Neapolitan Lasagna is a rich and succulent baked dish, typical of traditional Neapolitan sunday lunch. Neapolitan Lasagna is made with layers of durum wheat semolina noodles, stuffed with meat sauce (Neapolitan pork ragu), fried meatballs, ricotta, mozzarella and hard-boiled eggs. This Italian recipe is different from Bolognese Lasagna recipe. That recipe wants egg lasagna noodles, …
Chiacchiere recipe is for sure the most famous Italian dessert for Carnival. Chiacchiere are delicious carnival fritters: thin crunchy rectangular sheets, first fried then sprinkled with icing sugar. Making Chiacchiere recipe is quite easy: you start by mixing flour, eggs, butter, sugar, lemon zest and your favorite liqueur. From this dough you get the famous …
Spaghetti aglio e olio with red hot pepper is a tasty simple dish, easy and quick to make. It’s also cheap and affordable, with ingredients that we always have in the pantry: garlic, extra virgin olive oil and red pepper. It’s the dish that everyone appreciates and synonymous of conviviality. Spaghetti aglio e olio is …
Spaghetti with clams is a typical dish of the Neapolitan tradition that has now become a symbol of Italian cuisine in the world! A great classic, easy and fast-to-make, made with spaghetti, clams, garlic and extra virgin olive oil. Like any traditional recipe, there are many versions: with vegetables such as zucchini, with tomatoes for …
Spaghetti Marinara sauce, a very simple, cheap and quick-to-make recipe: the authentic Italian recipe wants only 4 ingredients: tomatoes, (preferably San Marzano quality but even cherry, cluster or datterino quality), extra virgin olive oil, garlic and oregano. In Italian the word “Marinara” recalls the sea (“mare”) and the sailors (“marinai”), so you can think of …
Italian Easter Grain Pie (or Pastiera Napoletana) is a dessert of the Neapolitan tradition, typical of Easter, made with shortcrust pastry, wheat, ricotta, eggs and with an intense aroma of orange blossom. There are many variations of this delicious grain pie (see below), but we wanted to show you the most traditional Neapolitan version. The …