spicy aglio e olio, aka post-vacation pantry pasta

Coming home from vacation sucks a lot less if you have pasta waiting for you.

meatless, pastaA @ italian enoughAugust 6, 2022traditional, simple, essentialComment

orecchiette with sausage and rapini

I recently heard rapini described as "bitter and inaccessible", so it figures that this dish is native to my bloodline.

pastaA @ italian enoughFebruary 7, 2022traditional, southern italian Comments

perfect carbonara

The only carbonara technique you need to know: authentic, traditional, and idiot-proofed. Because if you're gonna be bad, then be bad the best.

pasta, saucesA @ italian enoughNovember 1, 2021traditional, essential, roman-romagna, starter pack Comments

italian wedding anniversary soup

Pretend you’re 8 years into the marriage of minestra maritata and you’ll see what this relationship is really made of.

soups & stewsA @ italian enoughOctober 4, 2021healthyish, roman-romagna, essential, traditionalComment

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

fire-roasted ribollita (tuscan bread stew)

Ribollita is a sexier Italian way to say “reboiled stuff,” but I prefer to think of it as soup in a bread bowl that drowned and was subsequently set on fire.

soups & stews, meatlessA @ italian enoughMarch 18, 2021traditional, simple, tuscan-umbrian, healthyishComment

even better tomato butter sauce

It’s usually stupid to mess with a classic. Sometimes so stupid that it does a whole stupid revolution and becomes actually kind of smart.

sauces, pastaA @ italian enoughJanuary 13, 2021essential, traditionalComment

OG grandma chicken noodle soup

I thought this was my grandmother’s recipe. Turns out, the OG grandma in my soup story is me.

soups & stewsA @ italian enoughJanuary 3, 2021essential, traditional, cozy, healthyishComment

my mom’s chicken marsala

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

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

minimalist chicken parm

See site title. This is what I’m all about.

meatsA @ italian enoughDecember 3, 2020traditional, italian-american, simple, essentialComment

minimalist chicken milanese

Basically Italian fried chicken with salad, only inverted. What’s not to love?

greensA @ italian enoughDecember 2, 2020traditional, northern italian, healthyishComment

enlightened chicken piccata

In the chaotic turbulence of existence, there is comfort in that which refuses to change. And here we are, eating piccata like it’s 1989.

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

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

my “authentic” bolognese

What makes a bolognese "authentic” vs. one that will cause someone’s grandmother a reason to come back from the dead and kill you? I read all the internet comments, so you don't have to!

pasta, saucesA @ italian enoughOctober 4, 2018traditional, essential, roman-romagna, starter pack Comments

pasta alla gricia

For when you just can't with your day, here's something you can. Especially because 3 of the 4 ingredients are ones you probably already have.

pastaA @ italian enoughJanuary 9, 2018traditional, roman-romagnaComment

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