This classic spaghetti Bolognese recipe and the surprising Italian-Australian history of spaghetti Bolognese comes courtesy of food writer Matt Preston, whose World of Flavour, The Recipes, Myths and Surprising Stories Behind the World’s Best-Loved Food is a cookbook as much as a myth-busting culinary history that sets the record straight: ‘spag bol’ is not Italian, it’s … Read more
Our avocado pasta recipe makes an easy creamy avocado pasta sauce that you can serve at room temperature or heat up, combine with any fresh or dried pasta of your choice, and jazz up with grilled chicken or smoked salmon. A popular Italian-Australian pasta of the 1980s and 1990s, we think it’s time this retro-classic … Read more
This Southeast Asian pesto recipe makes an easy Asian style Italian pesto that you can stir through pastas or noodles, such as soba or udon, use as a salad dressing (potato salad is perfect), drizzle onto barbecue meats or skewers, dollop on Southeast Asian soups, spread onto Vietnamese banh mi or Cambodian num pang or … Read more
Our classic lasagne alla Bolognese recipe from Bologna in the Emilia Romagna region of Northern Italy makes the best lasagne recipe ever. Rich and comforting, this traditional lasagne Bolognese begins with a great Bolognese ragù that’s layered between flat pasta sheets and besciamella, Italy’s béchamel sauce, and Parmigiano Reggiano. This lasagne alla Bolognese recipe makes … Read more
This orecchiette with sausage and broccoli rabe recipe is one I cook when I can’t bring myself to make another carbonara or puttanesca, Lara’s most requested pastas. Orecchiette with sausage and broccoli is a classic Italian combination from Puglia, but broccoli rabe or rapini, and broccolini also work, and crispy pancetta adds salt and crunch. … Read more