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If autumn could be cooked, it would undoubtedly have all the flavor of this creamy pumpkin and coconut rice in a casserole. It’s a warm, very aromatic recipe, perfect for surprising your loved ones on one of those Sundays that promise to be chilly and when you want to enjoy family time at home. A cozy, comforting dish that celebrates the wonderful combination that puréed pumpkin and coconut milk always make.

Have you ever made gnocchi at home? Although the most traditional are homemade potato gnocchi, these sweet potato gnocchi with honey and browned butter are a real delight and I assure you that making them is not difficult. This is an easy and quick recipe, and very impressive. Also, these sweet potato gnocchi are much more colorful and, sautéed in browned butter, sage and garlic, just as I suggest, the result is truly very flavorful.

There are Sundays that call for a long table, the smell of sofrito and that slow bubbling that announces something good is cooking. This creamy rice with octopus and artichokes is exactly that: a flavorful dish with Mediterranean character, perfect for sharing at a leisurely pace.

Autumn arrives and with it, always hand in hand, one of the undisputed stars of the season: the pumpkin! As a small tribute, today I want to share a very easy recipe to make — a pasta dish with pumpkin and Parmesan cream that is simply delicious and that you can prepare for any occasion and with any type of pasta.

If you'd like to take a walk through Naples, I suggest starting by preparing one of its most popular and passionate Italian pasta recipes, spaghetti alla puttanesca. You'll see how, without leaving your home, they transport you to Italy while you cook the sauce. And as soon as you bring the plate to the table and the spaghetti to your mouth, just close your eyes and you'll feel as if you were eating in one of its seaside restaurants.

As you may already know, I love fresh pasta. Making it, cooking it and savoring it. I like it in all its forms and with any sauce or accompaniment. Since I also enjoy adapting recipes (forgive me, purists), today I bring you these Spaghetti with cuttlefish and shrimp ragù, a delicious dish with lots of summer flavor, because I believe seafood dishes taste like summer.

In case there was any doubt that I love it, today we're making fresh pasta! With a few changes, though, because instead of using wheat flour, we'll make it with semolina to achieve a more rustic texture, with more fiber and protein. And also more porous, so it will absorb flavors better. You'll see how, this way, the recipe for semolina spaghetti with cherry tomatoes and marinated fresh tuna turns out incredible and very tasty.

How about making fresh pasta at home? I assure you there's nothing simpler and the result is wonderful. To give it a more intense flavor and a livelier color, this time we'll make it using only the egg yolks. So get the flour and eggs ready to make this excellent pasta all'uovo recipe: Egg spaghetti with sautéed asparagus.

At home we adore pasta, so when I saw this recipe for conchiglioni stuffed with shrimp and ricotta I didn’t hesitate to make it. The result of this stuffed pasta was a success, something I had no doubts about before making it. The filling of these conchiglioni is delicious, the béchamel sauce that accompanies them pairs wonderfully, and the gratin turns this pasta dish into a celebration.

One of the things I find most fascinating about pasta is that it offers a huge range of possibilities. I believe there isn’t a single ingredient that can’t be paired in one way or another with some type of pasta. Even white chocolate! But today I’m sticking with something more traditional, both for the pasta and the sauce: a plate of penne all'arrabbiata that, even when the heat is on, tastes wonderful to me.

Who wants rice? Because today we bring 8 rice recipes that are always a hit. I think almost everyone says "yes" to a rice dish, right? Rice is such a versatile ingredient that it has become a kitchen staple and universally loved.

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