Fussilli with Fresh Tomatoes, Mushroom, and Shrimp

This recipe really is simple, but brings out great flavors in each ingredient

Water for Pasta
¼ cup coarse sea salt
1 Pound Fresh Fussili or some other type of pasta
½ cup diced pancetta
3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
6 Cloves garlic sliced, chopped, minced or Smashed
1 cup sweet cherry tomatoes, halved
2 big portabello mushrooms, cut into ¼ inch pieces
1peeled skin from a lemon
¾ cup peeled shrimp
Hot red pepper flakes to taste
Salt and black pepper to taste
Italian parsley chopped

Fill a large sauce pot with the water and bring to a boil over high heat. Add the coarse sea salt. Once boiling add the fussilli or whatever Pasta you choose and cook.

Heat a small saute pan over medium heat. Render the pancetta, just until it is crispy and golden brown. Set aside.

Heat a large saute pan over medium heat. Add 1½-tablespoon extra virgin olive oil and saute the garlic. The garlic should stay white and translucent. Add the cherry tomatoes and the mushrooms, season with a pinch of salt and let cook for 45-60 seconds. Next, add ¼ cup pasta water, the lemon peels, and hot red pepper flakes(you decide how spicy) and the rock shrimp. Allow the ingredients in the pan to simmer until the shrimp is cooked.

Add the Pasta to the saute pan and toss together with the pancetta, the parsley and the remaining 1½ tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste.

Penne Nicola--Lobster, Clams, and Scallops in a spicy cream sauce

18 Little Neck Clams (shucked and keep the juices)
Lobster Meat (3 tail or 6 claws.)
9 Scallops
6-9 Cloves of Garlic Minced
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Clam Juice or Water
1/2 cup of White Wine(Something you would drink)
Fresh Chopped Parsley
Crush Red Pepper Flakes (Decide how spicy you want this)
1/2 cup or more Freshly Grated Parmessian Cheese
Salt (Just a pinch)
Black Pepper
1 pound Penne Pasta

Bring a pot of hot water to a boil. Add some salt to the water, add your penne and let cook.

Heat the Olive Oil, Garlic, and Red Pepper Flakes until the Garlic starts to sizzle. Add the Clams with their juices, along with the scallops. Cook for about 3 minutes. Add the lobster meat, Salt, Black Pepper and wine. (if it looks dry you can add some bottled clam juice or some water from the pasta) and cook until Lobster is done. Add the pasta, parsley and grated cheese, and mix well.

Feeds 3-5

Bolognese Sauce

¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
4 carrots diced
3 celeray stalks diced
1 medium onion chopped
7 Garlic cloves shmashed
1 cup dry white wine
1 can whole peeled tomatoes
3/4-1 cup of heavy cream
3/4 pound ground chuck
3/4 pound ground veal
Salt and black pepper
Sprinkle of Fresh Nutmeg
2-3 Bay Leaves(Optional)**
6 or more Basil Leaves(Optional)**

Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a sauce pan. Add the onion, celery, carrot, and garlic and sweat over medium heat until vegetables are translucent. Add veal, and beef to the vegetables, and sprinkle the nutmeg. Brown over high heat, stirring to keep meat from sticking together for about 15 to 20 minutes. Add the cream and simmer for about 10 minutes or so. Add the tomatoes and simmer 15 minutes. Add the wine, bring to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer for 3 hours, until flavors are developed. Season with salt and pepper to taste, and remove from the heat.
**If you're using the Bay and Basil Leaves, you can add them after the wine and beef broth.**

Aragosta Grigliato--Grilled Lobster Tails

10 Garlic Cloves Crushed
Salt and Pepper
6 Lobster Tails
Freshly Chopped Parsley
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Red Wine Vinegar

Set the Grill on High and let heat for 15 minutes

Soak the Crushed Garlic in Olive Oil and set aside

Cut the Lobster Tails in half lengthwise and clean the vein

Place the tails on the grill meat side down and let cook for 5 minutes

Flip the tails to the shell side and let cook for 5 minutes

Flip one more time and cook for 2-3 minutes

Place the tails, shell side down on a plate.

Add the Garlic/Olive Oil mix to each tail

Season with Salt and Pepper

Drizzle Red Wine Vinegar

Sprinkle the Parsley over the tails and serve

Mascarpone Artichoke Crab Dip

1 Cup Mascarpone Cheese
1 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese
½ Cup Green Onions
2 Grated Lemon Peel
Juice from one lemon half
Ground pepper to taste
1 can 14oz artichoke hearts
1 roasted red pepper (You can buy a jar of roasted peppers if you don't want to roast them)
½ pound of Good Crab Meat
¼ cup bread crumb
1 tbsp melted butter

Roast the red peppers until the skin looks burnt/blistery. Place peppers in a small paper bag, and close the bag. (I use my BBQ to roast the peppers, but you can also use your stove top if it is a gas stove)

1. Preheat Oven to 400

2. Butter a Casserole Dish
3. In a bowl blend: (Mix each ingredient as you add each)

a. Mascarpone
b. Cheese
c. Green Onions
d. Lemon Peel
e. Lemon Juice
f. Black Pepper
g. Artichoke Hearts
h. Crab
i. Roasted Pepper

4. Once mixed, transfer to casserole dish.
5. Mix the bread crumb with the melted butter, and sprinkle on top
6. Bake for about 20 minutes, until top is golden to your liken

Polo Marsala--Chicken Marsala

Flour
4 Chicken Breast
Mushrooms
4 Garlic Coves Minced
Salt and Black Pepper
Marsala Wine
1 stick of Butter
1/2 cup chicken stock

Salt and Pepper each piece and each side of the chicken.
Flour each piece of Chicken and dust off

In a pan, Melt a 1/4 stick of butter, and saute` the Garlic

Add the chicken and unril brown then flip

Add the mushrooms, chicken stock, and the Marsala wine(Be very generous with the wine. The wine should almost cover the chicken) Let cook for about 5 minutes.

Flour the remaining butter and add it. Let the butter melt and cook the chicken through.

*Cooking time will vary depending on the thickness of the chicken.**

Quick Marinara Sauce

4-6 Garlic Cloves Minced
1 28 Ounce Can Plain Tomato Sauce(Chunky Style or Kitchen Ready)
2 Table Spoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
Freshly Chopped Parsley
Salt and Black Pepper to Taste

In a Sauce Pan over medium heat Saute`
1. Olive Oil
2. Garlic

Add:
1. Tomato Sauce
2. Parsley
3. Salt and Pepper

Mix Well, and cook for about 15 minutes

Fussili Con Aragosta, Granchio, e` Gambero--Fusilli with Lobster, Crab, and Shrimp

1/4 Stick Butter
1 Teaspoon Lobster Base
Lobster meat
Crab meat
Shrimp
Water to taste (You'll need to add water to make a little broth to cook the fish in. The Lobster base is salty, so you'll add enough water to get the salty taste out.)
White Wine (Something you would drink)
Black Pepper
Freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese
Fusilli(Type of Pasta you can find at an Italian Specialty Store)

Bring a pot of water to a boil and cook the Fusilli.

Melt Butter and lobster base in pan stirring the Lobster Base to disolve it.

Add Water and mix.

Add Lobster Meat, Crab Meat and let cook for about 2 minutes

Add Shrimp, Black Pepper, and Wine. Give the wine 1-1/2 swirls around the pan and cook until fish is done(Less than 10 minutes)

Add Fusili, and Grated Cheese. Mix well, it should be somewhat creamy.

Agnello Con Vino Rosso e` Burro--Lamb Chops With Red Wine And Herb Butter

4 Lamb Chops
2tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 cup of red wine (Something you would drink)
1 shallot or Onion
1 Garlic Clove smashed
1 1/2 sticks butter
Chopped mixed herbs. (Chives, Parsley, Rosmary, Tarragon, Tyme)
Salt and Pepper½ lemon

In a saucepan bring Shallots, Garlic, and Red Wine to a boil. Turn heat down and simmer until reduced to less than half. Let it cool.

Beat butter in a blender until creamy, and add the red wine mixture and the mixed herbs.

Salt and Pepper both sides of the lamb, and heat the oil over medium heat in a pan. Cook one side of the chop until it browns. Flip the chop and cook for about 7-9 minutes covered. Spoon the butter mixture on each chop. Cover and let melt.

Tortellini Con Peppe Arrostitto--Tortellini with Roasted Red Pepper

1 lb Cheese Tortellini
2 Red Peppers--Roasted (If you don't want to roast the peppers, you can buy a small jar of roasted red peppers)
Fresh Chopped Parsley
16 Ounces Heavy Cream
2 Table Spoons Butter
1/4 Cup Plain Red Tomato Sauce
Salt & Black Pepper
1/3 Cup Freshly Grated Parmigiano Reggiano Cheese

Roast the red peppers until the skin looks burnt. Place peppers in a small paper bag, and close the bag. (I use my BBQ to roast the peppers, but you can also use your stove top if it is a gas stove)

Keep Peppers in the bag for 10 minutes.

Peel the skin off the peppers

Take a small bowl, and pull the middle of the pepper out and discard the middle. Strip the rest of the peppers into strips, and set aside.

Boil a pot of water and cook the tortellini

The Sauce:
In a medium pot over low-medium heat combine;
1. Butter
2. Heavy Cream

Once the butter melts, add;
1. Tomato Sauce
2. Red Peppers with the juice from the bowl
3. Parsley
4. Salt & Pepper to taste

Simmer for about 10 minutes.

Mix the Tortellini with the sauce, and add the grated cheese. Mix well and serve

Vitello Spezzatino--Veal Stew

One of my favorite dishes!

You can use either Veal Cutlets, or Veal Stew meat. If you use the veal stew meat, you'll need to boil the stew meat in a pot of water for about an hour, and set it aside until you need to add it later. I am using veal cutlets in this recipe........

1 medium onion chopped
2 celery sticks chopped
2 carrots chopped
4 Veal Cutlets cut lengthwise, and then cut again width wise--You should end up with 1/4 inch thick pieces
4 Potatoes peeled and cubed
1 1/2-2 cups of plain tomato sauce--Chunky Style of Kitchen Ready
4 cups of water
Salt and pepper to taste
5 table spoons of Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Saute` for about 3-5 minutes;
1. Oil
2. Onion
3. Celery
4. Carrots

Season with Salt and Pepper and keep stirring with a wooden spoon.

Add your sauce, and mix well.

Add the water, stir and bring to a boil.

Add the potatoes, Veal (either the cutlets or the boiled stew meat) and season with Salt and Pepper.

Let cook, stirring often, until potatoes are done.

Gamberetti Scampi--Shrimp Scampi

Appetizer

6-8 Shrimp
1/4-1/2 stick of Butter
3 Garlic Cloves Minced
1/4 Cup of White Wine--Something you would drink
Fresh Chopped Parsley
Salt and Black Pepper
1/2 lemon

• In a pan melt butter over medium heat and add the Garlic
• Saute` the Garlic and add the shrimp
• Take the wine, and give it a swirl around the shrimp.
• Flip the shrimp, season with Salt and Pepper, and add the parsley
• When the shrimp is cooked, squeeze half a lemon over the shrimp, and serve.
• Total cooking time is less than 10 minutes

*** The recipe above is for an appetizer. A good friend of mine,

Mary Lou made the dish and

said, "I'm sitting here wishing there was more sauce in the meal last night, and realizing it probably wasn't supposed to be mixed with Pasta!" I take full responsibility for this, because I didn't label it as an app. If you would like to make it as a pasta Dish, follow below. The image is Mary Lou's dish that she made last night. Looks delicious! ***

1. Boil water in a pot for the linguine. Once you drop your pasta, you can start cooking the shrimp.
2. In a pan melt butter over medium heat and add the Garlic
3. Saute` the Garlic and add the shrimp
4. Take the wine, and give it a swirl around the shrimp.
5. Flip the shrimp, season with Salt and Pepper, and add the parsley
6. Add some of the pasta water to give you more juice.
7. When the shrimp is cooked, squeeze half a lemon over the shrimp, and serve.
8. Total cooking time is less than 10 minutes