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Summer Sicilian dinners are easy! We love eating outside, al fresco and keep our menu simple. This grilled beef tenderloin with a five minute aioli sauce is perfect for a Sunday Dinner al fresco. Quick, simple and delicious! You can watch Lisa make this recipe on the Lisa’s

Lisa’s 10 Minute Stuffed Peaches

18 July 2024

Lisa Caponigri

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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

Lisa’s Cherry Vanilla Semifreddo

14 July 2024

Lisa Caponigri

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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

Lisa’s Sweet Pepper Tart

01 July 2024

Lisa Caponigri

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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

Lisa’s Orange and Polenta Cake from Sicily!

15 June 2024

Lisa Caponigri

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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

Lisa’s Nana’s Ricotta Cake

21 May 2024

Lisa Caponigri

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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

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

04 May 2024

Lisa Caponigri

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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

Lisa’s Italian-American Three Cheese Lasagne

Lisa has been on a lasagne adventure over the past few weeks. Sunday Dinner Lovers are, after all, Lasagna Lovers too! This recipe is the classic Italian-American version of lasagne. You may have loved the classic Italian version lasagne al forno, but this version, with three

Lisa’s Grandma Franco’s Cauliflower Bontempi (good times!)

24 March 2024

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This “good times” cauliflower recipe is from Lisa’s maternal great-grandmother, Grandma Franco. It’s called good times in part because this cauliflower recipe was always satisfying to Grandma Franco’s seven sons and two daughters, and so many other

Lisa’s Lasagne in Bianco (White Lasagne)

As some of you know, Sunday Dinner Lovers, Lisa worked in Alessandria, a post-World War II town in Northern Italy, in the early 1990s. When Lisa arrived, her mother called to ask how she was settling in. Lisa responded- “Mom, there’s no red sauce here! I don’t

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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.
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Lisa’s Melt in your Mouth Beef Tenderloin with Parmesan and Basil Aioli

Lisa’s 10 Minute Stuffed Peaches

Lisa’s Cherry Vanilla Semifreddo

Lisa’s Sweet Pepper Tart

Lisa’s Orange and Polenta Cake from Sicily!

Lisa’s Nana’s Ricotta Cake

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

Lisa’s Italian-American Three Cheese Lasagne

Lisa’s Grandma Franco’s Cauliflower Bontempi (good times!)

Lisa’s Lasagne in Bianco (White Lasagne)

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