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No Knead Focaccia Bread Recipe

Our NO KNEAD focaccia bread recipe is to die for! This bread dough— with 85% water— is a HIGH HYDRATION dough that produces a tall, soft focaccia.

Spaghetti all’Assassina: Italy’s Killer Spaghetti!

Italy’s most bizarre pasta recipe! This fried pasta recipe comes from Bari, Puglia in Italy. It originated in the 1960’s, but is now considered traditional for the region. Spicy, crispy and bloody red. The Killer Spaghetti (a.k.a. Spaghetti all’Assassina) is Italy’s hottest pasta dish around.

Roman Food to Make at Home

Travel to Rome with these authentic Roman food recipes. Step-by-step with follow-along VIDEOS. Pasta and more!

Authentic Pasta Amatriciana Recipe

This Pasta Amatriciana recipe is one of the pillars of Roman pasta, along with: Spaghetti Carbonara, Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe and Pasta alla Gricia! With fine Italian guanciale, tomato and pecorino cheese—you’ll love this dish!

How to Make 70% Hydration Pizza Dough

Learn how to make a 70% hydration pizza dough! This type of pizza dough is perfect for a classic Italian pan pizza, sold in pizzerias in Italy and made in Italian home kitchens.

Authentic Pasta alla Gricia Recipe

Pasta alla Gricia, sometimes called White Amatriciana is a traditional Roman dish. This underrated Italian pasta dish featured a creamy pecorino romano sauce, black pepper and fine crispy guanciale.

Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe – Authentic Italian

The LEGENDARY authentic Spaghetti Carbonara recipe! Keep reading to learn how to make Spaghetti Carbonara the RIGHT way— no onions, no peas, no heavy cream. You’ll learn how to make Spaghetti Carbonara as they do in the best Italian restaurants in Rome, Italy.

Easy Angel Food Cake Recipe

The most heavenly Angel Food Cake you’ll ever taste and the easiest you’ll ever make! Soft, fluffy, moist and with a divine taste. It’s like eating a cloud.

Zuppa Inglese Recipe

This Zuppa Inglese recipe is the perfect festive layered cake for a birthday or holiday. It features layers of sponge cake (Pan di Spagna) soaked in liquor or fruit juice and filled with layers of silky chocolate and vanilla pastry cream. One of the most beloved Italian desserts that you can make with the Italian sponge cake (Pan di Spagna).

Italian Florentine Steak Recipe

The Queen of Tuscan cooking! This steak can be as thick as two big porterhouse steaks stacked together and weight as much as 6 pounds! This classic T bone steak is famous everywhere in Italy. It originated in Florence (Tuscany) centuries ago, and it has conquered meat grilling lovers not just for its size but mostly for its unique tenderness and taste.

Fresh Egg Pasta Dough Recipe

Fresh egg pasta is a staple in Italy. It is surprisingly easy once you get the hang of it. Making fresh pasta is a great way to eat better and save money. We got this fresh egg pasta dough recipe from an expert: an Italian Grandma who makes it every week!

Seafood Spaghetti Recipe

A seafood extravaganza popular throughout Italy’s coastal regions where fresh seafood is plentiful! This dish is called Spaghetti allo Scoglio in Italian, which means spaghetti ‘on the rock’ because it features several mollusks that live ‘on the rock’ (allo scoglio) such as clams and mussels. 

Butternut Squash Risotto Recipe

Creamy, decadent butternut squash risotto finished with fine sweet Italian gorgonzola cheese (aka: ‘Gorgonzola Dolce’). Don’t like gorgonzola? You can also finish it off with butter and/or Parmigiano Reggiano cheese.

Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe Recipe

One of the most distinctive recipes that you will find in any Rome restaurant! The authentic Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe recipe has just three ingredients: pecorino cheese and black pepper (“cacio” and “pepe”) and pasta. The trick to achieving its unmatched flavor and creamy sauce? Quality ingredients and few simple cooking tricks.

Authentic Ragu Bolognese Sauce Recipe

Simply the best ragu you’ll ever taste! This Ragu Bolognese Sauce recipe is the traditional recipe that originated in Bologna, Italy. It is used in many beloved Italian dishes such as a Tagliatelle Bolognese, Spaghetti Bolognese, as a sauce for polenta. And of course, it’s a prime ingredient in the Sunday classic Lasagna Bolognese.

Italian Thanksgiving Menu Ideas

Make Thanksgiving Italian with these Italian Thanksgiving menu ideas from the PIATTO™ kitchen! From satisfying savory main courses to delicious side dishes and special occasion desserts, there’s something to satisfy everyone.