Bluefin Tuna and Cannellini White Bean Salad
With ingredients as special as Sicilian bluefin tuna fillets and organic cannellini white beans, you don’t need much else. This simple, luxurious salad is inspired …
Italian New Year Lentils
As the festivities wind down and the year comes to a close, now is the time to eat lots and lots of lentils. Italian tradition …
Caserecci with Anchovies and Cauliflower
We revisited this recipe for Pasta with Anchovies and Cauliflower from the gusti archives, and it’s still as delicious as ever! Back when we first …
The Gusti Parmigiano Mac & Cheese
Is Mac & Cheese part of the “traditional” Italian repertoire? No. Do we love using outstanding Italian ingredients to make non-Italian recipes? Hell yes. Mac …
Hazelnut Cheese Crostini with Porcini Mushrooms
Next time you serve a jar of Porcini sott’olio as part of your aperitivo spread, take a few minutes to make these hazelnut-cheese crisps. There’s …
Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Rosso With Fusilli
If you’ve ever found yourself eating Maida’s sun dried tomatoes straight from the jar, this is the pesto for you. Bursting with rich umami flavor, …
Pasta e Fagioli with Borlotti and Mezzi Canneroni
Pasta e fagioli, pasta fazool, pasta and beans… whatever you call it, this is the ultimate in Italian comfort food. It’s hard to beat mezzi …
Fall Lasagna with Radicchio, Pumpkin, and Red Onions
Once you’ve tried Faella’s lasagna sheets there’s no going back. With the real flavor of Italian durum wheat, their texture is like none other. They …
Pesto alla Cetarese
Take a bite of pesto alla Cetarese and it will send you straight to the Amalfi Coast. The port town of Cetara is known for …
Black Rice Salad with Roasted Vegetables and Burrata
Nutty + nutty. This black rice salad pairs the insanely aromatic Crespi Riso Nero with the queen of hazelnuts Nocciole di Alta Langa. You can …
Spaghetti Aglio Olio e Peperoncino Recipe
Who said that Italian food is too sophisticated and complicated to make in the comfort of your home? Exhibit number one: the universal last-minute dish …
Pasta alla Norma
Don’t let summer pass you by without making pasta alla norma at least once. This classic Sicilian dish stars the Queen of summer produce: Eggplant. …
Aeolian Summer Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
This Aeolian summer salad has all the flavors of the Mediterranean. Juicy fresh tomatoes, salty Castelvetrano olives, plump sugarello fish fillets, briny caper leaves, sweet …
Sugarello Pasta Fredda Salad
Pasta fredda is a summertime staple. Since it’s eaten cold (“fredda”) or at room temperature, it’s the perfect dish to prepare in advance and bring …
Sgombro Bruschetta with Sun Dried Tomatoes and Caper Leaves
This combination of sgombro (mackerel), mozzarella, sun dried tomatoes, and caper leaves comes to us from panini master Alessandro Frassica. He first created it at …
Bucatini all’Amatriciana
This is our Amatriciana. You may be asking, “no onion?!” That is correct. This dish is simple! Semplicissimo. When your tomatoes are sweet, there is no …
The Balsamic Cocktail
In this picture, Vittorio is enjoying a cold balsamic cocktail on a hot day under vines in Vignola, Modena. Vittorio, along with his daughter Mariangela …
Pasta Faella’s Lasagna Recipe
This recipe for Lasagna comes to us from Maria Cristina Faella. Her husband Sergio runs Pasta Faella in Gragnano, Campania. Filled with miniature meatballs, ricotta, …
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