How to Grill Pizza
Grilled pizza shares some of the much-desired tastes and textures of your favorite crispy brick oven pizza.
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Delicious Italian recipes and techniques. All of my Italian favorites. Pasta dishes, gnocchi recipes, beef recipes, and aperitifs, authentic limoncello, and Italian cocktails such as the Aperol Spritz and Negroni.
Grilled pizza shares some of the much-desired tastes and textures of your favorite crispy brick oven pizza.
Rigatoni bolognese is a simple, yet elegant dish made with homemade bolognese sauce, rigatoni, fresh herbs, and a dollop of ricotta or mascarpone cheese.
Simple homemade pizza cooked in a cast iron skillet. A cast iron skillet acts as a very hot, heat-retaining surface that cooks crust rapidly for a crispy and fluffy finish.
Fig pizza made with fig jam and topped with fresh mozzarella, prosciutto, arugula, and a balsamic reduction.
Easy pesto shrimp pasta made with fresh homemade pesto and shrimp sauteed in garlic and olive oil.
Fresh homemade basil pesto made with basil, parmesan cheese, pine nuts, garlic, and olive oil. Perfect for pasta, pizza, sandwiches, and more.
Cacio e pepe is a classic Roman-born pasta dish made with pecorino romano cheese and ground black pepper.
Homemade sweet potato gnocchi prepared in a buttery sauce with bacon, shallots, garlic, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, thyme, and rosemary.
Summer squash, onion, and bell pepper tossed in marinara and topped with shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese. A cheesy baked Italian-inspired family favorite.
Simple and delicious homemade linguini made with fresh homemade basil pesto. My take on an authentic Italian classic dish made from scratch without a pasta maker.
A simple rotini pasta salad recipe made with fresh basil pesto as the dressing. Cucumber, kalamata olives, red onion, cherry tomatoes, and fresh mozzarella all come together for a fresh and flavorful side dish.
Simple lemon butter scallops served over my favorite risotto recipe made with shallots, mushrooms, garlic, Parmesan cheese, and a little white wine.
Creamy Tuscan chicken and pasta is a simple and delicious meal featuring pan-seared chicken, Gamelli pasta, and a fresh creamy sauce.
I love incorporating sweet and spicy Italian sausage into my pasta dishes. Italian sausage adds a hearty, rich, and filling element to simple pasta recipes. Below are 9 Italian sausage
Classic lasagna made in a 12 inch cast iron skillet. This recipe features a meat sauce, mozzarella and ricotta filling, and a final layer of broiled fresh mozzarella.
Pasta in vodka sauce is a really easy ‘from scratch’ sauce to make with your most basic ingredients. Plus it’s on the table in about 25 minutes or less.
My stuffed chicken is filled with shredded mozzarella cheese and homemade basil pesto and then topped with marinara and more mozzarella cheese. It’s baked for about 35 minutes and ready to serve. Simple, cheesy, and delicious.
Pan-seared chicken tossed in a simple piccata sauce consisting of white wine, chicken broth, capers, fresh lemon juice, butter, and garlic.
A whole new take on the classic dish. Spaghetti tossed in marinara and baked with simple homemade meatballs with a melted layer of an Italian blend of cheeses.
Buffalo chicken pizza made with buffalo chicken, red onion, fresh jalapeno, fresh mozzarella cheese, and MORE buffalo sauce.
Jumbo shells filled with ground sweet Italian sausage, ricotta and parmesan cheese, fresh basil, garlic, and an optional egg. Baked topped with marinara and mozzarella cheese until golden.
Easy and delicious crispy eggplant parmesan layered with mozzarella and parmesan cheese and baked in a cast-iron skillet.
This cheesy baked rigatoni is layered with rigatoni, ricotta cheese, ground sweet Italian sausage and beef, fresh mozzarella, and topped with fresh chopped basil and parmesan cheese.
Hearty Italian wedding soup recipe made with a mixture of tender mini meatballs, fresh carrots, escarole, and onion, orzo, and savory broth.