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Italian Pasta Recipes

There’s nothing better than a big bowl of Italian pasta. Here you’ll find everything from super quick meals for busy weeknights such as Shrimp Linguine with Burst Cherry Tomatoes to slow-cooked sauces such as a Classic Beef Ragu or a great way to use up Leftover Pork.

You can also try your hand at making homemade pasta by checking out my detailed guide for making Homemade Pasta Dough and our super popular recipe for Mushroom Ravioli!

An overhead shot of spaghetti in a green and white vintage style bowl with a tomato and pancetta sauce. The background in rustic wood.

Pasta

Spaghetti al Rancetto (Umbrian Tomato and Pancetta Pasta)

An overhead shot of orecchiette pasta in a vibrant green zucchini sauce with roasted cherry tomatoes on top.

Pasta

Orecchiette with Zucchini, Butter Sauce and Roasted Tomatoes

A sun-dried tomato pasta salad with a padlock sign at the top right hand corner to signify a member only recipe.

Exclusive Recipes

Sun-dried Tomato Pasta Fredda

An orzo pasta salad with grilled veg in a blue bowl with a serving spoon at the side. The background is rustic wood.

Pasta

Orzo Pasta Salad with Grilled Summer Vegetables

An overhead shot of pistachio pasta with shrimp in a blue floral bowl on a wooden background.

Pasta

Sicilian Pistachio Pasta with Shrimp

An overhead shot of spaghetti in a tomato sauce with sardines and breadcrumbs on top. The bowl is a vintage style green and white colour.

Pasta

Tomato Pasta with Sardines and Breadcrumbs

Spicy Calabrian sausage ragu in a blue and white bowl with stracciatella on top. The image is faded with a padlock symbol in the top right corner to signal a membership only recipe.

Exclusive Recipes

Spicy Calabrian Sausage Ragu with Stracciatella

Exclusive Recipes

Pistachio Lasagna

An overhead shot of pasta and lentils in a blue vintage style bowl on a rustic background with a glass of white wine at the side.

Pasta

Italian Pasta and Lentils (Pasta e Lenticchie)

A blue and white vintage style bowl with paccheri and hazelnut ragu.

Italian Ragu and Stews

Piedmontese Hazelnut ragu

A whole butternut squash lasagna in a baking dish topped with sausage and sage leaves sitting on a wooden surface.

Fresh Pasta

Butternut Squash Lasagna with Sausage and Taleggio

Pasta ribbons in a creamy tomato sauce in a blue and white vintage style bowl with sauteed cherry tomatoes on top.

Pasta

Creamy Sun-Dried Tomato and Stracchino Pasta

A blue and white vintage bowl with pasta in a fresh tomato sauce topped with basil. The bowl is on a travertine surface with cherry tomatoes and basil around.

Pasta

No Cook Tomato Pasta Sauce

A creamy zucchini pasta in a blue and white bowl topped with crispy pancetta sitting on a travertine surface.

Pasta

Creamy Zucchini and Stracchino Pasta

Pasta in a tuna tomato sauce in a blue and white spotted plate sitting on a travertine surface.

Pasta

Summer Tuna Pasta Sauce

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)

Paccheri pasta with a smooth tomato sauce in a green and white patterned bowl topped with basil.

Pasta

Paccheri alla Vittorio (Tomato Butter Sauce)

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

Pasta

Beef Short Rib Ragu with Porcini Mushrooms

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)

A bowl of penne pasta with a creamy tomato Tuscan sauce on a wooden background with a blue napkin at the side.

Pasta

Pasta alle Sette P (Seven P’s Pasta)

An overhead shot of a skillet with an Italian slow cooked vegetable sauce sitting on a wooden table.

Sauces & Dressings

Sugo Finto (Vegetable Sauce)

Pasta alla Norcina in a green and white bowl with a fork and glass of wine in the background.

Pasta

Pasta alla Norcina (Creamy Sausage and Truffle Pasta)

Rigatoni pasta with zozzona sauce in a blue and white patterned bowl sitting on a wooden table.

Pasta

Pasta alla Zozzona (A Roman Classic)

An overhead shot of spaghetti alla Molisana in a green patterned bowl on a wooden background.

Pasta

Spaghetti alla Molisana (Pancetta, Herbs and Chilli)

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 pasta with sausage, tomato and burrata in a blue and white bowl.

Pasta

Orecchiette alla Positanese (Sausage, Tomato and Burrata)

An ovehead shot of a bowl of pasta with potato, saffron and sausage, the background is wooden.

Pasta

Potato, Saffron and Sausage Pasta

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)

Zucchini shrimp pasta salad in a blue and white bowl topped with basil leaves.

Pasta

Zucchini Shrimp Pasta Salad

Roasted cherry tomato spaghetti in a blue bowl sitting on a wooden background.

Pasta

Roasted Cherry Tomato Spaghetti with Burrata and Nduja

Creamy pistachio pasta on a floral patterned plate topped with guanciale. The background is wooden.

Pasta

Creamy Pistachio Pasta with Crispy Guanciale

Pasta e Patate (potatoes) in a blue speckled bowl with a spoon sitting on a wooden surface.

Pasta

Pasta e Patate (Pasta and Potatoes)

An overhead shot of Pasta and Piselli (peas) in a blue bowl sitting on a wooden surface.

Pasta

Pasta e Piselli (Pasta with Peas)

An overhead shot of pasta e ceci (psta and chickpeas) in a blue bowl on a wooden surface.

Pasta

Pasta e Ceci (Pasta with Chickpeas)

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

Pasta

Italian Lamb Lasagna with Pecorino Bechamel

An overhead shot of taleggio and mushroom Triangoli pasta in a blue bowl with a butter sauce.

Fresh Pasta

Homemade Triangoli with Mushroom and Taleggio

An overhead shot of roasted fennel pasta in a blue spotted bowl sitting on a rustic wooden surface.

Pasta

Roasted Fennel Pasta with Chilli and Lemon

An overhead shot of mushroom spinach pasta in a blue and white bowl.

Pasta

Mushroom Spinach Pasta with Crispy Guanciale

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

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