Pasta recipes
22 recipes tagged “pasta”.
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Pasta Primavera with Asparagus and Peas
Blanched asparagus, peas, and blistered cherry tomatoes tossed with pasta in a light lemon-parmesan cream — built around whatever's freshest, not a specific vegetable.
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Instant Pot Mac and Cheese with Sharp Cheddar
No roux, no drained pot — the pasta cooks in broth and thickens its own sauce under pressure in under ten minutes.
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Lemon-Parmesan Orzo with Wilted Spinach
Orzo toasted in butter until nutty, then simmered pilaf-style in broth with lemon and Parmesan — a fast side for whatever's on the other burner.
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Penne alla Vodka with Pancetta
A tomato-cream sauce built on rendered pancetta and a splash of vodka, which cooks off but leaves the sauce silkier than tomato and cream alone.
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Cacio e Pepe
Just pasta, black pepper, and two grated cheeses, emulsified with starchy water into a sauce that clings without a drop of cream.
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Baked Feta Pasta with Cherry Tomatoes
A block of feta roasts alongside a pan of cherry tomatoes until both slump into a sauce — mash them together and there's nothing else to cook.
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Cottage Cheese Chicken Alfredo with Broccoli
A blended cottage cheese sauce stands in for the cream and butter — same silky coat on the noodles, a lot more protein per bowl.
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Italian Pasta Salad with Salami and Mozzarella
A cold, vinaigrette-dressed pasta salad built for the same table as the ribs and the coleslaw, not the hot pasta shelf.
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Baked Ziti with Ground Beef and Ricotta
A red-sauce pasta bake with ricotta in pockets instead of layers, built for a 9x13 and a hungry table.
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Shrimp Scampi with Linguine and Lemon
A garlic-and-wine butter sauce built in the same skillet the shrimp seared in, tossed with noodles in under twenty minutes.
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Spaghetti Carbonara with Guanciale and Pecorino
Egg yolks and pecorino turned silky by hot pasta water, no cream anywhere near it.
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Basil Pesto Pasta with Toasted Pine Nuts
A raw, blitzed basil sauce clinging to hot pasta — ready faster than the water takes to boil.
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One-Pan Chicken Alfredo
Seared chicken and fettuccine finished together in a cream-Parmesan sauce, no second pot for the pasta water.
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One-Pot Creamy Tomato Pasta with Basil
Pasta cooked straight in the tomato sauce, so the starch does the thickening and there's no pot of water to boil separately.
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Make-Ahead Beef and Sausage Lasagna
Layered, rested, and sliced clean — the one thing worth assembling the night before you actually need it.
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30-Minute Ground Beef Ragù with Rigatoni
A weeknight ragù that skips the all-day simmer — browned beef, crushed tomatoes, and just enough wine to matter.
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Potato Gnocchi with Gorgonzola Cream and Walnuts
Riced baked potato and a little flour, rolled into pillows by hand and boiled in minutes flat.
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Baked Macaroni and Cheese with Aged Cheddar
A real stovetop béchamel under a crust of buttered crumbs, not a bag of orange powder.
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Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli with Sage Brown Butter
Hand-filled pasta squares of ricotta and spinach, finished in butter browned until it smells like hazelnuts.
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Fresh Pappardelle with Mushroom Ragù
Egg dough rolled thin by hand and cut into ribbons, tossed with a mushroom ragù built to taste like it simmered all day.
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Linguine with Clams, White Wine, and Garlic
Clams steamed open in wine and garlic, their own liquor doing the work of a sauce, tossed through pasta before it's fully drained.
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Baked Rigatoni with Sausage and Fennel
A one-pot pasta bake that finishes under the broiler, built for a table that needs feeding twice.
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