Cannolis are probably my favorite dessert. Here in the South you don't find cannolis in a lot of places, so it is pretty exciting when you can find them. And if you love cannolis it is fun to try to learn how to make them. Particularly when the holidays are upon us, I am all about the cannolis. What is a holiday dinner with no dessert, and no cannolis!? It just doesn't get much better than the ...
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Baked Cheesy Pasta with Pancetta and Spinach
This is another baked pasta dish that is sure to be a crowd-pleaser at your dinner table. Very rich and creamy, it's not an everyday dish. But you can pull it out every once in a while for a Sunday dinner. Everybody will be stuffed and happy. And the shape and texture of the orecchiette pasta surprisingly lends itself well to being baked in this dish. Ordinarily you want to serve pasta more on ...
Stuffed Shells With Spinach and Pancetta
Here it is, the ultimate Italian comfort food! Pasta shells stuffed with melted seasoned mozzarella and ricotta, salty gobs of pancetta, and ample fresh spinach. That's everything you get with this delicious Stuffed Shells with Spinach and Pancetta recipe. In my family, all holiday celebration meals called for the traditional main course meal and a standard Italian dish as a side meal. The Italian ...
Three Cheese Manicotti With Spinach and Prosciutto
Okay, when it comes to the holidays, my family tends to do the traditional American-holiday meal, such as the turkey dinner for Thanksgiving, the seafood dinner for Christmas Eve, and a great tasting ham for Christmas and Easter. But being Italians, we always have to add one of our traditional Italian dishes to the mix. Thanksgiving and Easter it is usually a lasagne. Christmas Eve it might be ...
Meatball Sausage Lasagne
Meatball Sausage Lasagne This recipe is for my holiday-time Meatball Sausage Lasagne casserole. Lasagne noodles are a long wide flat type of noodle that are perfect for use in casseroles. Lasagne noodles originated in Italy, but are used throughout the world, and are recognized as one of the oldest types of pasta noodles. Lore has it that lasagne was first prepared in Italian farming communities, ...
Delicious Italian Style Lemon Ricotta Cake
Keep Things Light and Airy With This Italian-style Lemon Ricotta Cake People see ricotta cheese is an ingredient in this Lemon Ricotta Cake, and assume that they are making an Italian-style cheesecake. However, this recipe surprises as it produces more of a light and airy cake rather than a heavy cheesecake, although with a few simple alterations you can turn this recipe into a full fledged ...