Simple Spinach Lasagna Pasta: Only 3 Ingredients

Lasagna was the first dinner recipe I took the time to recreate using ingredients that we like. I have been making the same version for more than 25 years. These days, I don’t make lasagna as much as I used to, but rather I’ve transitioned to making my own pasta noodles following the southern ItalianContinue reading “Simple Spinach Lasagna Pasta: Only 3 Ingredients”

2-Ingredient Ricotta Cheese and Flour Pasta for Orecchiette & Cavatelli

Buongiorno! Southern regions of Italy 🇮🇹 like Puglia, Campania, and Molise make pasta using only 2 ingredients, semolina flour and water. However, semolina flour and ricotta cheese are common ingredients in two very common pasta shapes, the orecchiette meaning “little ears” 👂(as they are in the shape of small ears) and cavatelli meaning “little hollows”Continue reading “2-Ingredient Ricotta Cheese and Flour Pasta for Orecchiette & Cavatelli”

2-Ingredient Fresh Southern Italian Pasta 🍝& Shapes!

Buongiorno! Fresh homemade Italian pasta is quite the treat and a bit different from dried, commercial versions. The far southern regions of Italy, particularly Calabria and Sicily, make pasta using only two ingredients, semolina flour and water. That’s really all you need to make a satisfying, traditional Italian pasta. Why not create a variety ofContinue reading “2-Ingredient Fresh Southern Italian Pasta 🍝& Shapes!”