Recipes

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Italian and Mediterranean home cooking, with a warning about where each dish usually goes wrong.

A plate of spaghetti carbonara with guanciale and grated pecorinoPasta · 25 minNonna Teresa's CarbonaraNo cream, no scrambled eggs, and the fix for the last thirty seconds.A bowl of rigatoni with dark slow-cooked meat ragùPasta · 3 hr 50 minNonna Rosa's RagùHours on the stove, almost no effort. The only rule is that it never boils.A bowl of thick spaghetti in creamy pecorino sauce with cracked black pepperPasta · 20 minCacio e PepeThree ingredients and no place to hide. The trick is temperature, not technique.A plate of spaghetti with olive oil, golden garlic, chili and parsleyPasta · 20 minAglio e OlioThe midnight pasta. It costs almost nothing and takes as long as boiling water.A bowl of spaghetti in a silky lemon butter sauce with lemon zestPasta · 20 minPasta al LimoneTastes like the Amalfi coast and comes together in the time it takes to boil pasta.A bowl of spaghetti with small open clams and parsleySeafood · 55 minSpaghetti alle VongoleThe dish papà was known for. The clams make their own sauce if you let them.White fish poached in a light broth with cherry tomatoes and parsleySeafood · 30 minFish in Acqua Pazza"Crazy water": fish gently poached in a quick tomato broth. It's elegant, and it's done in one pan.Golden chicken cutlets with lemon caper sauce and parsleyWeeknight · 30 minChicken PiccataGolden chicken, a lemon and caper pan sauce, and dinner in half an hour.A rustic bowl of thick soup with small pasta and beansSoups & salads · 45 minPasta e FagioliMamma's answer to rain, sadness and an empty fridge. It's thick enough to stand a spoon in.A large bowl of bread salad with tomatoes, cucumber and basilSoups & salads · 25 minPanzanellaA salad that exists because nobody in Italy throws away bread.A saucepan of bright tomato sauce with fresh basilSauces · 30 minSimple Tomato SauceThe sauce behind half of Italian cooking, and it takes less time than a delivery order.A mortar and pestle filled with bright green basil pestoSauces · 15 minBasil PestoBright green, never bitter, and it's made in less time than a trip to the store.A slice of layered tiramisù dusted with cocoaDesserts · 30 minTiramisùEspresso, mascarpone and patience. It's better tomorrow than it is today.An unmolded vanilla panna cotta with strawberry sauceDesserts · 15 minPanna CottaThe dessert that looks like a lot of effort and takes ten minutes of actual work.

These recipes follow traditional methods and are still being kitchen-tested. If something doesn't work, please tell us at hello@liavellari.com.