Italian

With all due respect, your go-to recipe for beef stew falls short of this magnificent melding of beef, wine, and pasta. No contest.

• (1)
• 2 H
• 5 H, 30 M
• 6

A quick pizza dough—the easiest we’ve ever worked with—that rests for a mere hour yet turns out spectacularly well. Because pizza cravings don’t wait. Or at least ours don’t.

• (1)
• 10 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 2

A pizza that takes white pizza up a level with several kinds of cheeses and mushrooms and a dough that’s a cinch to toss together.

• Quick Glance
• 15 M
• 1 H
• 0

A mashup of two Italian classics—arista and porchetta—that’s essentially pork roast stuffed with rosemary and more ground pork. Ridiculously easy to make. And even easier to devour.

• (4)
• 50 M
• 2 H, 15 M
• 12

Brodo di pollo is, in essence, Italian chicken soup. And it’s a strong contender for the most soothing chicken noodle soup anywhere. Made by nonnas everywhere.

• (2)
• 15 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 8

Cacio e pepe kugel. It’s what happens when Rome’s famous pasta dish collides with everyone’s favorite Jewish comfort food.

• Quick Glance
• 25 M
• 1 H, 15 M
• 2

An Italian tradition that, in true form, transforms simple ingredients into something sublime.

• (1)
• 40 M
• 1 H, 40 M
• 2

Cuddureddi. It means “a cause for celebration” if you’re from Italy. Well, actually, it means “a sort of doughnut.” Sorta the same thing.

• (1)
• 45 M
• 1 H
• 2

The much-ballyhooed Italian Christmas classic, Feast of the Seven Fishes, stars one fish in Domenica Marchetti’s home. Calamari. And it’s the centerpiece of her Christmas Eve dinner.

• (3)
• 45 M
• 1 H, 45 M
• 10

When prepared simply yet perfectly as here, this classic side dish will leave a lingering memory of just how lovely something healthy can be.

• Quick Glance
• 20 M
• 30 M
• 0