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ravioli in a white bowl with a butter sage sauce and parmesan cheese.
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Homemade Mushroom Ravioli with Cheese

A blue bowl with ravioli in a sundried tomato sauce.
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Sun-Dried Tomato Sauce – (Creamy 10 Minute Recipe)

A closeup of spinach ravioli on a fork.
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Homemade Spinach Ravioli with Ricotta Cheese

A Spinach ricotta pie on a reddish background.
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Ricotta and Spinach Pie – Easy 3-Cheese Recipe


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A slice of almond cake with a strawberry on a piece of parchment paper on a gold glass plate.

Best Italian Almond Cake (Torta di Mandorle Recipe)

A martini glass filled with a dark Liqueur next to a crystal bowl of dark candied cherries.

Black Manhattan Cocktail Recipe (AKA a Sicilian Manhattan)

A medium rare roast beef on a white plate, half of which is sliced.

Top Round Roast Beef

A square plate of cookies stuffed with jam and Nutella.

Pizzicati (Italian Pinch Cookies)

Smoked Chicken Legs on a wooden board with parsley and spilled spice rub.

The Best Smoked Chicken Legs

Eggplant appetizer in a bowl and on a crostini.

Caponata a Sicilian Eggplant Appetizer

Chocolate dipped cannoli shell filled with ricotta and chocolate chips and topped with a cherry surrounded by other cannoli.

Cannoli Filling Recipe

3 thins slices of medium rare bottom round roast laying in front of the remainder of the roast on a white plate with parsley.

Tender Bottom Round Roast (Oven Recipe)

Round puffy cookies with white frosting sprinkled with decorating sugar drying on a black cookie rack.

Anginetti Cookies – Italian Lemon Cookies

A snifter with an amber liqueur ice and an orange twist surrounded by almonds and orange peel twists.

Sicilian Kiss – Cocktail or Shot


Dinner Recipes

ravioli in a white bowl with a butter sage sauce and parmesan cheese.

Homemade Mushroom Ravioli with Cheese

A closeup of spinach ravioli on a fork.

Homemade Spinach Ravioli with Ricotta Cheese

A Spinach ricotta pie on a reddish background.

Ricotta and Spinach Pie – Easy 3-Cheese Recipe

A jar of pistachio pesto on a wooden board.

Easy Pistachio Pesto with Fresh Basil


Appetizer Recipes

A Spinach ricotta pie on a reddish background.
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Ricotta and Spinach Pie – Easy 3-Cheese Recipe

A phyllo pastry cut in half with spinach filling.
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Phyllo Triangles with Spinach and Feta

A jar of pistachio pesto on a wooden board.
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Easy Pistachio Pesto with Fresh Basil

A square bowl of pesto on a wooden board with basil leaves and bruschetta.
Appetizer Recipes | Recipes | Sauces and Condiments

 Artichoke Pesto with Spinach – 5-minute Recipe


Breakfast Recipes

A Spinach ricotta pie on a reddish background.

Ricotta and Spinach Pie – Easy 3-Cheese Recipe

A pile of muffins with mini chocolate chips in them in yellow and green muffin wrappers.

Chocolate Chip Zucchini Muffins

Chocolate chip muffins

Chocolate Chip Muffins with Yogurt

A slice of vegetable cheese and meat frittata with parsley.

Easy Oven Baked Vegetable, Meat (Pancetta) and Cheese Frittata Recipe


Dessert Recipes

A pile of chocolate chip cookies with lots of chocolate chips in them.
Dessert Recipes | Italian Cookies | Recipes

Quaker Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies

Italian Apple Cake dusted with powdered sugar on a wooden cake plate.
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Easy Italian Apple Cake with Olive Oil (Torta di Mele)

A slice of ricotta pie topped with powdered sugar on a white plate in front of the remaining pie in a glass pie plate.
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Sweet Italian Ricotta Pie ( Easy Traditional Recipe)

A layer cake with whipped cream and lemon curd between the layers and on top of the cake with a slice missing.
Dessert Recipes | Italian Cakes | Recipes

Limoncello Mascarpone Cake with Lemon Curd