When you’re craving Italian food, you don’t need to head out to a restaurant, you can bring those flavors home to your own kitchen. The beauty of Italian cooking is that it’s built on simple, fresh ingredients that come together quickly, yet feel special enough for any occasion. And best of all? Italian dishes are the kind of food that everyone loves. From kids to adults, there’s something universally comforting about pasta, melty cheese, fragrant herbs, and tomato-rich sauces.

In this roundup, you’ll find recipes like Focaccia di Formaggio and Easy Italian Meatballs to Caprese Salad with Smoked Cheese and Tomato and Peach Panzanella. Whether it’s a weeknight dinner or a weekend treat, these dishes bring the best of Italy right to your table, no reservations required.

1. Focaccia di Formaggio by Fraidy Feldman

This focaccia was seriously delicious — the confit adds rich, savory flavor, and adding fresh mozzarella chunks on top gives it an authentic Italian feel.

2. Truffle Cacio e Pepe (Cheese and Pepper Pasta) by Charnie Kohn

Cacio e Pepe is a traditional Roman pasta dish that comes together in about 15 minutes. The dish itself is simple and absolutely delicious, but with the added notes of truffle, we took this already amazing pasta to new heights!

3. Gnocchi with Meat Sauce by Esty Wolbe

Esty is back with the ultimate easy one-pot dinner that proves gnocchi isn’t all about the dairy. With Tuscanini gnocchi, your meat gnocchi sauce will be ready in three minutes! Get ready to add this one to your weekly dinner rotation.

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4. Chicken Piccata by Sina Mizrahi

5. Truffle Risotto by Adina Schlass

6. Easy Italian Meatballs by Tamar Teitelbaum

I wanted to offer you an easy recipe that can be made with simple pantry ingredients. Easy Italian Meatballs is the answer. Enjoy in good health! For this recipe, I highly recommend using Italian flavored breadcrumbs. You can use plain bread crumbs, but the meatballs won’t have that herbaceous flavor inside. If you are using plain breadcrumbs, add some basil and oregano to your meat mixture to boost the flavor of the meatballs themselves. The sauce will take over the rest.

7. Caprese Salad with Smoked Cheese by Faigy Murray

I never liked fresh mozzarella cheese, since I find it lacks taste. But this salad absolutely needs mozzarella cheese! So I got this crazy idea: What if I got a smoked cheese and cut circles out of it? I tried it, and now I can confidently say this salad is bursting with flavor!

8. Tuscanini Chicken Cacciatore aka “Chicken Tuscanini” by Danielle Renov

I love a good chicken cacciatore, “hunter’s chicken” in Italian. It’s a throw-everything-you-have-into-a-pan and let cook for a long time until all the flavors blend together into one bowl of deliciousness. One Friday, I was making my own version out of whatever I had in my house and the dish morphed into a list of TUSCANINI’S GREATEST HITS of ingredients. So the dish got an upgrade in flavor and a new name befitting its superb quality of ingredients! It has quickly become a staple in my house and is the perfect holiday chicken recipe!

9. Classic Fettuccine Alfredo by Charnie Kohn

To cook mouthwatering pasta, you don’t need much more than a few basic ingredients, so long as they are top notch in quality. Start with authentic Italian Tuscanini pasta and your job is halfway done.

10. Baccala- Italian Cod with Olives, Tomatoes, and Seasonings by Elizabeth Kurtz

I was surprised and elated that fresh fish was a specialty of Chef Mattia and a favorite food of Laura’s, so they included it in our menu. In Italy, Cod is readily available and affordable and a bit thinner than the American version. I loved the simplicity of this dish and the layering that Mattia demonstrated. The colors and flavor combination make it both beautiful and delicious, but then again, everything is beautiful and delicious in Rome. The prospect of recreating this at home had me worried that the results wouldn’t be as good. To my surprise, it turned out great! The technique is so easy that it’s a cinch to make this in your own kitchen. And I do, over and over again!

11. Brown Rice Pesto Fettuccine by Sara Goldstein

You won’t miss out on indulgent pasta dishes if you’re gluten free with this brown rice pasta from Heaven and Earth! The rich sauce is filled with bright fresh basil, garlic, and the delicious flavor of lightly toasted pine nuts. My secret for making this pasta dish creamy without the heavy cream is by adding a little bit of the pasta water to the pesto.

12. Tomato and Peach Panzanella by Alon Shaya

This is a deep-summer no-brainer, making the most of those two fruits, which hit peak juiciness and sweetness simultaneously. (It’s also the perfect salad for Emily, since tomatoes and peaches are two of her absolute favorite things.) With the toast, it’s got such a good balance of temperature and texture—the warm bread softens with all those juices but is crispy enough to hold its own.

13. Penne in Creamy, Easy Homemade Vodka Sauce by Chani Salzer

I know, I know, you can buy vodka sauce in a bottle, but once you try this recipe, you’ll never be able to turn to the bottle again.