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Home › Recipes › Italian Sunday Dinner

Italian Sunday Dinner

Sundays in Italy are all about enjoying a long afternoon eating delicious food with family and friends. Here are our recipes that are perfect for Sunday dinner including Beef Braciole in a delicious tomato sauce, authentic Ragu alla Bolognese, Lasagna and so much more!

Check out our sides for ideas on what to serve these recipes with!

Trippa Finta (Italian omelette in tomato sauce) in a blue and white bowl sitting on a wooden surface.

Mains

Trippa Finta (Fake Tripe in Tomato Sauce)

Italian chicken and peppers in a tomato sauce on a large platter serving plate on a rustic wooden surface.

Mains

Pollo ai Peperoni alla Romana (Roman Chicken and Peppers)

Pasta alla Montecarlo (creamy meat sauce) in a country style blue and white bowl sitting on a wooden chopping board.

Pasta

Pasta alla Montecarlo (Creamy Meat Sauce)

An overhead shot of a short rib beef ragu in a green and white bowl.

Mains

Beef Short Rib Ragu with Porcini Mushrooms

A side shot of Italian crepes in broth in a bowl on a rustic wooden board.

Soups

Crespelle in Brodo (Cheese Crepes in Broth)

An overhead shot of a Neapolitan lasagna sitting on a wooden table with a bottle of wine at the side.

Fresh Pasta

Lasagna di Carnevale (Neopolitan lasagna)

An overhead shot of Sugo Napoletano (Neapolitan ragu) in a large pot sitting on a wooden surface.

Italian Sunday Dinner

Ragu alla Napoletana (Neapolitan Ragu)

An overhead shot of Canederli, Italian bread dumplings in broth.

Mains

Canederli in Brodo (Bread Dumplings in Broth)

An overhead shot of meat and vegetables in a large stock pot.

Soups

Brodo di Carne (Italian Meat Broth)

Vitello Tonnato on a serving platter topped with sauce, capers and parsley.

Mains

Vitello Tonnato (Veal with Tuna Sauce)

An overhead shot of Sicilian involtini on skewers with breadcrumbs.

Mains

Involtini alla Palermitana (Sicilian Beef Involtini)

An overhead shot of a Sardinian sausage ragu (Malloreddus alla Campidanese) in a blue and white bowl on a rustic wooden background.

Pasta

Malloreddus alla Campidanese (Sardinian Sausage and Saffron Ragu)

An overhead shot of spicy Nduja pasta (Fileja) in a blue and white bowl with a fork, the background is rustic wood.

Pasta

Fileja alla ‘Nduja (Spicy Calabrian Nduja Pasta)

One slice of lamb lasagna on a plate sitting on a wooden surface.

Pasta

Italian Lamb Lasagna with Pecorino Bechamel

An overhead shot of Lasagna Bolognese in a large baking dish.

Pasta

Authentic Lasagna Bolognese (Lasagne alla Bolognese)

Tuscan sausage pasta with pici in a blue bowl on a light work surface.

Pasta

Easy Tuscan Sausage Pasta

Chicken in Puttanesca sauce in a bowl with polenta sitting on a wooden surface.

Mains

Chicken Puttanesca

Osso Bucco on a plate of saffron risotto and topped with gremolata

Mains

Ossobuco Milanese (Braised Veal Shanks)

Eggplant meatballs in tomato sauce sitting on top of a bowl of polenta

Mains

Eggplant Meatballs in Tomato Sauce (meat-free)

Italian roast beef on a blue serving platter

Mains

Italian Roast Beef with Marsala & Onions

An overhead shot of a bowl of pasta on a wooden surface

Mains

Vegetable Ragu with Pappardelle Pasta

An overhead shot of chicken cacciatore in a skillet

Mains

Chicken Cacciatore – Pollo alla Cacciatora

An overhead shot of beef braciole on a platter with tomato sauce

Mains

Italian Beef Braciole (Braciole al Sugo Pugliesi)

AN overhead shot of tagliatelle bolognese in a rustic bowl

Sauces & Dressings

Authentic Bolognese Sauce (Ragu alla Bolongese)

Genovese sauce with pasta in a bowl

Pasta

Genovese Sauce – La Genovese Napoletana

An overhead shot of an Italian beef stew on top of a bowl of polenta.

Mains

Peposo – Tuscan Red Wine Beef Stew

Overhead shot of lasagne al forno in a baking dish

Pasta

Lasagne al Forno (Italian Beef Lasagna)

Mains

Steak Pizzaiola – (Carne alla Pizzaiola)

Close up of an Italian beef ragu in a bowl

Mains

Italian Beef Ragu – A Classic Recipe

Mains

Eggplant Parmigiana (Parmigiana di Melanzane)

Stuffed cabbage rolls in a bowl

Mains

Italian Stuffed Cabbage Rolls

Eggplant lasagna in blue dishes with grilled ciabatta

Mains

Eggplant Lasagna with Prosciutto and Mozzarella

Pasta

Venetian Duck Ragu with Pappardelle

Sausage ragu with ricotta gnocchi in a white bowl

Gnocchi

Easy Sausage Ragu With Ricotta Gnocchi

spinach and ricotta cannelloni in a large baking dish

Pasta

Spinach And Ricotta Cannelloni

butternut squash lasagna in an oval baking dish on a wooden surface

Pasta

Butternut Squash Lasagna – Sage, Prosciutto & Goats Cheese

Lentil ragu lasagne in a baking dish cut into four

Pasta

Lentil Ragu Lasagne

A flavour packed Tuscan sausage ragu made with the best Italian sausages, fennel seeds, red wine and garlic. An easy Italian ragu recipe perfect to make ahead for a weeknight meal or for weekends. Find more Italian pasta recipes and authentic Italian recipes at Inside the rustic kitchen.

Pasta

Pici and Tuscan Sausage Ragu

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