Italian Regional Recipes

Pasta covered in a rich sauce is a national concept in Italy, with each region holding diverse strategies regarding the ingredients and preparation of sauces. This is a spicy Calabrian variation on the ever-popular tomato sauce Ingredients For 4 people 1 Kg of Tomatoes (de-seeded) 1 onion 50grms of pancetta 1 hot chilli without seeds [...]

Spaghetti aglio, olio e peperoncino is one of Italian cooking’s simplest and yet most satisfying recipes. It’s regional origins are lost in time, with various regions claiming it as their own – from Abruzzo through to Lazio or Tuscanny.  We’ve included this in the Sicilian section, because of a memorable variation we tasted in Palermo one [...]