The Italian Chef

Tortellini alla Panna is a classic Northern Italian preparation of meat filled Tortellini tossed in a cream sauce. My father used to serve a Tortellini Pasticcio that consisted of Tortellini alla Panna layered with Bolognese Sauce and then baked in the oven. ...

In addition to our own original recipes, we like to feature recipes from some of our favorite cookbooks on The Italian Chef from time to time. Urban Italian: Simple Recipes and True Stories from a Life ...

There areseveral things that differentiate Lasagna Bolognese from the Sothern Italian style Lasagna that is more familiar to Americans. The most noticeable differencesare the use of Béchamel Sauce instead ...

I wanted to make a pasta dish Sunday for dinner and since I had just recently made and frozen a large batch of Italian sausage, Sandy suggested I defrost a few and make pasta with sausage. Great idea! ...

I have been making my own sausage for a few years now, ever since I picked up the book Charcuterie: The Craft of Salting, Smoking, and Curing by Michael Ruhlman and Brian Polcyn. Charcuterie is probably ...

The first book in the newItaly's Food Culture series of cookbooks, translated from the original Italian,by Oronzo Editions, Puglia: A Culinary Memoir, covers a regional cuisine that I would venture not ...

About a year or so after my father sold his restaurant and retired, I decided to get back in the restaurant business part-time, mostly to earn some extra money. I got a job waiting tables at a restaurant ...

Stracciatella Gelato is kind of like American chocolate chipice cream, except completely different.Instead of the chips and sometimes chunks you find in American product, Stracciattella has fine bits ...

I was going to include this pizza in the same post as the Grilled Pizza with Cherry Tomatoes I featured recently.At the time I was just topping it with chopped olives and capers and it was very good that ...

I recently came across some delicious cherry and grape tomatoes at my local farmers market. I was planning on making some grilled pizza and as soon as I tasted them, I knew that they had to go on least one of the pizzas. ...