Authentic Italian Recipes

Your culinary guide to authentic Italian recipes and make every dish "Molto Bene" with a tantalizing smell.

For most people Italian food is appealing because it tastes great.

Pasta and pizza have become two of the most popular dishes on the planet because they're versatile and delicious.

Italian mothers and grandmothers have created some pretty fabulous recipes that here I have listed for you.

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Prepare healthy and hearty meals for yourself or the whole family for an everyday healthy eating!

Italian Healthy Recipes
Nutritionists promote Italian food because of its reliance on vegetables, complex carbohydrates, and olive oil.

So you can consider these healthy Italian recipes which are more based on vegetables, these recipes have fewer calories than normal.

Diet Recipes
Simple mediterranean diet recipes very low in calories to help you get back in shape. All these Italian diet recipes on this page are around 200 Kcal or less.

Antipasto (appetizer)

Nowadays Italians at home rarely put out an antipasto the only expectation would be for holidays and parties.

Just restaurants tend to put out dozens of antipasti, with platters of marinated vegetables, salamis, cheeses, and grilled seafood.

Anyway, if you want to make an Italian antipasto for a special occasion or for one platter meal (piatto unico), you can give a look here for some recipes.

Primo (first course)

A first course usually is Pasta, rice, soup, Polenta and why NOT pizza.

How To Make Polenta Make polenta the old-fashioned way with step-by-step pictures...

Lasagna Recipe North Italian traditional lasagna made with bechamel... Pasta Carbonara Autnentic carbonara recipe from an Italian restaurant...

Egg Drop Soup Italian style egg drop soup named "Stracciatella".

Secondo (main course)

The main course, usually meat, chicken, fish or seafood.

Italian Meatloaf Easy Italian meatloaf with spinach and ricotta cheese... Beef Braciole Italian beef braciole are meat rolls stuffed with raisins... Italian Meatballs Recipe One of the best, authentic Italian meatballs recipes around... Italian Sausage Recipe Italian sausages with stewed beans a Tuscan recipe. Lamb and Peas Recipe Linda asked about lamb and peas recipe from Naples...

Italian Tuna Recipe How to prepare Calabrese (Calabrian) tuna recipe.

Contorno (sidedish)

Side dish, the main course is usually accompanied by a platter of vegetables.

Zucchini Recipe Italian zucchini recipe the green Italian summer squash...

Dolce (dessert)

Dessert usually Italian cookies, cakes or tortes.

Best Tiramisu Recipe The most known Italian dessert with step-by-step pictures.

Caffe' (coffee)

Italian Coffee called espresso to end the meal.

Italian Moka Pot Coffee Homemade Italian moka pot coffee, step-by-step how to...

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