through with fresh basil and oregano. Delicious hot or room temperature as a salad.
Adapted from Dan Lepard via Angie's Recipes (http://angiesrecipes.blogspot.com/2008/09
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html), this bread has an airy, soft inner crumb and an awesome crunchy crust! Sliced on the bias, the holey slices are the perfect side to your favourite dipping oil or as a base for a light bruschetta.
My adaptation of Peter Reinhart's recipe out of The Bread Baker's Apprentice for a cheese and salami-studded behemoth of a bread! The texture is very similar to a savoury panettone, and even though it isn't sweet it is JUST as rich! I made it even richer by upping the amount of (local) salami and using half and half instead of regular milk since I had it on hand. It rises insanely quickly, quadrupling easily on the first proof, but its heaven when it's done! Serves a crowd (30, easily) and freezes well, which is good if you value your waistline!
With such few ingredients and a great opportunity to make a mess, fresh pasta is a perfect opportunity to get kids into the kitchen! My grade 1-3 class loved everything from mixing to kneading to rolling and cutting, and gobbled it up!
Deliciously crunchy breadsticks are perfect for an appetizer or accompaniment to a Mediterranean dinner. Packed with the bright flavours of fresh rosemary and Kalamata olives, they can stand alone or pair beautifully with dips like baba ghanoush or hummus. Top them with fresh Parmesan for an extra gourmet twist!
A nice big pot of thick beef and vegetable soup, complete with adzuki beans (yum!), asparagus, zucchini and a Texmati rice blend. Who cares that summer's right around the corner... soup is good anytime!
Chunks of silky, roasted eggplant and zucchini melt with sweet caramelized onion and garlic in a low-fat, chunky tomato-cheese sauce that gets caught in all the nooks of whole-grain spiral pasta.
Chunks of buttery, rich, candied chestnuts that have been soaked in brandy fill this intense orange-vanilla crustless cheesecake for a Christmas dessert like no other. You'll need fresh chestnuts for this cake, so it really is a seasonal delicacy!
This cake should be served room temperature, never cold, so when you've just served dinner pull it out of the fridge to warm up.
A great all-in-one dinner meal to help use up your summer garden's gifts!
Delicious, flavour-packed Italian restaurant-style fare at home, on a dieter's
An easy dinner to whip together, yet special enough to serve to company. This is one of my mom's specialties!
Makes one 12” crust. This adds a touch of homemade, flavourful goodness to your next pizza night! Feel free to try out different flours, oils and herbs too!
This version of arrabbiata makes no secret of it's spice - with two habaneros, you're in for fire! The rest of the ingredients balance the heat perfectly though, and the mix is an enjoyable one on any type of food! Inspiration came right from our garden - the stepdad planted "Scotch Bonnet" peppers thinking they were another type of small sweet reds. Boy, was he wrong after his first pepper sandwich! If you really can't take the heat, add a splash of heavy cream to the mix at the end to temper it.
"Also the product of the untimely fridge/freezer death, this is a lightly zippy concoction of tomatoes, peppers, celery, carrots and garlic, with a splash of white wine, some of my garden herbs and a totally unique twist - cucumber!"
Yields 10 cups, 1/2 cup per serving
This gluten free and vegan version of the traditional Portuguese "Rollitos de Vino Blanco" make great accompaniments to a glass of dessert wine after a rich dinner. The light anise flavour keeps things mild and helps digestion too!
Whole hazelnuts are steeped in the milk used to create this whole grain, crusty half-sourdough / half-yeast bread. A pop of bittersweet chocolate makes each slice a decadent treat!
A luxurious combination of cream, bittersweet chocolate, cocoa and Frangelico turns into a thick filling with the addition of guar gum, giving it the perfect texture for chocolate candy centres or stuffing doughnuts.
A few "secret" ingredients are my keys to making this lightning-fast pasta sauce taste like it's simmered all day! This is smooth and meat-free, but add what you (and your family) adore!
This is the great, ultimate combination of frat parties and Super Bowls everywhere: pizza and beer! The beer gives the dough a nice yeasty flavour without the need for any rising or kneading. And don’t worry about the alcohol in the beer if serving to kids — it disappears in the baking.
Clear out some space in the fridge because this authentic Italian-style roast - rubbed with garlic, rosemary and dill - marinates in wine for three days before cooking. A spicy, tasty and extremely moist boneless pork roast is a delicious Christmas feast!
A tasty way to prepare sea bass that involves poaching it and topping it with an olive-caper tomato sauce.
Something my mom told me about when she came home from Italy, following info from About.com: "This is what most Italians think of when they hear the word mostarda. It's voluptuous, and though something of an acquired taste (like fine whisky, for that matter), can be addictive. Since the fruit is not finely sliced, you should select pieces that look perfect."
While cleaning out our pantry, I came across about 3 boxes of grape Jell-o! I started thinking about how many different forms grapes and wine can take, and how to pair them with cheese on the same plate. I thought this was a cute, vegetarian tasteful treat! Substitute 2 tbsp unflavoured gelatine for the agar if you are not vegetarian.
Tender cod fillets are poached in a spicy wine, tomato and caper sauce before being garnished with cilantro. A wonderful way to spice up the Catholic feast of the 7 fishes on Christmas Eve.
This amazingly delicious stew is a great way to clean out the pantry, if you’re like me and wind up with way too many cans on your hands!
If you are as big of a cannoli fan as my stepbrother is, why not try a rich ricotta cheesecake that tastes just like one?