Italian, Pescetarian Recetas

Pizza with shells

Bruschette with mussels and cherry tomatoes

These bruschette are quick to prepare and of great effect. They make a light and tasty starter.

"Barbecue style" langoustines with cumin

Makes a great starter. A quick recipe and very tasty. Good if you want to impress your guests!

Linguine with Wine and White Clam Sauce

Spaghetti with Clam and Tomato sauce

This is one of my favorite last minute, throw together pastas. I generally use canned clams and canned Italian…

Shrimp in Green Garlic Sauce

Wow, this is a really powerful and delicious dish. If you are looking for subtle flavors, search elsewhere. But if you're in the mood for a…

Grilled Salmon with Basil Cream Sauce

Grilled salmon goes very well with lemon and basil. This cream sauce makes an interesting and attractive dish…

Pasta with Cauliflower and Anchovy Sauce

This is a wonderful, mild flavored pasta we've adapted from Marcella Hazan. I know it sounds like an odd…

«Polpetielli» affogati (Baby Octopus Braised in Tomato Sauce)

Octopus is a popular food all around the Mediterranean basin and yet elsewhere it is often, for some reason,…

Lemon-butter Linguini with Peppery Shirmp

It always surprises me when black pepper is used in such quantity that it makes a dish truly spicy, since we so…

Insalata di riso (Summer Rice Salad)

Mid-August, when the temperatures climb to tropical heights, is a time when the enthusiasm of even the most…

Baccalà alla napoletana

Baccalà, or salted codfish, marries especially well with tomatoes, and the marriage reaches its apogee of deliciousness in the summer, when tomatoes…

Spaghetti alla cipolla rossa e alici

This was not a dish my grandmother Angelina ever made, as far as I know, but it is certainly the kind of…

Baccala' e ceci

Everyone knows that Friday is fish day for Catholics (even for some lapsed Catholics like myself). A traditional Friday dish in Rome is baccala' e…

Filetti di pesce all'acqua pazza

Acqua pazza, or 'crazy water' is the humorous term for an extremely easy, but tasty way to poach fish--or, more…