Pasta is always the answer.
These regional specialties will take you from Liguria to Sicily. They’ll solve pretty much any pasta situation you may have, from a weekend project like making pasta from scratch (don’t have a pasta machine? There are hand-cut options, too) to dinner in under 15 minutes. Maybe you have nothing in the fridge or are in need of a comforting dish to shoo away the winter blues? Or you need a make-ahead dinner party dish or a last-minute lunch? Here are 14 pastas that are here for you.
Beet Ravioli with Poppy Seed Sauce (Casunziei all’Ampezzana) by Emiko
Seafood Spaghetti Baked in Paper (Spaghetti al Cartoccio) by Emiko
Pizzoccheri Valtellinesi (Buckwheat Pasta with Potatoes and Swiss Chard) by Emiko
Pesto Trapanese (Almond and Tomato Pesto) by Emiko
Embossed Pasta: The Ultimate Edible Craft Project by Emiko
A Mushroom Pasta That Happily Accepts Almost Any Mushroom by Emiko
Pici con le Briciole (Pici with Breadcrumbs)
by Emiko
Pasta with Ricotta and Saffron
by Emiko
The Pasta and Beans Dish That’ll Have You Say “That’s Amore” by Emiko
The Rules of Pasta all’Amatriciana—& Why You Should Be Cooking It Now by Emiko
Under the Tuscan (Winter) Sun: Chestnut & Ricotta Ravioli by Emiko
Pasta alla Norma (Eggplant and Tomato Pasta) by Emiko
Spaghetti alla Chitarra by Emiko
Pasta e Ceci (Pasta with Chickpeas) by Emiko
Tell us: What’s your favorite pasta dish? (What a tough question, we know!)
Emiko, a.k.a. Emiko Davies, is a food writer and cookbook author living in Tuscany, where she writes about (and eats!) regional Italian foods. You can read more of her writing on her blog.
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