Pasta and chickpea soup
This soup has saved me countless times when I’ve been short on time (or ideas) and needed to get a nourishing dinner on the table quickly. Chickpeas, also known as garbanzo beans,...
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Ditalini and cannellini bean soup with escarole
Escarole is a popular ingredient in Italian soups, This pale green, curly leaf member of the chicory family is bitter like radicchio when raw. But like its scarlet cousin, escarole loses...
Minestra di pasta e piselli
Soups are always a good way to introduce children to vegetables, and this one is no exception. When my kids were little, I used to put them to work shelling the peas...
Cappelletti in homemade meat broth
Bite-size stuffed pasta hats are simmered in homemade broth and served, piping hot, with a generous shower of freshly grated cheese. This is my family’s traditional first course on Christmas Eve. Making...
Fluffy semolina dumpling soup
Some old fashioned recipes deserve to be revived and appreciated anew. This is one of them. Made from a batter of semolina, milk, eggs, and cheese and poached in chicken broth, these...
Grated spinach pasta soup
Pasta grattata (grated pasta) is a clever way to enjoy the taste of homemade pasta without having to roll out and shape the dough. Instead, you grate the fresh dough against the large holes of a box grater. This version offers a colorful (and healthful) twist: grated...
Chicken and stars for kids of all ages
If I had to pick one food, one dish that I revere above all others, it would probably be this one. Stelline (tiny star-shaped pastina) cooked in homemade chicken broth is one...
Homemade vegetable broth
You do not need meat to make a good broth. Roasting the vegetables before simmering them in water yields a hearty, full flavored result. I use this tasty broth in some of my pasta soups, including Fregola Soup with Rosemary and Pecorino Sardo, and in the seasonal pasta and bean soups....
Homemade meat broth
This is an all-purpose broth that many Italian cooks keep on hand as a base for soups and for adding to stews and other dishes. Portions: Makes about 10 cups-2.4 l Ingredients:...
Homemade chicken broth
Those of us who like to cook (and eat) know that there is nothing like a pot of chicken broth simmering on the stove top. It perfumes the house with...
Lamb ragù
Here is one of two classic versions of ragù that are prevalent throughout Abruzzo. This one features only lamb, a common ingredient in the mountain cuisine of the region, and...
Ragù alla bolognese
Even though my mother was born in Abruzzo, she makes the best Bolognese sauce that I have ever tasted, bar none. This sauce is dramatically different from the Abruzzese style...
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