Foraging

Simple Dandelion Greens

A simple, Italian-inspired dandelion greens recipe you can use as a master recipe whenever you want to cook tender greens, wild or farmed.

Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Fresh Pea Gnocchi

This is about as springtime as it gets. Fresh garden peas, served with light-as-air gnocchi made with pea puree, tied together with a little butter and cheese. Just a lovely light supper.

Mushrooms

Mushroom Spinach Frittata

An easy Italian cross between an omelet and a quiche, this frittata is stuffed with wild mushrooms and wild spinach.

Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Buckwheat Pasta

This is blecs, a homemade buckwheat pasta from Fruili, in northern Italy. It's a mix of wheat and buckwheat flour, served with cured meat, onions and herbs.

Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Shrimp Risotto

A classic Italian shrimp risotto that uses saffron, some peas and lots of butter. It screams spring, even in winter.

Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Malloreddus Pasta

Little pasta-dough gnocchi from Sardinia, these are malloreddus. Fun to make and great with a pork ragu.

Recipe

Tajarin Pasta

How to make the famous tajarin, an egg yolk pasta dough from northern Italy. This is a rich, vibrant dough versatile in the kitchen.

Salmon and Trout

Salmon Piccata

You need to learn this recipe, as it works for many things, not just salmon. Piccata is an Italian sauce of butter, parsley, shallots, white wine, lemon and capers.

Salmon and Trout

Smoked Salmon Pasta

Whole wheat pasta with flaked smoked salmon and fresh herbs. Easy to make, quick, healthy and tasty.

Pasta, Risotto, Gnocchi

Pasta Primavera

Classic pasta primavera the way Le Cirque used to make it back in the 1970s: Angel hair with fresh spring vegetables and cream.

Italian

Red Pesto with Pasta

A simple recipe for red pesto, inspired by a similar pesto from Trapani in Sicily. It's is a sun dried tomato pesto with roasted red peppers.