What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ???

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (chickenwingking)

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 16:56:40 GMT

Spaghetti with Meatballs
Rigatoni ala Vodka
Fettucine Alfredo
more or less in that order and always extra points given for fresh pasta!
Can anyone help me - I'm in search of a New Jersey Italian place that serves homemade pasta. Thank you

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (Wannabchef)

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:23:38 GMT

Linguini and clams,

cannoli

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (Sonny Funzio)

Sun, 22 Jul 2007 14:49:19 GMT

One of my fav's is Pasta Cheech ... spaghetti with sauteed cici peas (chick peas) - olive oil and butter, heavy garlic, with parmesan cheese and lots of homemade seasoned bread crumbs sprinkled on top.

also Pasta Padano ... pasta with olive oil, garlic, anchovies, greens such as dandelion or mustard greens or maybe escarole, and lots of grated Grana Padano cheese.

I put italian bread crumbs on top of that too ... I love bread crumbs on lotsa pasta dishes.

I've also got a weakness for gnocchi.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (lleechef)

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:03:40 GMT

Yes, another favorite is linguine with white clam sauce from the Daily Catch on Hanover St. in Boston's North End. To DIE for!

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (Ivyhouse)

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:27:37 GMT

Spaghetti with good homemade sauce (my mom's!) and meatballs (also mom's).

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (The Mikado)

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:00:33 GMT

I had a bad experience several years ago with a major "Italian" chain...that eggplant wasOFF!

But I generally like it. They even addressed the various kinds of eggplants available in a Thai cooking class I once took. Interesting was the fact that some of them require no soaking for the bitterness (I know a lot of people do this with regular old eggplants).

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (santacruz)

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 15:15:04 GMT

Twinwillow, always for me on the side with a good red sauce. I usually like linguine or pappardelle. I just got carried away thinking about EGGPLANT....I Love it so much.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (blue heaven)

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:11:31 GMT

Mine would definitely be linguine carbonara

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (Twinwillow)

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:17:36 GMT

Ok, I never met a pasta dish I didn't like. But if pressed for a favorite, I'd go with linguini with white clam sauce.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (Twinwillow)

Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:15:46 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by santacruz

Without a doubt, EGGPLANT PARMESAN, next would be Braciole (involtini), and last a simple scrambled egg and green pepper mixture done in olive oil and stuffed into fresh Italian bread.

Question for Tiki. Can you get Good Italian Food in Oklahoma? I know when I lived in Kansas it was very hard to find excellent Italian. I used to have to go over to Kansas City Mo. I usually cooked my own.

Where's the pasta?

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (porkbeaks)

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:57:25 GMT

Today's favorite (since we're having it tonite for dinner) would be baked ziti with my "famous" tiny meatballs and homemade (yesterday) Sunday gravy. pb

The 7 of us made quite a dent in this.

I have to serve make-it-yourself salad since 3 hate olives, 1 hates raw onion, 2 won't eat carrots...you get the picture.

Next week, my favorite will probably be Carbonara.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (HotDogHead)

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:07:19 GMT

Shrimp Scampi over linguine and a nice glass of wine.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (Jimeats)

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:38:57 GMT

Nothing beats a bowl of fresh home made rigotta cavatelli with a dusting of parmigiano reggiano cheese, and a little sauce of course. Chow Jim

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (pacman)

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:36:48 GMT

I have to agree with Ileechef "good pasta in a bowl with just a spoonful of sauce on top. So the pasta is not drowning", is the way to go. Whenever, we go out and order pasta, I ALWAYS have to ask for 'light on the sauce" or get the sauce on the side and do it myself. Why does everyone think you need to drown pasta?

Dan

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (lleechef)

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:11:53 GMT

The way we eat it in Italy is the best....good pasta in a bowl with just a spoonful of sauce on top. So the pasta is not "drowning".

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (santacruz)

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:55:59 GMT

Without a doubt, EGGPLANT PARMESAN, next would be Braciole (involtini), and last a simple scrambled egg and green pepper mixture done in olive oil and stuffed into fresh Italian bread.

Question for Tiki. Can you get Good Italian Food in Oklahoma? I know when I lived in Kansas it was very hard to find excellent Italian. I used to have to go over to Kansas City Mo. I usually cooked my own.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (hep2thejive)

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:53:51 GMT

I had farfalle (I think) with a wild boar bolognese sauce on it at a restaurant here in DC. It was soooo good.

Hep

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (UrbanSpaceman)

Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:37:43 GMT

-Baked Ziti
-Penne a la Vodka Sauce
-Lasagna

All served with either fresh garlic bread or bread with olive oil for dipping, of course. I also occasionally like a parmigana dish a la chicken, veal, or eggplant... but those are much heavier than pasta, for my tastes. Oh, and a glass of pinot grigio, chianti, or merlot is nothing short of essential.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (The Mikado)

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:48:40 GMT

Linguini tutto mare!

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (NYNM)

Thu, 14 Jul 2005 19:11:17 GMT

My favorite pasta was my Italian grandma's homemade pasta (and "gravy"): hand-rolled with her rolling pin, flat first, then rolled over like a jelly-roll, then sliced into 1/2 to 1/4 in strips.
The best part was then she deep fried the left-over dough sheets to make (what she called) "fritella" - crisy and covered with powdered sugar. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (tiki)

Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:50:14 GMT

Hmmm---how odd---nothing here from fastfood about the world famos "Pasta Connection" franchises--owned --of course by the wondrful folks that brought you ARBY"S!!!

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (RubyRose)

Wed, 13 Jul 2005 09:17:52 GMT

It may not be authentic Italian but my favorite pasta dish is linguini with a crabmeat marinara sauce at Lombardi's in Ocean City, MD. It's a small Italian restaurant in a strip shopping center at 94th street. They only make it during the summer months.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (Michael Hoffman)

Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:35:49 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Jennifer_4

One of my favorite dishes is one from a local restaurant, DiCicco's.. they call it "Scarface", and it is penne with chicken breast, mushrooms, and alfredo sauce... it's very rich. My other fave is Linguini with white clam sauce from Mike's restaurant. It has huge chunks of roasted garlic along with the clams.

I do not believe I'd ever go to a restaurant that so degraded Italians by naming one of its dishes after a murdering gangster who died of complications from syphillis.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (Rusty246)

Tue, 12 Jul 2005 10:10:24 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by jellybear

Why are you using Cottage cheese?I make two giant pans of Lasagna a week and I use Ricotta,grated parm. cheese,eggs,parsley and mozzarella.Baked for 45 minutes I can take it out and let it cool and I can cut it right out of the pan without it falling apart.Maybe its the sauce.

Cottage cheese?? Mom always did it that way. I'll try cutting back on sauce for sure. The day ahead idea as well. If I still have running lasagne I'll switch to ricotta, although I like the flavor of the cottage. Maybe I could mix a little cottage in the ricotta. Thanks everyone.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (jellybear)

Tue, 12 Jul 2005 09:23:26 GMT

Why are you using Cottage cheese?I make two giant pans of Lasagna a week and I use Ricotta,grated parm. cheese,eggs,parsley and mozzarella.Baked for 45 minutes I can take it out and let it cool and I can cut it right out of the pan without it falling apart.Maybe its the sauce.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (mr chips)

Tue, 12 Jul 2005 01:32:40 GMT

I love the gnocchi at the Tuscany Grill in Portland. My guilty pleasure is spaghetti with Mizithra cheese at The Old Spaghetti factory.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (Jennifer_4)

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 20:33:12 GMT

One of my favorite dishes is one from a local restaurant, DiCicco's.. they call it "Scarface", and it is penne with chicken breast, mushrooms, and alfredo sauce... it's very rich. My other fave is Linguini with white clam sauce from Mike's restaurant. It has huge chunks of roasted garlic along with the clams.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (Scallion1)

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:57:35 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by jellybear

Whats the use of making fresh pasta and then drying it out?It should be cooked as soon as you cut it.

nope. it's usually allowed to dry a bit so it's not gummy. you're not drying it out like dry pasta, which, by the way, is made from a different mixture which hasn't any egg in it.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (tiki)

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:13:31 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Rusty246

Can someone tell me why my lasagne NEVER seems to "set" and slice nicely??? Is my sauce not thick enough? Is it because I use cottage cheese? I've even tried draining this cheese but don't seem to get enough liquid off to make a difference. I just bought a new pan from Pampered Chefs made specifically for lasagne(deeper than most pans), I haven't tried it yet. I usually make mancotti due to this in which I do use the ricotta.

Another thing you can try is to make it a day early and let it set uo up in the fridge over night--then slice it in portions sizes and reheat--this is commen restaraunt practice---and like so many good pasta dishes--lasgana really does taste better the 2nd day!---and keep it fairly dry sauce wise---when it is plated if it needs sauce you can always ladle some over the top and sprinle with cheese!---also--mix egg in with your ricotta before you bake---binds it really well.

RE: What's Your Favorite Italian Pasta Dish ??? (Michael Hoffman)

Thu, 07 Jul 2005 15:10:03 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Rusty246

Can someone tell me why my lasagne NEVER seems to "set" and slice nicely??? Is my sauce not thick enough? Is it because I use cottage cheese? I've even tried draining this cheese but don't seem to get enough liquid off to make a difference. I just bought a new pan from Pampered Chefs made specifically for lasagne(deeper than most pans), I haven't tried it yet. I usually make mancotti due to this in which I do use the ricotta.

Using cottage cheese might very well be one cause. It is more wet than ricotta. The other cuplrit likely is too much sauce.