I would like to take this time to thank everyone for submitting their great recipes. In the future your recipes will be found in our "Your Italian Recipes" section.
Stay tuned for our next contest in the Fall. Take Care.
This great grand prize comes with a keepsake colander filled with delicious authentic red sauce, Imported pasta, aged Parmesan crackers, croccantini breadsticks, Italian salad, biscotti and cappuccino for dessert. This is a great prize that can be shared with the whole family
This second place prize will keep you busy in the kitchen making fresh pasta everyday. This traditional pasta roller lets you make the freshest pasta you’ve ever tasted right at home. It features a 6 inch wide roller, along with a double cutter for spaghetti and fettuccini. Optional attachments are sold separately. Made in Italy.
Win third prize and you will receive this beautiful Deruta Orvieto 10 inch Pasta Bowl. This bowl was made by hand in Deruta, Italy. The "Galletto Orvieto" pattern originated during the Renaissance in the hill top town of Orvieto, Italy. The pattern features a "Galletto" Rooster that symbolizes, blessing , prosperity and good wishes.
This forth place prize is a great cookbook written by Tony Mantuano, Chef/Owner of Spiaggia’s and Café Spiaggia here in Chicago. Spiaggia is Chicago’s only four star Italian restaurant. Chef Mantuano, along with his wife Cathy, present a beautiful tribute to their restaurant’s Tuscan cuisine.
Fifth prize will take home our very own "Great Chicago Italian Recipes Cooking Apron". This apron is a must for any home chef. Just slip it on and your ready to cook some of our favorite recipes.
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Ravioli Lasagna





INGREDIENTS
1 can spaghetti sauce
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can tomato sauce
spices/garlic to taste
1-lb ground beef
1 package of frozen spinach,...
Ziti Bake Cake





This recipe is a new twist on the traditional Italian ziti bake dish. I use a spring-form pan and stand the noodles up on their ends to make it look like ...
Zesty Grilled Stuffed Poblano Peppers





I love to cook and entertaining with good food at home makes me truly happy. My husband created a football junkie out of me and wanting to combine my ...
Friday Soup





Being Italian, and catholic, we always ate Friday Soup on Fridays because it was meatless. The main ingredients were garlic, onions, olive oil and tomatoes....
Minnesotan Italian





Growing up in Minnesota, my mother always made this dish for me.
I love Italian food, and everything that comes with it (The family, games, love, and ...
Mom's Pasta Fagiole with Spinach and Chicken Meatballs





I grew up watching my Sicilian Grandmother cook. I took all that I learned from her and through the years added my own touch by adding the spinach and ...
Italian Tuna Bake Supremo





I love trying new recipes and new foods.
Not too long ago a friend of mine introduced me to "Italian Tuna". WOW!! What a huge difference. Any, any family ...
Make Uppa You Mind Neapolitan Eggplant Lasagna





I created this dish out of frustration actually. The people, friends and families, for whom I cook, constantly ask me to prepare one or the other of ...
TD's Tomato Artichoke Pasta





This recipe simply represents all of the things a hungry Bachelor, too weak from hunger to go out and eat, and too tired of delivery to pick up the phone,...
Cindy's Asparagus & Wild Porcini Mushroom Frittata





Hello : )
My recipe was inspired by my Aunt Paulina from Sicily. I went to visit my family there for the first time when I was 16 and I will never forget ...
Chicken Lasagna





Raising children on a budget and trying to keep dinners new and different i was always experimenting Traditional lasagna was always a favorite and chicken ...
Pesto Processing Party at the Elkhorn Inn!





When I met him, my husband hated pesto. He also said I cooked with too much garlic. He was a self-proclaimed "meat and potato guy" who made fun of me and ...
Boxing Day Lasagna





IT'S A TRADITION TO CELEBRATE BOXING DAY WITH VEGGIE LASAGNA.
Make as you would a regular lasagna but to the cheese add 1 cup shredded spinach and ...
Mom's Chicken Soup with Meatballs





Just a "soup" you say? Let me assure you, this soup is a meal in itself! And, it cures everything from the common cold to a broken heart, too!
Each ...
Smoked Tuscan Burger w/Sun-Dried Tomato & Basil Pesto Mayo





I love Italian food and I love burgers. I wanted to combine the 2 into one delicious dish and here it is, an Italian inspired burger. This is one that ...
Dad's Sunday Tomato Gravy





Born to Sicilian parents on Long Island and raised in Queens before moving to the Chicago area, the word ?pasta? was not really in Dad?s lexicon. All pasta ...
Baked Eggplant





Eggplant Lovers!!!
INREDIENTS
1- Eggplant
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
4 to 5 Fresh Plum Tomatoes
Grated Parmesan Cheese
Shredded Mozzarella
...
Italian Zucchini Pie





As a child my Mother would grow zucchini's in her garden, two feet long and one foot wide. My Mom would make anything and everything out of Zucchini.
When ...
Pop's Puttanesca





We frequently enjoyed this recipe when we visited Pop in the Catskills...Enjoy!!!
INGREDIENTS
1/4 c Extra Virgin Olive Oil
4 cloves chopped ...
Nonna Flora's Pasta Genovese





La Genovese is a bit of a mystery because it does not come from Genoa but from Naples and some even say that this is one of Naples best kept secrets! Pasta ...
Tuscan Stuffed Eggplant




My Italian friend gave me this recipe many years ago and has become one of our family's favorite ways to enjoy eggplant since it has artichokes and a variety ...
Mom's Best Italian Soup




This recipe that my mother used was from The Talisman Italian Cookbook, (c) 1950, the first translated-to-English and published in America cookbook with ...
Open Faced Italian Breakfast Sandwich



My inspiration for this recipe is my love of Italian Cuisine, sandwiches and breakfast. This sandwich is all three wrapped into one. Enjoy
Open Faced ...
Sausage,Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Shells
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INGREDIENTS
12oz box jumbo pasta shells
1 T olive oil
1 C. finely chopped yellow onion
1 # hot or sweet Italian sausage, casing removed
...
Grape Tomato Gnocchi
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Every year we plant lots of vegetables in our garden and every year we always have an over abundance of grape tomatoes. My kids love to eat them as does ...
NANS yummy SPAGHETTI?
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MY STORY ,I AM A GRANDMOTHER AND I RAISING MY GRANDSON ,HE LOVES MY COOKING,YES I THINK ITS NOT TO BAD AT ALL, IM ALWAYS ASKED FOR A SECOND SERVE ..MORE ...
Italian Quiche!
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For many years, I have trying to create a main dish that has a high criteria, but is quick and easy to prepare I especially wanted it in an all-in-one ...
Mama's Sausage and Pepper Sandwich
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Ever since I was little this has been my mother's favorite meal.She use to eat this at the Italian Fairs that they had in New York City when she was growing ...
Escarole Bean Stew
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As a little girl I always remember my family making lentil soup, this is a different twist on my classic favorite!
INGREDIENTS
1 bag of green ...
Filled Eggplant
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My recipe is for stuffed eggplant. This recipe came about when my sister was diagnosed with Diabetes at age 16. My sister loved eggplant parmigiana but ...
Lasagna Rosa
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My big, food-loving Italian family always has an Italian entree with our traditional Thanksgiving Dinner. This year all of the guys wanted lasagna, but ...
Quick and Easy Lasagna
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My family loves pasta, they could eat pasta 7 days a week. When I make this lasagna dish, they eat a piece every day till it is all gone. I have made ...
Easy Italian Wraps
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Romeo Rolls is what I serve to please everybody. Here's the recipe:
INGREDIENTS
1 pound cooked manicotti
15 ounces of Italian cheese
1 can ...
Depression Meatballs
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This is a recipe my "Gram" used to make often because we couldn't stop eating them . She said it originated from the "original" depression. Her family ...
Sunday Souper
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There are so many Sundays that pass by and I find myself longing for the old days when I experienced a traditional family sit down supper. Living away ...
Paul's Stuffed Tomatoes
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There are no measurements for the herds and spices. The great thing about this recipe is that you can change it up a little every time you make it.
INGREDIENTS:...
Spanish Olive and Pecan Filled Ravioli Puttanesca
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Back in the early 1980's, I worked in a hospital with a group of folks who loved to eat. One of the nurses made an olive and pecan dip that was to die ...
Sweet Sour Fish Dinner
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My Italian Mother created this recipe many years ago.
I was raised with a Catholic background and so every Friday, fish was on the menu. Mother would ...
Baked Rolled Pork and Potato
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My Mother of Italian descent created this recipe when I was a child. She made everything from scratch including her pasta, Italian bread, and pastries....
Fettuccine Rustica
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I am almost 50 years of age and have been cooking since I was just a child. I come from a long line of outstanding cooks in my family. Like the cooks in ...
Butternut Squash & Sausage Rigatoni
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Winter always conjures up visions of gloomy, cold weather outside, while being warmed by the fire and cooking something hearty and satisfying in the kitchen ...
Mother's Chicken Cacciatore
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Both my parents are Italian as well as my grandparents (both sides) who were born in Italy. This recipe was my Mothers and she often made it for Sunday ...
Rolled Filled Round Steak
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My Italian friend (her husband was born in Italy) has given me many old recipes from her husband's family. This recipe for "Rolled Filled Round Steak"...
Roasted Garlic Chicken Sausage Garden Pasta
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Although only 32, I am a long time cook and I have been cooking with my grandmother, mother and aunt since I was very little. I come from a family of award ...
Nutty Cheese and Basil Ravioli
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This recipe is one of the most delicious and easy raviolis my family prepares. It has so much flavor from the basil in the pasta, to the walnuts in the ...
Chicken Parm Meatballs
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C is not for cookie, it’s for chicken! Chicken meatballs to be exact. My twins, who turned 2 in Sept, love anything meatball related. I think it’s because ...
Lemon-Kissed Risotto with Shrimp, Asparagus & Sweet Peas
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I'm challenged every day with provided someone with wheat allergies with a delicious (and hopefully somewhat healthy) meal. While there are several pastas ...
Italian Eggroll Dinner
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Sweet Sausage, Broccoli Rabe, Sundried Tomato, Risotto
Ingredients
Filling:
2 lbs of sweet sausage, bulk
1 Small onion, diced
3 Bunches ...
Farfalle with Crab and Shrimp
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Years ago my Aunt and Uncle owned the only seafood only store in our town. They had an Italian lady who spoke very little English come in once a week ...
Delicata Squash and Linguine
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Very new to cooking, it was last year that I was first introduced to delicata squash. It's so versatile. And, as a result I try to keep a bowl of it (roasted)...