Here is recipe for a great basic meat sauce that is used in making lasagna or manicotti, or you can serve it over any cooked pasta you desire. It is similar to a Bolognese sauce except the Sicilian version has peas in it. That’s right, peas. It may seem unorthodox …
This is one of my favorite pasta dishes and it’s simple to make. I’d pass over a plate of lasagna any day for a dish of pasta with rapini. Italians go wild over rapini. Literally – well almost. It grows wild in the Mediterranean and also in areas of Southern …
This morning I woke up to some glorious sunshine, so I set out for our local farmers market and lucked out finding some beautiful Swiss chard. I know it’s silly, but I get excited when I see vegetables at their finest. My father Pino grows the most exquisite chard I …
The Sicilian word affucato, or affogato in Italian, means to drown. Which is what these eggs are – drowned in a savory broth enriched with asparagus and potatoes. My mother Maria can do wonderful things with eggs. This is my favorite of all of her egg dishes. It’s a really unique …
Making fresh pasta is not as hard as it seems if you have the right equipment. I use my Kitchen Aid mixer with a pasta roller attachment – it takes the headache out of cranking that ole pasta machine all day. It cranks out pasta in short time: otherwise, it …
Warm weather is here, and that means it’s grilling time. This zesty Sicilian grilling sauce for chicken is a favorite with the garlic lovers in my family. All Sicilian families have their own ammogghiu recipes for grilling meats (read more on ammogghiu sauces). This recipe was handed down from my grandmother …
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