Pasta with Breadcrumbs & Anchovies

Pasta with Breadcrumbs was invented as a cheaper alternative to grated cheese. This recipe includes lots of anchovies, capers, garlic, & pepper flakes.

Rigatoni with Mushroom Ragu, Fresh Mozzarella, and Truffle

This perfect easy mix of fresh and store-bought combines a chunky vegetarian double-mushroom "bolognese" with rigatoni, torn fresh mozzarella, and truffle oil.

Pasta With Brown Butter, Cinnamon, Almonds, and Goat Cheese

I had all kinds of ideas of how to make this recipe my own, but all the embellishments felt forced, so I stripped almost all of them away. I only had one true insight, and that was to add slivered almonds.

Roman-Style Fettuccine With Alfredo Sauce

This is how you make fettuccine Alfredo like the Romans. It's an incredibly simple and quick dish with only a few key ingredients: pasta, butter, and cheese. The result is impressively elegant and rich. The key is to use the starchy pasta-cooking water to form a smooth, creamy, emulsified sauce... minus the cream.

Pasta chi Vruoccoli Arriminati (Sicilian Pasta With Cauliflower and Toasted Breadcrumbs)

Cauliflower cooked down into a savory-sweet sauce with Sicilian staples: anchovies, pine nuts, raisins, saffron, and toasted breadcrumbs.

Triple Garlic Pasta With Oven-Dried Tomatoes, Olives, and Breadcrumbs

A flavor-packed pasta dish made with oven-dried tomatoes, garlic, olives, and crispy seasoned breadcrumbs.

Mastering Pasta: Eggplant and Parmesan Rotolo

Although I've never eaten in his restaurants, I became a fan of Marc Vetri after reviewing his second cookbook, Rustic Italian Food, a couple years ago. I have featured his recipes for Mortadella Tortelli with

Fresh Rigatoni with Marinara and Steak

Meaty, light, easy, and so satisfying: fresh pasta tossed with a doctored up sauce full of veggies and topped with roasted thinly sliced beef.

Crispy Garlic-Rosemary Pasta (with any braised meat) — Ethan

Handmade Rigatoni Roast Pork Ragu

If you ever wondered if you can make Rigatoni by hand, the answer is yes and we’re going to be making that today and pairing it with a ragu made of the leftovers from our Philly Roast Pork sandwich. This duo of meals from that one recipe is a must try. I will make Philly Roast Pork more often just to make this recipe, it is crazy good.