The Italian Taste

Speedy recipes index

Time is very important in our life and in these last years we have less and less time for the kitchen but it's always very important to prepare tasty meals for our family.
This section helps you to cook Italian dishes in short time. All the recipes are tasty, easy and fast to do.
Consult the following pages and choose the recipes you want among appetizers, first and second courses, side dishes and desserts.

Mozzarella-and-rocket piadina

Mozzarella-and-rocket piadina

Rocket-and-mozzarella-cheese piadina. Recipe, menu planning, calories, matched wine. Typical Italian street food or appetizer. Vegetarian recipe.

Cheese-and-cherry skewers

Cheese-and-cherry skewers

Cheese-and-cherry skewers. Recipe, menu planning, calories, what wine? Italian appetizer

Grape-and-cheese skewers

Grape-and-cheese skewers

Grape-and-cheese skewers. Appetizers for a buffet, alfresco dinner, ceremony menu. Recipe, menu planning, calories.

First courses

Fresh fusilli with tuna & olives

Fresh fusilli with tuna & olives

Fresh pasta with olive-and-tuna sauce. Recipe, menu planning, calories, paired wine.

Dumplings with chick peas and clams

Dumplings with chick peas and clams

Potato dumplings dressed with a tomato sauce also made with chick peas and clams.

Pasta salad, Caprese-style

Pasta salad, Caprese-style

Pasta salad, Caprese-style. Mediterranean recipe, menu planning, calories. What wine? cold dish for alfresco dinner, buffet party, BBQ, daily menu.

Ravioli  salad with trout and melon

Ravioli salad with trout and melon

Ravioli salad. A new trend to dress ravioli: melon-and-smoked-trout sauce. A surprising and tasty cold dish for your summer party or a meal, buffet-style.

Spicy spaghetti with assorted vegetables

Spicy spaghetti with assorted vegetables

Spicy spaghetti with assorted vegetables. Vegan recipe with calories and matched wine. No-tomato sauce. Mediterranean diet recipe.

Blueberry risotto

Blueberry risotto

Blueberry risotto. Italian risotto recipe with calories, paired wine and two menu ideas for our family menu and special occasions.

Strawberry risotto

Strawberry risotto

Strawberry risotto. Recipe, menu planning, calories, paired wine. Main dish for daily menus and special occasions.

Risotto with rosé fresh grapes and sausage

Risotto with rosé fresh grapes and sausage

Risotto with rosé grapes and sausage. Recipe, calories, menu idea, paired wine.

Risotto with white grape

Risotto with white grape

Grape risotto. Italian miin dish with white grape and walnut cheese for your family or celebration menu, Italy-style. Calories and wine included.

Sauce with ham and peas without tomatoes

Sauce with ham and peas without tomatoes

Sauce based on peas and ham for dressing Italian short pasta

Sauce with cream, ham and eggs

Sauce with cream, ham and eggs

Sauce based on cream, ham and egg yolks for dressing Italian short pasta.

Spaghetti with anchovies and capers

Spaghetti with anchovies and capers

Spaghetti with anchovy fillets and capers. Recipe, calories, wine to match. Pasta recipe idea for your daily menu.

Cocoa tagliatelle with light cream & walnuts

Cocoa tagliatelle with light cream & walnuts

Cocoa tagliatelle tossed with light cream and walnut sauce. Recipe, menu idea, calories, paired wine.Perfect for a special occasion.

Tagliatelle with smoked sturgeon

Tagliatelle with smoked sturgeon

Tagliatelle with smoked sturgeon. Italian-style tasty main dish, easy to do. Full Italian menu idea.

Second courses

Boiled meat stew with tomatoes and herbs

Boiled meat stew with tomatoes and herbs

Boiled meat stewed in aromatic-and-tomato sauce. Easy-to-do and quick Italian recipe meat idea.

Orange-flavored turkey breast

Orange-flavored turkey breast

Turkey breast, cubed and cooked in orange juice. Quick and tasty recipe for children and adults. Low fat and calorie recipe for your winter dinner menus.

Citrus-flavored grouper fillets

Citrus-flavored grouper fillets

Citrus-flavored grouper fillets. Tasty, easy-to-do recipe. Calories, wine to match. Mediterranean diet recipe.

Baked breaded fish fillets

Baked breaded fish fillets

Breaded baked fish fillets. No fried, low-fat and low-calorie recipe for the Mediterranean diet.

Baked omelette with aromatic herbs

Baked omelette with aromatic herbs

How to cook a tasty omelette in the oven; you can also serve it as an appetizer

Turkey roulades

Turkey roulades

Turkey breast roulades. Rolled turkey slices, filled with bacon and herbs. Recipe, calories, matched wine.

Veal Marsala

Veal Marsala

Veal Marsala. Recipe, menu planning, calories, paired wine. Veal escalopes flavored with Marsala-and-butter sauce.

Sautéed fresh tuna

Sautéed fresh tuna

Sliced fresh tuna cooked in a non-stick frying pan with olive oil and lemon

Side dishes

Mushrooms salad

Mushrooms salad

Mushroom salad. Low fat recipe. Ingredients: mushrooms, truffles, emmental cheese and olive oil. Other version too. Calories.

Lemon-flavored green salad

Lemon-flavored green salad

Lemon flavored corn salad with apples. Low fat and calorie recipe for the Mediterranean diet. Vegan recipe too.

Winter salad

Winter salad

Vegan winter salad made with fennel, oranges and canned corn. Mediterranean diet recipe. Calories.

Lettuce with apples, sultanas and pine nuts

Lettuce with apples, sultanas and pine nuts

Side dish made with lettuce, pine nuts, sultanas and apples for meat or fish recipes. Vegetarian winter plate.

Green salad with apples and walnuts

Green salad with apples and walnuts

Side dish with lettuce, radicchio, apples and walnuts. Green salad to be serve in different occasions. Calories.

Lettuce and orange salad

Lettuce and orange salad

Lettuce and orange salad. Authentic Mediterranean diet recipe. Calories and menu planning.

One-plate meals

Garlic-and-oil bruschetta recipe

Garlic-and-oil bruschetta recipe

Italian bruschetta. Ingredients (bread, garlic and oil), recipe directions. Bruschetta calories. Bruschetta etiquette. Mediterranean diet.

Tomato bruschetta (tomato-and-garlic toast bread) recipe

Tomato bruschetta (tomato-and-garlic toast bread) recipe

Italian tomato bruschetta How-To. Ingredients, doses and directions. Menu ideas. Tomato bruchetta calories.

Garlic-and-smoked-salmon bruschetta recipe

Garlic-and-smoked-salmon bruschetta recipe

Italian bruschetta with smoked salmon and garlic: doses and recipe. Calories, nutrition facts, matched wine.

Cherry tomatoes & mozzarella

Cherry tomatoes & mozzarella

Cherry tomato and mozzarella salad. Summer cold dish. Recipe for a buffet menu too. Calories. Paired wine. Mediterranean diet recipe.

Caprese salad

Caprese salad

Caprese recipe: mozzarella cheese and tomato salad. The right ingredients and doses. Calories and fat. Matched wine. Mediterranean diet recipe.

Desserts

Pineapple-and- kiwi salad, Italian-style

Pineapple-and- kiwi salad, Italian-style

Fresh-and-candied fruit salad for winter menus. Kiwi fruits, candied cherries, pineapple. Recipe, calories.

Cooked cherries

Cooked cherries

Cooked cherries. Recipe, menu planning, calories. A special low-fat dessert.

Strawberries and pastry cream

Strawberries and pastry cream

Strawberries and pastry cream. Recipe, menu planning. Dessert for children and adult.

Peach-and-melon salad

Peach-and-melon salad

Peach-and-melon fruit salad. Recipe, menu planning, calories. No-cooking dessert.