italian

This riff on an Italian classic relies on mostly pantry staples, along with a couple surprises, to glam up tradition.

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Know what we can’t stop thinking about? This crostata. At first whiff of its heady fall spices, you’ll tumble head over heals in love.

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

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When we say this intensely hued pasta is simply stunning, we mean it’s visually breathtaking. Also that it comes together so simply it stuns us.

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Everything you’d expect from a Dorie Greenspan recipe— easy, utterly delicious, and a crowd pleaser.

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Comfort food from Alex Guarnaschelli. We don’t think we really need to say anything else.

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This spaghetti with red wine is made more like risotto than typical pasta. The cooked spaghetti is tossed in oil in the skillet while red wine is slowly added.

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A cross between classic Jewish dumpling soup and Italian la minestra, this lovely little fusion number is gonna upend your notion of chicken soup in the best possible way.

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Boletus edulis—that’s the fancy-pants name for porcini—is hardly a come-hither sort of name, but with such a rich, earthy, unmistakable taste, who cares?

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Super-size-me shrimp stud this creamylicious risotto which takes its astoundingly complex taste from simple shrimp shells.

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Sugo con pomodorini gratinati alla Calabrese. That’s how you say the proper title of this recipe in Italian. Uh. We’ll just say “More pasta, please.” Because you’re definitely to be requesting second helpings.

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Acquacotta. It may become your new favorite word after you take a taste of it. Sorta like shakshuka, it’s Italian bread soup from southern Tuscany that’s essentially tomatoes, onions, and chiles gilded with poached eggs and a little Parmesan.

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The classic Italian dessert, made the old fashioned way with crisp pastry shells, sweetened ricotta, and chocolate chips.

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The real deal—homemade dough, homemade tomato sauce, two types of mozzarella, Parmesan cheese, and plenty of spicy pepperoni with a kick.

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