Memorie di Angelina - Easy authentic Italian recipes

Abbacchio alla romana, Roman Style Roast Lamb, or abbachio alla cacciatora as it is called by Romans themselves, is perhaps the most iconic main course for Easter dinner in the Eternal City.
The preparation is a simple pan roast in the Italian manner, with a twist. You cut up the lamb into serving pieces, then brown it in olive oil (or lard for true traditionalists) scented with garlic and herbs. You then simmer the lamb in a bit of white...

A quick and easy dish that doesn’t skimp on looks or flavor, pasta salmone e piselli (Pasta with Salmon and Peas) is a staple in our home. We have this or something similar for dinner just about weekly. Don’t ask me why I haven’t gotten around to posting...

Father’s Day in Italy is coming up on March 19, la festa di San Giuseppe (St. Joseph’s Day. This holiday has given rise to any number of special dishes, some of which like the bignè di San Giuseppe and the pasta con la mollica, we’ve already featured...

I got this week’s recipe for a Ligurian potato pie called frandura from fellow food blogger Josephine Wennerholm, who lives in Frascati in the Alban Hils outside Rome and writes one of my favorite Italian cookery blogs, Frascati Cooking That’s Amore...