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Neil Perry's oxtail ragu with pappardelle pasta recipe.

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Cooking is a love language for Charlotte Ree, who baked lasagne for her neighbours during lockdown.

Charlotte Ree's comforting lasagne

  • 2 hrs +
  • Charlotte Ree
Fast four-ingredient pizza with sopressa and tomato.
EASY

Fast four-ingredient pizza with sopressa and tomato

  • < 30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Italian-style steak.
EASY

Italian-style steak

  • < 30 mins
Gutting, cleaning and skinning the squid yourself always yields a more tender, tastier outcome, says Karen Martini.

Grilled calamari with lemon puree

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Karen Martini
Creamy pasta with sausage.
EASY

Pasta alla Norcina (creamy pasta with sausage)

  • < 30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Neil Perry's buffalo mozzarella lasagne.

Buffalo mozzarella lasagne

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
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The can't-be-beat, benchmark Australian-Italian spag bol.

The benchmark Italian-Australian bolognese

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jill Dupleix
Neil Perry's chicken cacciatore.
EASY

Chicken cacciatore

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's classic tiramisu.

10 ways with tiramisu

Karen Martini's pesto recipe.
EASY

Karen Martini's pesto

  • < 30 mins
  • Karen Martini
When it comes to pizza, there's nothing better than homemade.

Pizza dough with San Marzano sauce and toppings

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Egg pasta

Egg pasta

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Brigitte Hafner
Oxtail rague pasta.

Oxtail ragu with pappardelle pasta

  • 2 hrs +
Versatile pork and pea ragu.

Pork and pea ragu

  • 1-2 hrs
Neil Perry's soft polenta with mascarpone and parmesan

Polenta recipe with mascarpone and parmesan

  • Neil Perry
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Potato gnocchi

Potato gnocchi

  • < 30 mins
  • CAROLINE VELIK
Ricotta gnocchi. Caroline Velik PASTA recipes for Epicure and Good Living. Photographed by Marina Oliphant. Food preparation and styling by Caroline Velik. Photographed April 2, 2012. The Age Newspaper and The Sydney Morning Herald.
EASY

Ricotta gnocchi

  • < 30 mins
  • Caroline Velik
Gnocco fritto with salumi

Gnocco fritto

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Egg yolks are what gives spaghetti carbonara its creaminess.

How to make the perfect spaghetti carbonara

  • Carla Grossetti
Neil Perry's cacio e pepe pasta.
EASY

Cacio e pepe (cheese and pepper) pasta recipe

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Rosemary and sea salt focaccia.

Sea salt and rosemary focaccia

  • 2 hrs +
  • Dan Lepard

Porchetta

  • 2 hrs +
  • Karen Martini
Spaghetti marinara.

Spaghetti marinara

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Caroline Velik
Mushroom and pea risotto.

Mushroom and pea risotto recipe

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
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Good Food - Hot Food. Jill Dupleix. Arancini Balls. Wednesday 1st May 2013. Photograph by James Brickwood. SMH GOOD FOOD 130501
EASY

Arancini with mozzarella and ragu

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
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EASY

Bruschetta with tomatoes, basil, olives and feta

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry
Adam Liaw's bagna cauda with fresh and pickled spring vegetables.

Bagna cauda with fresh and pickled vegetables

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Osso bucco.

Osso bucco with gremolata

  • 2 hrs +
  • Jane and Jeremy Strode
Sicilian caponata.
EASY

Sicilian caponata

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Neil Perry
Roman-style pasta: Rigatoni alla Gricia.
EASY

Rigatoni alla gricia

  • < 30 mins
  • Adam Liaw
Pasta all a Norma
EASY

Pasta all a Norma

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Rosa Mitchell
Affogato
EASY

Chocolate affogato

  • < 30 mins
  • Jill Dupleix
Babas

Rum babas with cream

  • 1-2 hrs
  • Neil Perry
Almond and pear (or apple) crostata.

Pear (or apple) and almond crostata

  • 1-2 hrs
Italian cheesecake.

Neil Perry's baked ricotta cheesecake

  • 2 hrs +
  • Neil Perry
Neil Perry's veal involtini with herbed orzo (pictured left).

Veal involtini with herbed orzo pasta

  • < 30 mins
  • Neil Perry

Original URL: https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/recipes/50-essential-italian-recipes-20190521-h1em9q.html