pasta boscaiola: pasta with mushrooms, bacon, and tomato cream sauce

Meaning “lumberjack” in Italian, boscaiola is the rustic, rugged, earthy, shroomy, richly tomato-creamy Pasta For Boys everyone (boy and otherwise) needs in their back pocket.

pastaA @ italian enoughJanuary 13, 2022tuscan-umbrian, fall, cozyComment

cauliflower gnocchi with sage, walnuts, and brown butter

Brown butter, walnuts, and sage for fall? Groundbreaking, but at least there’s no butternut squash involved.

meatlessA @ italian enoughOctober 12, 2021fall, originals, simpleComment

creamy vegan mushroom and farro soup

A very simple vegan soup that will hit your reset button with a megaton hammer.

meatless, soups & stewsA @ italian enoughSeptember 29, 2021fall, healthyishComment

mushroom tagliatelle with pine nuts and parmesan cream

Mature fall mushrooms give us an autumnal alfredo for adults.

meatless, pastaA @ italian enoughSeptember 24, 2021fall, tuscan-umbrian, romanceComment

pasta alla norcina (aka white sausage & mushroom ragu)

An unusual white (read: cream-based) sausage ragu that is simultaneously a deep cut from the old world and also kind of a fettuccine alfredo vibe.

pasta, saucesA @ italian enoughMarch 26, 2021traditional, tuscan-umbrian, fallComment

lazy lasagna soup

It’s a fine line between lasagna soup and hot ass mess, but sometimes you just gotta saddle it up and ride.

soups & stewsA @ italian enoughMarch 11, 2021originals, simple, fallComment

no-stir truffle oven risotto with truffle and mushroom

If risotto is Italian to the core—technique driven, regionally specific, and deceptively tough to get right—then oven risotto, which is the same dish while being absolutely none of those things, is definition Italian Enough.

risotto, meatlessA @ italian enoughFebruary 20, 2021romance, tuscan-umbrian, fallComment

mushroom faux-lognese

Made with all mushrooms and no meat, there’s no way to justify this as bolognese. But that doesn’t stop it from trying to be.

pasta, meatless, sauces, raguA @ italian enoughDecember 11, 2020essential, originals, fall, starter pack Comment

almost beef bourguignon (instant pot)

In which I half-ass a Julia Child classic, but with the acknowledgement that sometimes half the ass is all the ass you need.

braises, meats, instant pot, non-italianA @ italian enoughDecember 10, 2020cozy, french, fall Comment

my mom’s chicken marsala

And by “OG” I absolutely do not mean Olive Garden.

pastaA @ italian enoughDecember 4, 2020traditional, holiday, fall, southern italianComment

the ultimate classic mushroom risotto [for stovetop, oven, or Instant Pot]

Risotto is a dish people avoid for good reasons, but not necessarily worthwhile reasons. While it seems aggressively temperamental, it’s a lot like the sea: be confident with it, show it respect, but don’t ever trust it too much.

risotto, meatlessA @ italian enoughNovember 10, 2020romance, traditional, northern italian, fallComment

instant pot beef and barley stew

A fall-welcoming PSL alternative for the non-PSL people.

braises, instant pot, soups & stewsA @ italian enoughSeptember 26, 2019cozy, fallComment

instant pot creamy chicken, wild rice, and cauliflower soup

Basically everything about Panera I love and none of the actual going to Panera I don’t. Bread bowl not required.

instant pot, soups & stews, non-italianA @ italian enoughDecember 9, 2018cozy, originals, fall, healthyishComment

pasta alla boscaiola (mushrooms, sausage, & tomato cream)

When you want a sausage and mushroom pizza for dinner but also pasta and you also need a shot of vodka you end up with this and that is okay.

pastaA @ italian enoughNovember 16, 2018traditional, tuscan-umbrian, fallComment

steak & mushroom stroganoff

Need something to do on a medium-to-cold Sunday night that isn't a) laundry or b) feeling sorry for yourself? If yes, then take part in this lil resurrection experiment: bringing a version OG Noodles & Co Mushroom Stroganoff back from the creamy, delicious dead.

meats, pastaA @ italian enoughOctober 2, 2017traditional, fall, italian-americanComment

chicken pasta rossa alla nordstrom café

A reminder that no plan is 'crazy' as long as it works out in the end.

pastaA @ italian enoughDecember 23, 2015fall Comments