Pasta with Zucchini Sauce
Bring a pot of water to boil. Then add the pasta and cook three minutes less than the directions given on the package. (We will finish cooking the pasta in the sauce.) In a large sauté pan, add the olive oil
Mixed up Cauliflower
Add the olive oil to the pan and cook over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook stirring well for one minute. Add the onion and the red pepper flakes and cook two more minutes while stirring. Add two tablespoons of the parsley
Braised Lentils
Add the olive oil to the pan and cook over medium heat. Add the red pepper flakes. Add the garlic and cook stirring well for one minute. Add the onion, carrot, the optional celery leaves and celery and cook two more minutes while
Pannacotta al Cioccolato
Sprinkle the gelatin powder over the water in a small dish. Let sit for 10 minutes to soften the gelatin. Over medium low heat melt the chocolate and the whipping cream in large saucepan, stirring well. Make sure the chocolate has melted
Sicilian Fish Soup
Heat the olive oil in a medium stockpot set on medium-high heat until sizzling, about 2 minutes, Add the onion, garlic, red pepper flakes and curry powder and cook for 3 minutes, until the onion begins to soften. Stir in
Nanci’s Pasta
Bring the water to boil in a pasta pot and cook the pasta per the directions on the package. I like to slightly undercook the pasta by one or two minutes to make it al dente. While the pasta is cooking bring
Apple Tart
Once the puff pastry sheets have thawed, take them out of the package and using a biscuit cutter, cut the sheets into six rounds of approximately four inches each. In a nonstick sauce pan over medium high heat add the butter,
Chicken Scallopini
Cut the chicken breasts across the grain (widthwise) into three slices. Hold your knife at a twenty to thirty degree angle to the cutting board so that you slice the breasts on the bias. You will end up with oval
Pasta with Clams “Essenziale Style” (done in the essential way)
Make the Essenziale sauce.Add the extra virgin olive oil, red pepper flakes and garlic cloves to a sauce pan and cook over medium heat until it starts to boil. Reduce heat and let simmer for 10 to 15 minutes. Turn
Tortellini in a Creamy Parmesan Sauce
Bring a pot of water to a boil. Add the pasta and cook two minutes less than the directions given on the package. (We will finish cooking the pasta in the sauce In a large sauté pan add the whipping cream