Mamma di Pino

This is a meat sauce. This sauce is delicious with tagliatelle pasta, then you'd have Tagliatelle alla Bolognese. You can also use it with your home made pasta (see picture on left) or with Rigatoni, Schiaffoni which are much bigger than Rigatoni. It's...

This is a simple and delicious sauce. In America, it is known as Marinara Sauce, but in Italy, we call it 'Simple Sauce' (Sugo Semplice) because it doesn't call for meat. This sauce is delicious with any kind of pasta you prefer. I also like to use this...

This sauce is perfect with Polenta with Meat Sauce recipe or any kind of pasta. This is a plain sauce because only takes one kind of meat (bacon). However, it adds a lot of good flavor to your pasta dishes. It also makes for a great Sunday Sauce as it...

This is my favorite summer pasta dish. Easy and Simple. Enjoy it! Ingredients 1 pound Pasta (Penne or Fusilli) 2 cups grape Tomatoes 3 fresh Mozzarella cheese lots of Basil Extra Virgin Olive Oil Preparation Boil a pot of water. Once the...

This pasta is very versatile.  You can use any sort of left over vegetable.  One night, I was struggling to figure out what to cook for dinner, but I had some vegetables in the refrigerator. So I came up with this delicious pasta dish. Try it...

Since it is time for clam bake, I had a taste for this recipe. I like it very much so I wanted to share it with you. Serving 4 people Ingredients 1lb Spaghetti 1lb Mussels 1lb Little Neck Clams Bunch Parsley 3 cloves Garlic 1 Crushed...

This is a nice summer dish. If you have a home garden you can use the fresh zucchini, and tomatoes from your garden. The pesto can also be made fresh from home grown basil. I have the recipe posted to make pesto. This recipe can be served warm or...

Pesto Sauce This Italian sauce can used with pasta, chicken, pizza, bruschetta or whatever dish you wish to enjoy with this delicious fresh sauce. This recipe makes enough Pesto to freeze for later use. I also posted a tip to freeze Pesto...

This dish is absolutely Italian!  There are some different variations on the presentation of the pasta depending on different regions in Italy. The version of the recipe presented on the site is a lighter version, in which we do not use the pig skin or...

This recipe is a courtesy of Carlo Visalli. Carlo is a great friend of the Mamma di Pino's family and he is a wonderful cook. He has shared his French Style lasagna with us on the site. Please submit your comments to Carlo. French Style...