25 ITALIAN PASTA RECIPES
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Your go-to list of the best Italian pasta recipes! Make easy, delicious meals, many of them in 30 minutes or less. From creamy sauces, savory tomato sauces and rich meat ragus, you’ll find something to love.
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By Karen Tedesco of Familystyle Food
This recipe for classic Italian puttanesca pasta sauce makes an amazing thick, rich tomato sauce in about 15 minutes.
Classic Puttanesca Sauce
Take a trip to Rome in your own kitchen with this quick and easy recipe for classic Italian bucatini all'amatriciana!
25-Minute Bucatini all’Amatriciana
A fast, easy family recipe for classic, spicy, rich Italian arrabbiata sauce.
Homemade Arrabbiata Sauce
The quickest burst cherry tomato sauce made under your broiler! This juicy fresh pasta sauce is ready in 15 minutes or less.
Burst Cherry Tomato Pasta Sauce
You must try this delicious twist on a classic vodka pasta sauce! The secret to the incredibly tasty cream sauce is that it uses gin instead of vodka, along with tomato puree and fresh rosemary.
Penne alla “Vodka” with Creamy Tomato Sauce
Quick, quick, quick:
Wide pappardelle pasta noodles in a no-cook lemon Parmesan cream sauce.
Creamy Lemon Pasta (al Limone)
Stovetop:
Super-tender chicken thighs braised in garlic and white wine butter sauce with sun dried tomatoes and thyme.
Chicken in White White Sauce (Vino Bianco)
Easy and absolutely delicious creamy mushroom pasta sauce with chunky mushrooms, garlic and Parmesan cheese.
Pasta with Creamy Mushroom Sauce
This creamy, hearty pasta e fagioli soup is loaded with beans, vegetables and cheese.
Creamy Pasta Fagioli Soup with Kale
Italian-style creamy chicken and pasta casserole baked with spinach and gooey melted cheese.
Baked Chicken Pasta with Spinach
This fresh chicken pasta salad recipe with cannellini beans and arugula greens in a bright, lemony Dijon dressing.
Dijon Chicken Pasta Salad with Herbs de Provence
Healthy baked chicken pasta recipe: Creamy cavatelli shells with lemon, zucchini and creamy goat cheese sauce.
Creamy Chicken Pasta with Zucchini and Lemon
Make this easy 25-minutes tuna pasta recipe for dinner! Use canned tuna, sun-dried tomatoes, garlic, linguine or spaghetti and olive oil.
Tuna Pasta with Olive Oil and Garlic
Rings of calamari (squid) are oven-roasted with cherry tomatoes and garlic, and served over spaghetti.
10-Minute Roasted Calamari Pasta
This incredibly tasty "scampi" is made with sauteed shrimp in a spicy garlic butter sauce with tomatoes and fresh herbs.
Garlic Butter Shrimp Pasta
This hearty homemade tomato meat sauce is rich, rustic and meaty, full of traditional red-sauce Italian-American flavors.
Rustic Italian Meat Sauce
A dreamy 30-minute pasta recipe! Bowtie pasta in a light, creamy sauce with Italian sausage, tangy umami-packed sun-dried tomatoes and perfectly tender broccolini.
Bowtie Pasta with Sausage and Broccolini
A quick pasta recipe with delicious green broccoli rabe (rapini), pasta and sausage.
Broccoli Rabe Pasta with Italian Sausage
Enjoy this hearty, autumnal pappardelle pasta with fresh rosemary and portobello mushrooms.
Pappardelle Pasta with Rosemary Portobello Mushroom Sauce
Roasted Vegetable Lasagna full of colorful vegetables and fresh tomato sauce – a healthy family favorite!
Roasted Vegetable Lasagna
A tasty vegetarian mushroom Bolognese pasta sauce recipe, with savory mushrooms, red wine and tomato.
Mushroom Bolognese Pasta
The best family-favorite dish with spaghetti, eggs, bacon and cheese.
Ultimate Pasta Carbonara Recipe
A combination of two favorite pasta recipes in one! Peppery cacio e pepe and a lemony, creamy carbonara!
Creamy Lemon Cacio e Pepe with Peas and Pancetta
Cascatelli pasta with pesto, chickpeas and kale, topped with creamy grated ricotta salata cheese.
Cascatelli Pasta with Pesto and Chickpeas
Thick bucatini pasta noodles in a sun-dried tomato almond pesto, Sicilian-style. Quick and so delicious!
Bucatini with Burrata and Sicilian Almond Pesto
Thick bucatini pasta noodles in a sun-dried tomato almond pesto, Sicilian-style. Quick and so delicious!
Bucatini with Burrata and Sicilian Almond Pesto