Spinach and Ricotta Manicotti

Spinach and ricotta manicotti is one of those dishes that are edible—dare I say, enjoyable—even under the most inauspicious of circumstances (think: cafeteria steam tables). So how great would it be if you optimized every ingredient and served it fresh from the oven? (Hint: really, really great.)

All-Day Meat Lasagna

This lasagna takes significant liberties with the traditional Bolognese recipe, but with intense results. There's mozzarella in the white sauce, ricotta, and it's bathed in a complex, meaty gravy.

Spinach Cannelloni In Tomato And Crème Fraîche Sauces

Spinach and ricotta-stuffed pasta baked in tomato and creamy crème fraîche sauces is the stuff of dreams.

Polenta Pasticciata (Polenta Lasagna With Mushroom Ragù)

In Italian, a pasticcio is a mess. In the case of polenta pasticciata, it's a glorious, wonderful, rib-sticking mess, made by layering soft polenta with lasagna-like fillings, then baking it until browned on top. Here, we fill it with a rich mushroom ragù, then drizzle a cheesy Parmesan cream all over it.

Maccheroni alla Chitarra with Ragù Abruzzese and Palottine Recipe | Cook the Book

Before coming across this lovely plate of Maccheroni alla Chitarra with Ragù Abruzzese and Palottine that graces the cover of Domenica Marchetti's The Glorious Pasta of Italy, I'd always thought that spaghetti and meatballs was strictly checkered tablecloth territory, an Italian-American dish with very distant (if any) ties to Italian cookery. As it turns out, this Italian cousin of our beloved spaghetti and meatballs is quite the popular dish in Abruzzo.

Pasta alla Genovese (Pasta With Neapolitan Beef and Onion Ragù)

This is the Italian dish which birthed Italian-American Sunday gravy; simmer a hunk of meat for many hours and then serve the resulting sauce on the side. Our version is the original, and all about the onions.

Lasagne Bolognese

The restaurant I Sodi in NYC by Rita Sodi makes the single greatest lasagne I’ve ever had. It was a lasagne bolognese with lots and lots of

Ragú Napoletano (Neapolitan-Style Italian Meat Sauce With Pork, Beef, and Sausage)

Ragù Napoletano is a meaty stew featuring big chunks of beef, pork, and sausages simmered until fall-apart tender in a deep and rich tomato sauce.

Spinach and Ricotta Cannelloni

Imagine coming home to this Spinach Ricotta Cannelloni.... a perfectly seasoned juicy filling with a simple, tasty tomato sauce. Great for freezing!

Lasagna Napoletana (Lasagna With Sausage, Smoked Cheese, and Meatballs)

We all know about lasagna Bolognese, the Northern Italian casserole made with fresh pasta layered with cheese sauce and a slow-cooked meat sauce enriched with cream. But what if I told you that there was another lasagna out there every bit as decadent, involved, rib-sticking, and delicious? I introduce to you Lasagna Napoletana, a lasagna that comes stuffed with an insanely meaty and savory red sauce, small tender-crisp meatballs, slices of sausage, and not one, not two, not even three, but four...