Tag Archives: Pasta

Gragnano (paccheri pasta) with octopus ragu’

Pasta di Gragnano (paccheri pasta) al ragu’ di polpo For me as a cook, one of my greatest pleasures is the challenge of trying to recreate a recipe I have experienced in a restaurant. It often takes months of trial and error to perfect before I will prepare it for family and friends, and then…
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Pasta with wild mushrooms

Candele con funghi selvatici Wild mushrooms are the inspiration for this dish. In autumn we are now fortunate enough to be able to buy wild mushrooms, their flavor is just spectacular and they are a perfect ingredient for simple but delicious pasta dishes.  Slippery jacks and pine mushrooms are easily found in markets in late…
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Pasta Amatriciana With Prawns & Black Pepper

Spaghetti con gamberi e pepe nero stile Amatriciana The Amatriciana sauce, also called “matriciana” in Roman dialect, is a pasta sauce that takes its name from a village in Lazio not far from Rome, Amatrice. The village was part of Abruzzo until 1927, when the borders of the regions were re-organised and it became part…
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