Red sauce with meatballs = Spaghetti meatballs = Italian-American cuisine? Oh no! If it is true that spaghetti with meatballs is a symbol of Italian American restaurants in NY (together with enigmatic Alfredo pasta), it’s equally true that meatball pasta sauce is not an American invention! but a 100% made in Italy recipe! […]
Category: Sauces
Ham and eggplant pasta sauce
This is a real #childhoodmemory! Notoriously, it is not that I was really a #vegetables lover but I already had a boundless passion for cooking fueled by the legendary chef Guerrino (who remembers him ???) I think the protagonist of the very first TV recipe program that was on the local channel. In short, thanks […]
Sausage and saffron sauce
Men, this is good! Although I really love classic ragù, sometimes I like doing someting original, especially when I buy unusual pasta shapes. I had some inviting Sardinian gnocchi into the patry (which despite the name have nothing to do with traditional potato gnocchi but are a typical pasta shape), I decided to experiment with […]
Chicken and pea pasta sauce
Rib pasta sauce
Artichoke bolognese sauce
A specialty made in Liguria, my mother’s homeland! I find her homemade comfort food better then masterchef’s masterpieces 😉 A tomato-free sauce, ideal for pasta, lasagne and risotto… but if you want to try it in the best possible way spread it on bread! SERVES 4-5 PEOPLE READY IN 40′ INGREDIENTS 1 lemon […]
Amatriciana pasta (Do you know bucatini?)
Real italian Bolognese sauce
Mashed tomatoes preserve
Vegetable stock powder
In Italy vegetable stock powder is widely used to make risotto, meatballs sauce or stew. Major brands produce different type of stock powder but the one I prefer is my homemade one. 100% natural, only vegetables and salt to flavour my recipes for a genuine and healthy Italian cuisine! MAKES 1 JAR READY IN 3h […]