Ricotta and Eggplant Sauce~ Sicilian Style This recipe, like all the others in ‘The Essentials of Italian Cooking’, takes simple ingredients and layers them into a mouthful of flavors. Marcella says she likes using cartwheel pasta ‘route di carro’~ it … Continue reading →
This week, my recipe was Eggplant Sauce with Tomato and Red Chili Pepper. When I looked through the recipe, the first thing I noticed is that you fry the eggplant. I rarely fry anything, so I can’t say I was … Continue reading →
By now, you’ve noticed that your Pomodori e Vino cooks don’t provide actual recipes in these blog entries. We have three good reasons. First, we honor the fact that Marcella owns the copyright to Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking – … Continue reading →
I have been the repeated victim of many awful Italian-American dishes. With each cook, waiter or “chef” saying, “You are going to love this dish. It’s delicious.” Two forkfuls later I say a prayer that God will have mercy upon … Continue reading →
Heavenly! That is all that I need to say about this sauce. Amazing aroma, and mouth watering flavor. It is such a simple sauce to make and definitely one of my favorites. I started out with canned San Marzano tomatoes, … Continue reading →
This tomato sauce is perfect. Simple, fresh tasting and perfect. Since we are not yet in local tomato season, I opted for canned San Marzano tomatoes. The vegetables are onions, celery and carrots–sounds like the beginnings of a French sauce … Continue reading →
It’s Cindy again, and I’m so excited because it’s now my turn to move on to the Pasta chapter of The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking. I absolutely love pasta. If you love pasta also, and want a simple but … Continue reading →
Well that was easy. Marcella refers to this as the simplest of all sauces to make, with a sweet tomato taste. Agreed. Below are all the ingredients called for, including the rigatoni pasta option. The jar in the background is … Continue reading →
