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If you could cook autumn, it would undoubtedly taste like this creamy pumpkin and coconut rice in cocotte. It’s a warm and wonderfully aromatic recipe, perfect for surprising your loved ones on one of those chilly Sundays when all you want is to stay in and enjoy family time at home. A cosy and comforting dish that celebrates the beautiful combination of pumpkin purée and coconut milk.

Have you ever made gnocchi at home? While the most traditional are classic homemade potato gnocchi, these sweet potato gnocchi with honey and browned butter are a true delight — and I promise they’re really easy to make. This is a quick and easy recipe that delivers great results. Plus, these sweet potato gnocchi are much more colourful, and when sautéed with browned butter, sage and garlic — just as I suggest — the result is incredibly tasty.

Some Sundays call for a long table, the aroma of a good sofrito, and that slow bubbling that signals something delicious is cooking. This creamy rice with octopus and artichokes is exactly that: a flavourful dish with Mediterranean character, perfect for sharing at a leisurely pace.

Autumn is here and with it, as always, one of the undisputed stars of the season: pumpkin! As a small tribute, today I want to share a very easy recipe — a pasta dish with pumpkin and parmesan cream that is simply delicious and can be prepared on any occasion and with any type of pasta.

If you fancy a walk through Naples, I suggest starting with one of its most popular and passionate Italian pasta recipes: spaghetti alla Puttanesca. You’ll see how the sauce will transport you to Italy while you’re cooking, without even leaving home. And as soon as you bring the dish to the table and taste the spaghetti, just close your eyes and you’ll feel as if you were dining in one of its seaside restaurants. 

You probably already know that I love fresh pasta. I love making it, cooking it and savouring it. I enjoy it in all its forms and with any sauce or accompaniment. Since I also like to adapt recipes (forgive me, purists), today I bring you these Spaghetti with cuttlefish and prawn ragù, a delicious dish with a real taste of summer, because I think seafood dishes always taste like summer.

In case there was any doubt – today we’re making fresh pasta! With a slight twist: instead of using wheat flour, we’re making it with semolina to achieve a more rustic texture, richer in fibre and protein. It’s also more porous, meaning it absorbs flavours better. You’ll see how this recipe for semolina spaghetti with cherry tomatoes and marinated fresh tuna turns out incredibly tasty and full of flavour.

How about making fresh pasta at home? I assure you, there’s nothing simpler – and the result is amazing. To give it a richer flavour and a brighter colour, this time we’ll make it using only egg yolks. So get your flour and eggs ready to prepare this fantastic recipe for pasta all’uovo: Egg spaghetti with sautéed asparagus.

We love pasta at home, so when I saw this recipe for conchiglioni stuffed with prawns and ricotta, I didn’t hesitate to make it. The result was a real success – something I had no doubt about even before trying it. The filling in these conchiglioni is delicious, the accompanying béchamel sauce pairs perfectly, and the gratin turns this pasta dish into a true celebration.

One of the things I find most fascinating about pasta is the huge range of possibilities it offers. I believe there’s no ingredient that can’t be combined in some way with a type of pasta – even white chocolate! But today I’m going for something more traditional, both in the pasta and the sauce: a dish of penne all’arrabbiata that tastes wonderful, even in the heat.

Who wants rice? Because today we’re bringing you 8 rice recipes that are always a hit. I think almost everyone says “yes” to a plate of rice, right? Rice is such a versatile ingredient that it has become a staple and universal basic in the kitchen.

Today’s recipe is one of the pillars of Italian gastronomy: today I invite you to travel to Italy with the recipe for authentic Bolognese sauce, along with some tips on how to make traditional ragù alla bolognese. I assure you, there’s no more famous pasta sauce!