Pasta Recipes

Tortellini with Peas and Smoked Salmon

Fresh cheese tortellini pasta cooked with frozen peas and green onions and topped with smoked salmon. The salmon provides so much flavor you don't need any sauce.

Pasta Primavera

This Pasta Primavera recipe, created at Sirio Maccioni's Le Cirque restaurant in New York City, uses mascarpone or ricotta cheese, is very popular.

Ziti with Sausage and Vegetables

When you can, it is always better to buy fresh vegetables. In this Ziti with Sausage and Vegetables dish you can subsitute in any vegetables that are in season and it will be delicious.

Asian Pasta and Vegetables

This pasta has an Asian influence and uses broccoli flowerettes, snap peas and hot pepper sauce - rendering a fresh twist on a classic pasta and vegetables recipe.

Vitello Soffriti con Ravioli

Vitello Soffriti is a sumptuous dish consisting of veal, lobster, and crab raviolis cooked in bread crumbs, served over spinach and finished in a delicate white wine and lemon cream sauce.

Spicy Asian Pasta Salad

An exotic alternative to pasta, this Spicy Asian Pasta Salad recipe will tantalize your tastebuds. If you can't find Chinese egg noodles, you can substitute just about any type of pasta you have.

Chanterelle Pasta With Shrimp & Scallops

Seafood and mushroom lovers will drool over this Chanterelle Pasta With Shrimp & Scallops recipe. You could use just about any type of dried or fresh mushrooms for this recipe.

Broccolini Pasta

Vegetable lovers will enjoy this tasty recipe for Broccolini Pasta. You could also use regular broccoli to make this dish, just cut into 1 inch florets.

Penne With Purple Asparagus and Tomatoes

This recipe for penne with purple asparagus and tomatoes is a cheesy delight with a fragrant layer of sage. You could also use green or white asparagus in this dish. The purple asparagus will turn dark green after it is cooked.

Thai Bird Chile Pasta

Choose your spice level with this recipe for Thai Bird Chile Pasta: with two chiles, this pasta will be moderately spicy. If you like things really spicy, add one or two more.

Four Cheese Vegetarian Lasagne

A ground meat substitute enriches this meatless recipe for four cheese vegetarian lasagne.

Pasta with Raw Artichoke Sauce

The best extra-virgin olive oil yields the best results when you enjoy this recipe for pasta with raw artichoke sauce. Artichokes must be extremely clean for this recipe.

Pasta with Ricotta and Herbs

Faith Willinger's recipe of ricotta cheese, plenty of fresh herbs (basil, Italian Parsley, mint, or arugula) and black pepper flavor this quick pasta dish.

Pasta alla Carretiera

A very traditional Sicilian recipe, Pasta alla Carretiera, or “Cart Driver’s Pasta,” is named after colorful donkey carts that once brought vegetables from the Sicilian countryside.

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