What's your favourite Italian dish?!

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It would be battered deep fried Calamari (squid

*spaghetti with meatballs
*spaghetti with meat sauce

(1st recipe)

[Ingredients
1 pound spaghetti
Salt, for pasta water

Meatballs:
1 1/4 pounds ground sirloin
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce, eyeball it
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs, a couple of handfuls
1/4 cup grated Parmesan, Parmigiano-Reggiano or Romano cheese
2 cloves garlic, chopped
Salt and pepper

Sauce:
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
4 cloves garlic, crushed or chopped
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 cup beef stock, available on soup aisle in market in small paper boxes
1 (28-ounce) can crushed tomatoes
A handful chopped flat-leaf parsley
10 leaves fresh basil leaves, torn or thinly sliced
Grated cheese, such as Parmigiano-Reggiano or Romano, for passing at table
Crusty bread or garlic bread, for passing at the table
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.


Place a large pot of water on to boil for spaghetti. When it boils, add salt and pasta and cook to al dente.


Mix beef and Worcestershire, egg, bread crumbs, cheese, garlic, salt and pepper. Roll meat into 1 1/2 inch medium-sized meatballs and place on nonstick cookie sheet or a cookie sheet greased with extra-virgin olive oil. Bake balls 10 to 12 minutes, until no longer pink.


Heat a deep skillet or medium pot over moderate heat. Add oil, crushed pepper, garlic and finely chopped onion. Saute 5 to 7 minutes, until onion bits are soft. Add beef stock, crushed tomatoes, and herbs. Bring to a simmer and cook for about 10 minutes.


Toss hot, drained pasta with a few ladles of the sauce and grated cheese. Turn meatballs in remaining sauce. Place pasta on dinner plates and top with meatballs and sauce and extra grated cheese. Serve with bread or garlic bread (and some good chianti!) ] recipe by Rachael Ray

(2nd recipe)

[Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter
2 onions, finely chopped
4 stalks celery, finely chopped
2 carrots, finely chopped
8 ounces lean ground beef
8 ounces ground pork
6 large ripe tomatoes, chopped
1 pinch dried oregano
1 pinch dried tarragon
1 pinch dried sage
1 pinch dried rosemary
ground black pepper to taste
salt to taste
2 bay leaves
8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced

Directions
1.In a large skillet over medium heat saute the finely chopped onions, carrot, and celery with the 2 tablespoons of butter or margarine. Add the beef and pork and cook until brown. Add chopped tomatoes, dried oregano, tarragon, sage, rosemary, and bay leaves. Add salt and pepper to taste. Simmer for an hour.
2.Near completion of cooking time add in mushrooms and simmer until softened, about 10 minutes.]
recipe by Marica van Wynen

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/racha…

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Maricas-Spa…

Meat lasagna, stuffed rigattoni, spaghetti with meatballs and sausage, and almost anything else except for gnochhis. I call them lead balls.

Ravioli.
No, lasagne.
No...cheese and shells...
No...pizza...

Sigh. Now I'm hungry dammit!

Lotsa spaghetti! My favourite.

eggplant parmigiana

Of course, pizza.

all of them when u're starving like i am now!