Italian pasta recipes
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Spaghetti alle vongole
This light dish makes a perfect midweek supper treat
Open ravioli with squash & porcini mushrooms
Don't leave the vegetarians out this Christmas, with this special yet easy to manage recipe
Italian sausage & chestnut pasta
A mix of sausagemeat and chestnut chunks creates a rich and nutty pasta sauce, lifting this from an everyday dish to something special
Aubergine parmigiana lasagne
Combine two Italian classics - parmigiana and lasagne - in this veggie bake. It's ideal for batch cooking as you can freeze it before or after baking
Sausage & courgette rigatoni
Chunky pasta tubes with a meaty, garlicky sauce and a good dollop of mascarpone - this is classic comfort food at its best
Baked rigatoni with aubergine & mozzarella
A fantastic dish for entertaining –
the whole thing can be made
aheadRich ragu
A rich, versatile meat sauce: serve it Bolognese-style with spaghetti or use it as a base for lasagne or moussaka
Sausage & fennel orecchiette
Throw together orecchiette with sausages, fennel, broccoli and leek to make this easy dinner. Taking just 25 minutes, it's ideal for busy days
Chicken, spinach & bacon alfredo pasta bake
Make the popular Italian-American pasta dish, chicken alfredo. We’ve used chicken, spinach and crispy bacon crumbs, but mushrooms are good, too
Aubergine & chilli tagliolini
Taglioni is a thin, flat ribbon pasta, similar to tagliatelle. If you can't find it, use linguine for this vegetarian pasta dish instead
Sicilian-style tuna lasagne
Swap mince for canned tuna in this budget lasagne recipe, made even easier with cream cheese instead of béchamel sauce
Duck ragu with pappardelle & swede
Substituting half your pasta for swede ribbons and the breast of the duck rather than the leg makes this a leaner, but equally delicious, ragu
Pasta alla vodka
Sit back and tuck into a big bowl of pasta alla vodka, a creamy tomato pasta with – as you can guess – vodka, which balances out the intense flavours
Vegetarian lasagne
Make our easy vegetable lasagne using just a few ingredients. You can use ready-made tomato sauce and white sauce, or batch cook the sauces and freeze them
Venetian duck ragu
Cinnamon adds complexity to this slow-cooked pasta sauce, which goes perfectly with large tubular paccheri pasta, or ribbons of pappardelle
Pappardelle with rabbit & chestnut ragu
This is rainy-day comfort food at its best - flat pasta strips tossed with a rich meaty ragu, creamy chestnuts and fragrant orange zest
Homemade pappardelle with crab & broad beans
Make your own pappardelle and you may never go back to shop-bought pasta. Fresh crab adds a touch of luxury to a sauce rich with tomatoes and broad beans
Gnocchi alla romana
Enjoy this gnocchi with a homemade tomato sauce or even a beef ragu. The sauce is rich, buttery and soothing – and you don’t even need to chop an onion
Italian meatballs with orzo
Add a twist to classic spaghetti and meatballs with garlicky tomato sauce by using orzo pasta - ready in 30 minutes
Italian sausage polpettina & macaroni bake
This big dish is guaranteed to be a crowd-pleaser – you can never make too much of this kind of food