There are so many options to make your own pizza. I really enjoy my 72 hour cold proof pizza dough, but sometimes I want something faster.
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Category: Italian
Homemade Italian Meatballs in Marinara Sauce
While this is not traditionally a dish found in restaurants around Italy, I think it’s pretty much synonymous with Italian American cuisine. My approach is to keep it simple and treat it as two dishes combined. Meatballs in a marinara sauce.
There are so many options for meatballs and so many things you can add. This is my basic recipe and feel free to experiment.
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This is a very old school Italian dish. It means a dish prepared in the “hunters style”. Historically it was made with rabbit or other game, really whatever was available, but I feel chicken is easier to find and just as good.
Continue reading “Authentic Chicken Cacciatore Recipe”Authentic Sunday Sauce: A Step by Step To Create A Family Tradition
Regular readers will know my love for Italian food runs deep, especially for the true comfort dishes practiced and perfected in kitchens by generations of nonnas (Italian grandmothers).
Sunday is a special day when the family comes together for a big meal and while each family has their own traditions of which dishes are served. In the US, the tradition of the Sunday Sauce is essential.
I was given this recipe by a coworker and she said it was her grandmother’s pride and joy. They lived in the North End in Boston and their family had been there for generations.
While this is a marinara base, the key is the slowly braised meats which flavor the sauce and then impart a flavor to the sauce that is beyond delicious. You can also add braciole, lamb necks and/or veal knuckles etc, but this is optional. Bottom line, if you cook anything in a tomato sauce for 4 hours, it will come out great.
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Risotto is one of the simplest dishes imaginable, yet it is so often prepared poorly. The key is patience and flawless ingredients. There are no short cuts here.
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There are many versions of this classic sauce, Ragu Bolognese, which originated in Bologna.
Some use wine, some use milk, some use wine and milk and some only use a bit of tomato paste, but this is my tried and true version. It is epic, but it is definitely not fast food.
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This is classic Neapolitan cuisine. The traditional Pasta Genovese recipe is made with beef, but some Italian Americans make a sausage version. Almost impossible to find either version on a US restaurant menu. Simple food, that is incredible. It’s all about the onions. I was shocked by the amount of onions, but many recipes call for even more. Low and slow is what develops the sweet flavor.
Continue reading “Neapolitan Pasta Genovese-Italian Comfort Food:”Pasta all’Amatriciana- North End Version
This was a speciality of Florence’s in Boston’s North End. Florence Romano Foti opened her restaurant in 1974. This was the dish I ordered evert time I went.
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Risotto is one of the most amazing dishes known to man. It is a simple combination of butter, stock and rice, which when properly prepared rises to an art form.
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I’m a bit obsessed with the beans now for two reason. Firstly, the beans I ordered from Rancho Gordo in Napa are so good, and secondly, the weather has taken a turn and become very cold, so these sorts of foods just beg to be made.
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