15+ Italian Pasta Recipes

This easy, quick pasta arrabbiata requires only a few inexpensive cupboard essentials. It’s simple but juicy and flavorful, with a good kick of chili and hints of garlic.

This fragrant spaghetti with garlic, olive oil, and pepper flakes brings me back to my childhood. It’s a classic Italian pasta dish that requires little effort and essential ingredients and tastes so good.

Pasta Napoletana is juicy, tasty, and inexpensive. With a few pantry staples and minimal prep, you can quickly get this terrific weeknight family meal on the table!

This fabulous creamy spaghetti uses fresh ricotta and is ready in less than 15 minutes. It's delicious, fresh, and comforting! Serve it with proteins, roasted veggies, and fresh herbs to jazz it up!

This one-pot penne with pesto tastes makes a terrific and filling kid-friendly meal… my son loves it! This family’s recipe is inspired by the popular Ligurian version of pasta with pesto and potatoes.

Italian creamy blue cheese and toasty walnuts will take your pasta to the next level. You'll love this indulgent combination of flavors and textures.

Although this Southern Italian sauce is originally used for pizza, we love it because it’s made with only 5 pantry ingredients. It makes a super quick, flavorsome pasta sauce that pairs beautifully with your noodles.

This Italian pasta with lentils is one of our favorite family meals. It’s the supreme example of how to turn inexpensive ingredients into a satisfying bowl of pasta, full of nutrients and amazingly good. Kids love it, too!

This scrumptious carbonara with mushrooms is a meatless version of the classic carbonara. But it's still rich and indulgent and tastes like restaurant comfort food.

I make this simple recipe the same way my mum did. She used to whizz up jarred sun-dried tomatoes with fresh ricotta, basil, and garlic. It's so simple and delicious—truly a marriage made in heaven.

You'll love how this simple recipe turns the humble, healthy cauliflower into your pasta best friend! The garlicky olive oil, thyme, and pecorino cheese will take this flavor-packed family meal to another level.

This delicious pasta with chickpeas, aka Italian “pasta e ceci,” is another amazing one-pot family meal you can cook using budget-friendly staples. It's nourishing, delicious, and tastes great the next day.

This easy pasta puttanesca uses pantry staples like capers and olives; it requires minimal prep and is ready in 15 minutes. It’s a simple yet luscious pasta dish full of big flavors, perfect for jazzing up your midweek dinner.

This amazing pasta fazool, aka pasta fagioli recipe, is Italian comfort food at its best. It's popular all over Italy, and each region has its own version. It's a staple, so filling, and so delicious.

This creamy, dreamy bucatini cacao e pepe is a traditional Roman sheep herder's pasta made with only three ingredients. It will blow you away with its simplicity and big flavor. This no-frills, bold, silky pasta is ready in less than 15 minutes.

What to make when you’ve got nothing in the fridge? This comforting one-pot potato pasta is your go-to recipe. It requires simple, budget-friendly ingredients, is ready in less than 20 minutes, and tastes delicious.

If you want to enjoy an authentic Italian meal, this homemade cavatelli and broccoli is a match made in heaven: it’s simple yet satisfying, flavour-loaded, and it looks as YUMMY as it tastes. It’s also economical and packed with super healthy broccoli!

Cavatelli pasta is originally from the Molise and Puglia regions, but it's popular everywhere in Italy. It's versatile, delicious, and easy to make with only two ingredients. It’s also vegan and freezable and goes amazingly well with any pasta sauce!