Today I will show you how to make a great Pasta and Potatoes Italian style. You can keep it as a purely vegetarian dish, or you can add a bit of pancetta (as I did…) to make it even tastier. Watch the full video because I have a special tip for you revealed: one you won’t find in the recipes books but my nonna always used! This meal can be served as a soup (simply add more water in the final step) or with a more dense consistency (that’s what I did in this videorecipe). If you liked this recipe (I mean… the best Pasta and Potatoes recipe!), remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and HI ..read more

Today I am cooking orecchiette with broccoli and tomato in a nice and tasty soup. I love this dish both in winter and summer because you can eat it hot or slightly cooled and it’s still fantastic! In this video I used the orecchiette pasta, but really any short shape pasta would work in my opinion. I love orecchiette because they are a typical pasta from Puglia where I come from, and I think they go beautifully with broccoli. As usual, go hard with the chili if you like it… Aurora didn’t let me put any! If you liked this recipe (I mean… the best Italian orecchiette broccoli tomato recipe ..read more

In the last 15 years living outside of Italy, temporarily calling many countries ‘home’, from the US to Australia, I have been often asked the question “Where do you come from?”. My response goes usually along the lines of “I come from the very South of Italy, from an area called Salento in the region of Puglia (en: Apulia): the heel of the Italian boot“. Although the area of Salento is a very popular and well know destination amongst Italians (thanks to its magnificent beaches, great food, full-bodied red wines and amazing monuments), the area is not quite recognised in other parts of the w ..read more

These are fantastic zucchini balls, a vegetarian balls recipe which will taste like meatballs… but meatless! Awesome! This cooking procedure is fairly laborious, but no panic: all the steps are clearly explained in this videorecipe. I love this dish because it clubs together some ingredients I really like: the zucchini, the Parmesan cheese and the tasty tomato sauce that will absorb ALL the flavours! Imagine dipping a nice slice of bread in that tomato sauce… and capturing the melting mozzarella as well. If you’re hungry already, please have a look at this videorecipe and cook it by yoursel ..read more

Hi guys, today I will show you how to make a wonderfully quick Italian side dish: roast eggplant with tomatoes! This dish tastes like summer but, like all good things, is welcome at any time! Make sure you source a couple of fresh eggplants and a few perfectly ripe red tomatoes, add our usual special effects (high quality Italian extra-virgin olive oil and fresh garlic), garnish with fragrant basil… and you will have some amazingly tasty meal, ready to be eaten warm or cold! Because it doesn’t take too much effort to make this baked eggplant with tomatoes recipe, I actually cook it quite a ..read more

I get dozens of great comments to all the videorecipes that I post on my Italian Food Boss YouTube channel, but recently one of them really stood out for me: “I had no idea how to cook pasta till I started watching your videos many months ago. I didn’t even know how to use olive oil but now I have every type of pasta in my cabinet made by Barilla and I use them all. My favourite is the penne. Thanks again Italian Food Boss” Thank you, my friend! I shamelessly admit these comments really make me happy. Such messages give me the feeling that I’m truly adding value to other people’s lives, s ..read more

In this videorecipe I will show how I make baked potatoes Italian style, with olives, red onion, sundried tomatoes… and one more special-touch ingredient! A super vegetarian dish, really! I roast the potatoes for about 1 hour together with all these tasty additions, and I also include some oregano and a secret element… Watch the video to find out! This dish is really easy to make so I hope you will get inspired and will try it for yourself. After all, what’s better than roast potatoes as a side dish?! If you liked this recipe (I mean… the best Baked Potatoes with Olives – Italian Style recip ..read more

To cook this Pasta with potatoes and peas you will just need these 2 vegetables to make some unforgettable meal! This is a vegetarian pasta that combines a couple of the tastiest veggies out there, without being too laborious in the preparation. In fact, to make it extra-easy, I will show you how to put together a phenomenal vegetarian dish starting from just some potatoes and frozen peas! You’ve got no more excuses to turn your home into the best Italian restaurant ever! If you liked this recipe (I mean… the best Pasta with Potatoes and Peas recipe!), remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube ch ..read more

This, my friends, is pork meat and sausage tomato sauce, slowly cooked: Italian pasta at its best! Trust me when I say you will fall in love with this sauce. Certainly, you will need some time to plate this sauce and pasta because it’s not a quick one, but when you are preparing it, keep giving it the love it deserves and you will be rewarded! You will only need a few simple main ingredients including: pork belly, sausages, some grated pecorino cheese… and chilli if you like it! Whether you are feeding the farmer or the family, this is such a tasty dish that everybody will crave for! If you ..read more

I’m excited today to make a delicious and naughty pasta bacon zucchini with some incredible results. Look how creamy it becomes just by using an easy and fast technique! Have you ever tried to mix bacon (pancetta) and zucchini? That’s one of the tastiest combinations you may ever experience, my friend! It won’t take you long to cook this amazing pasta dish, perhaps 30 minutes from start to end, and the end result will make you surely crave for more If you liked this recipe (I mean… the best Pasta Bacon Zucchini recipe!), remember to SUBSCRIBE to my YouTube channel and HIT the bell, to alwa ..read more