Recipes

Ziti Alla Genovese Author: Ruth Guerri Prep time: 10 mins Cook time: 4 mins Total time: 14 mins Serves: 6 – 8 This pasta sauce,”alla Genovese” is a rich, slow cooked onion and meat ragu served over Ziti or a tubular shaped pasta noodle. It’s probably the most iconic sauce of the Neopolitan region “Naples, Italy”, and one of the best pasta sauces you’ll ever taste! It’s intense and delicious beyond belief, this recipe dates back to the 15th century. It cooks for hours but most of the time is unattended and the end result is a masterpiece! Chuck roast ...

Beef Tenderloin Crostini with Blue Cheese, Mushroom Sauce Recipe Type: Appetizer Author: Ruth Guerri Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 20 mins Total time: 35 mins Serves: 10 These crostini are absurdly delicious! Melt in your mouth tenderloin is accompanied by fresh spinach and blue cheese mushroom sauce on a warm crostini! Decadent! Ingredients 1 1/2 lbs of beef tenderloin (ask your butcher to cut the exact weight) 2 tsp of kosher salt 2 tsp of black pepper 1 Tbs of canola oil or vegetable oil 3 Tbs of butter 5 cloves of garlic, minced fresh rosemary sprigs (optional) 1 ...

Glazed Cinnamon Cake Recipe Type: Cake Author: Ruth Guerri Prep time: 8 mins Cook time: 45 mins Total time: 53 mins Serves: 16 – 20 Oh, what a glorious cake and to think that it starts with a cake mix! It’s sort of a cross between a cinnamon roll and a honey bun, remember those?! Super moist cake with a filling of brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans, then lightly glazed while still warm, super simple, simply scrumptious! Ingredients 1 box white cake mix 2/3 cup of vegetable oil 4 eggs, room temperature 1 cup of sour cream 1 heaping cup ...

Bracioli – Stuffed Flank Steak Recipe Type: Beef Cuisine: Italian Author: Ruth Guerri Prep time: 20 mins Cook time: 45 mins Total time: 1 hour 5 mins Serves: 4 – 6 This is my version of that iconic Italian dish “Bracioli”. A flank steak is butterflied, pounded thin and spread with garlic, basil, parsley, and olive oil, then add prosciutto and provolone for your “stuffing”, the steak is then browned and simmered in marinara sauce! It is to die for! This is not a difficult recipe, but to make it even easier, you could use store-bought traditional marinara, give it ...

                         Another one of Granny’s specialties, takes me right back to childhood! Deliciously old-school Italian cooking! This takes a little time, but what a delicious project! Ingredients: Serves 4-6 • 1 chicken cut up or 6 thighs or 3 breasts, skin on (Granny always used a whole chicken, cut up) • 1 tsp of salt • 1 tsp of freshly ground black pepper • 2 Tbs of olive oil • 1 large onion, thinly sliced • 1 large red or green bell pepper, thinly sliced • 8 oz cremini ...

Fettuccini with shrimp, tomatoes and spinach Recipe Type: pasta Cuisine: Italian Author: Ruth Guerri Prep time: 15 mins Cook time: 12 mins Total time: 27 mins Serves: 2-4 When my garden is overflowing with tomatoes, I make this scrumptious pasta! The shrimp are tossed with flour and parmesan and cooked until crispy for incredible flavor! Then the garden fresh tomatoes are cooked with garlic, shallots, white wine, fresh basil, spinach and parmesan and tossed with fettucini! Sprinkle on a little more parmesan and serve with warm, crusty bread! Utterly scrumptious! Ingredients 8 oz of fettucine 1 lb of large shrimp, ...

Meaty short ribs simmered in a sea of Asian flavor until they fall off the bone! I don’t use a slow cooker very often, but for this recipe it’s perfect, just throw everything in the pot and forget about it. Your whole house smells heavenly while it simmers away for 8 hours! Ingredients: Serves 4-6 ⦁ 1/2 cup of beef broth ⦁ 1/2 cup of soy sauce ⦁ 1/3 cup of brown sugar ⦁ 6 garlic cloves, minced ⦁ 1 Tbs of freshly grated ginger ⦁  zest of 1 orange ⦁ 2 tsp of sesame oil ⦁ 1 – 2 ...