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Carpaccio, chicken Marsala, pasta, and other dishes give this Italian collection several directions. Browse specific preparations and their adaptations, with Italian-American dishes also providing a related path through the recipe box.

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  • Pizza

    Pizzas, filled pizza pockets, and skillet adaptations bring familiar toppings into different forms. Doughs and sauces sit alongside finished dishes, while breakfast pizzas and pizza-inspired pasta bakes offer other ways to use those flavors.

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  • Cacio e Pepe Con Ricotta

    Cacio e Pepe Con Ricotta

    The idea of adding a puddle of ricotta on your cacio e pepe comes from Sora Margherita, a Roman-Jewish restaurant in Rome that’s been around in the 1920s,…

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  • Lemon Spaghetti 

    Lemon Spaghetti 

    One of the easiest pasta dishes you’ll ever make, this is great as a light meal or as a side dish, especially for grilled fish. This dish was…

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  • One-Pot Pasta With Ricotta and Lemon 

    One-Pot Pasta With Ricotta and Lemon 

    This elegant, bright pasta dish comes together in about the same amount of time it takes to boil noodles and heat up a jar of store-bought marinara. The…

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  • Lemon Capellini

    You only need 15 minutes (and three ingredients) to make Ina Garten’s lemon capellini. The result is a bright, fresh and flavorful pasta dish. Ingredients 1 pound dried…

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  • Garlic Anchovy Pasta 

    Garlic Anchovy Pasta 

    In Italian cooking, anchovies are extremely common. They don’t add so much of a “fishy” taste as much as a salty, umami punch of flavor. For that, I…

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  • Instant Pot Cacio e Pepe

    Instant Pot Cacio e Pepe

    Instant Pot Cacio e Pepe in 20 minutes! Make this Roman classic dish for your family, dinner guests or a special date. Serve with a green salad. Ingredients…

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  • Margherita Grandma Pizza

    Margherita Grandma Pizza

    This style of pizza is known as a “grandma pizza” – which refers to the rectangular shape, the fact that it’s baked entirely in a sheet pan, and…

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  • Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Pasta

    Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Pasta

    Sun-dried tomatoes are chewy, sweet, with an intense concentrated tomato flavor… and they’ve got a beautiful deep red color, too. They’re a powerhouse ingredient because you really don’t…

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  • Tiramisu 

    Tiramisu 

    This authentic Tiramisu Recipe made completely from scratch. A creamy mascarpone filling sits between three layers of homemade lady fingers soaked in rum and coffee with a dusting of cocoa powder on…

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  • Extra-Cheesy White Lasagna

    Extra-Cheesy White Lasagna

    If creamy pasta makes you weak in the knees, white lasagna is going to be right up your alley. You’ve got to try it! Unlike lasagnas made with…

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