Authentic Italian Recipes by Lisa - Lisa's Italian Kitchen

Lisa’s 10 Minute Stuffed Peaches

Eating al fresco is done on a daily basis in Sicily. Due to the weather, as it’s usually warm, but also because of the beautiful landscape! Eating outside in the fresh air is a Sicilian tradition. This peach dessert is a perfect ending to an al fresco meal : you grill the peaches outside, you can adorn them with the mascarpone and the balsamic glaze outside, and start to finish, it’s ten minutes! Buon Appetito, Italian Style! ~Lisa

Lisa’s Cherry Vanilla Semifreddo

If you walk into any pasticceria or bar in Italy you will see a glass refrigerator filled with semifreddi. A semifreddo is a wonderful dessert, or midafternoon snack, as it is light, and, as the name implies, is semi-frozen. Semifreddi come in a variety of flavors, with fruit and without, and this particular recipe is delicious, combining fresh cherries with whipping cream and an egg custard. It’s perfect for a Summer Sicilian dinner, whether you are in Sicily or not! I

Lisa’s Sweet Pepper Tart

Summer calls for easy recipes that you can pair with a glass of Prosecco or an Aperol Spritz outside. This Sweet Pepper Tart is just such a recipe! With the creamy goat cheese, crunchy peppers, and bitey black olives, it’s delicious with every bite. Plus, the recipe pairs well with so many other dishes in the Sicilian cuisine repertoire, from Cart Driver’s Pasta (in Menu 30 in my cookbook This is Sunday Dinner) to my Orange Polenta Cake. Buon Appetito e Tutti a

Lisa’s Orange and Polenta Cake from Sicily!

This is one of my favorite desserts from the island of Sicily! Typical of Sicilian desserts, it’s refreshing and delicious but not overly sweet and uses a wonderful combination of unique ingredients. It pairs well with any dinner- pasta, grilled fish, even pizza. Buon Appetito! Lisa

Lisa’s Ooey-Gooey Mushroom Lasagne

This is a wonderful recipe for rich, decadent Northern Italian lasagne! Full of creamy, velvety Besciamella sauce, sautéed mushrooms, and delicious Fontina and Parmigiano cheeses. While this is a perfect dish to serve in the Fall, it’s also wonderful to serve in the Spring, when mushrooms are plentiful. Tante belle cose, Lisa You can watch Lisa make this recipe too!

Lisa’s Nana’s Ricotta Cake

This recipe is part of Menu 13 in Lisa’s cookbook “Whatever Happened to Sunday Dinner?”. That menu gathers many of the treasured recipes that Lisa’s maternal grandmother, Catherine Lione, taught her. including stuffed peppers, manicotti and this recipe – Ricotta Cake! This recipe ended so many Sunday Dinners at Lisa’s grandparents’ house! It brings back happy memories of Lisa’s grandfather, Gramps, regaling his grandchildren

Lisa’s Ooey-Gooey Four Cheese Italian Mac & Cheese

When Lisa’s children were little, they loved this dish. Always insistent that her children eat healthy food on the Mediterranean diet, Lisa was very adverse to her children eating macaroni and cheese from a box or any other packaged food. But, like all children, Lisa’s three bambini would still have a craving for Mac & Cheese! Enter this recipe. With four Italian cheeses and hearty rigatoni pasta, it’s a treat that’s filling and total comfort. Lisa

Lisa’s Lasagne with Broccolini and Sausage

When Lisa moved to Piemonte in Northern Italy, she first tasted Lasagne with Broccolini and Sausage in a creamy, velvety Besciamella sauce. This combination takes comfort food to a whole new level! Watch Lisa make this Lasagne on the Lisa’s Italian Kitchen YouTube Channel here.

Lisa’s Tiramisù with Frutta di Bosco (Wild Berries!)

Tiramisù is a pudding, not a cake! It should be eaten with a spoon as it is soft and whipped. Loving Tiramisù as she does, Lisa has made various versions. You can learn how to make Lisa’s Limoncello Tiramisù on the Lisa’s Italian Kitchen Facebook page and her Classic Tiramisù here. This recipe for Tiramisù includes mixed berries, which are prevalent in Campania (the Italian region where Naples is located)! It’s so easy to make- the younger cooks in your

Lisa Caponigri on Lisa’s Manicotti with Authentic Classic Tomato SauceMarch 3, 2024
Dear Noelle, I don't make homemade manicotti shells. I buy my shells imported from Italy at an Italian store. But,…
Noelle on Lisa’s Manicotti with Authentic Classic Tomato SauceFebruary 27, 2024
Lisa, recipe for homemade manicotti shells. Noelle
Lisa Caponigri on Lisa’s Shrimp ScampiAugust 24, 2023
Thanks Ginny! We've just updated the recipe- Lisa uses 2 lbs of frozen shrimp! Buon Appetito and thank you for…
Ginny on Lisa’s Shrimp ScampiAugust 22, 2023
I can’t find how much shrimp you used.
whoiscall on Christmas Sunday Dinner: An Italian Holiday PranzoAugust 16, 2023
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