Homemade Italian Recipes

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Inspired by the recent publication of our editorial director Colman Andrews' new book, The Country Cooking of Italy, the editorial team has decided to follow suit and create our own favorite homemade Italian recipes.

Here you'll find some of the classics — homemade pasta sauce, a family-inspired recipe for stuffed shells, and Bolognese sauce — as well as some new takes on classic dishes like a gluten-free lasagna and a fall-inspired "pasta primavera."

Whether you decide to make your own pasta and sauce, or buy it from the store is up to you — you can certainly make any of these recipes completely homemade or with a little help from the supermarket. 

 

Pasta Sauce Worth Stealing For

Every August my parents invest an entire day to crushing and jarring fresh tomatotes to use for sauce throughout the year...

— Terri Ciccone

 

 

Fall "Pasta Primavera"

Now, before you start in with the know-it-all, "primavera" actually means "spring" in Italian, commentary...

— Maryse Chevriere

 

 

Shrimp Pasta with Spicy Tomato Sauce

I was lucky enough to find fresh, wild rock shrimp, so I decided to keep it simple and make an easy pasta dish incorporating them...

— Will Budiaman

 

 

Chicken Parmigiana

 

A cheesy, tomato sauce-covered comfort food, this recipe is best served with a side of pasta...

— Yasmin Fahr

 

 

Easy Vegetable Lasagna

Since I was a little kid, one of my favorite dishes to eat has been my mom's vegetarian lasagna...

— Carly Goldsmith

 

 

Pasta Pomodoro

Pasta and tomato sauce: not exactly revolutionary. It's a combination favored universally for its ease of preparation...

— Claire Bullen

 

Tiramisu Cake

 

In my family, the cooking is left to the ladies in our home kitchen and the baking is left to my father, at our pastry shop... 

— Francesca Borgognone

 

 

Stuffed Shells 

When I was a kid growing up on Long Island, and my grandpa John Tortorello would go out to dinner with us on the weekend...

— Arthur Bovino

 

 

Pasta with Bolognese Sauce

This recipe is a truly classic Italian dish, and like any traditional should be, this one was passed down to me by my father...

— Molly Aronica

 

 

Easy Gluten-Free Vegetable Lasagna

 

What is more delicious after a long day of work than a slice of piping-hot, just-out-of-the oven, lasagna...

— Allison Beck

 

 

Antipasto Caprese Skewers with Pesto

This bite-sized appetizer is the perfect start to a classic Italian meal...

— Jane Bruce