Pasta recipes | Gourmet Traveller

We love the versatility of pasta, the way you can serve it with pretty much anything and it always shines, so we’ve collected some of our favourite pasta recipes including everything from cavolo nero and Fontina penne to a classic spaghetti alla carbonara.

Spinach and ricotta ravioli

A cheat’s recipe for spinach and ricotta ravioli

A white plate holding spaghetti, clams, chilli and flat-leaf parsley. — Photo: Con Poulos

Giovanni Pilu’s spaghetti vongole and bottarga

Giovanni Pilu’s spaghetti vongole and bottarga

Spaghetti and spanner crab meat

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Strozzapreti with sausage, radicchio and sage

Strozzapreti with sausage, radicchio and sage

Linguine with chilli and rocket

Linguine with chilli and rocket

Spaghetti alla puttanesca

Spaghetti alla puttanesca

Gnocchetti Sardi with tomato sugo, broccolini and pecorino

Gnocchetti Sardi with tomato sugo, broccolini and pecorino

squid ink pasta with chilli in black bowl — Photo: Chris Court

Chilli squid-ink spaghetti

Chilli squid-ink spaghetti

Pork and fennel meatball strozzapreti with braised chicory and chilli

Pork and fennel meatball strozzapreti with braised chicory and chilli

Orecchiette Pugliese

Orecchiette Pugliese

Bucatini all’Amatriciana

Bucatini all’Amatriciana

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Linguine with clams and Schaefer beer

Linguine with clams and Schaefer beer

Marjoram and thyme brown butter — Photo: Chris Chen

Rotolo di pasta ripieno

Rotolo di pasta ripieno

Torn pasta soup (malfattini in brodo)

Torn pasta soup (malfattini in brodo)

Zucchini flower, mint and pecorino penne

Zucchini flower, mint and pecorino penne

Cavolo nero and Fontina penne

Cavolo nero and Fontina penne

Spaghetti con pesce d’acqua dolce (spaghetti with freshwater fish)

Spaghetti con pesce d’acqua dolce (spaghetti with freshwater fish)

Spaghetti alla carbonara

Spaghetti alla carbonara

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House-made spaghetti with sugo

House-made spaghetti with sugo

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Buckwheat spaghetti with tomato, lemon and flat-leaf parsley

Buckwheat spaghetti with tomato, lemon and flat-leaf parsley

Spaghetti alla Gricia

Spaghetti alla Gricia

fork in bowl of pasta — Photo: James Moffat

Mixed pepper and pecorino pasta

Mixed pepper and pecorino pasta

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Spinach and ricotta ravioli

Giovanni Pilu’s spaghetti vongole and bottarga

Spaghetti and spanner crab meat

Strozzapreti with sausage, radicchio and sage

Linguine with chilli and rocket

Spaghetti alla puttanesca

Gnocchetti Sardi with tomato sugo, broccolini and pecorino

Chilli squid-ink spaghetti

Pork and fennel meatball strozzapreti with braised chicory and chilli

Orecchiette Pugliese

Bucatini all’Amatriciana

Linguine with clams and Schaefer beer

Rotolo di pasta ripieno

Torn pasta soup (malfattini in brodo)

Zucchini flower, mint and pecorino penne

Cavolo nero and Fontina penne

Spaghetti con pesce d’acqua dolce (spaghetti with freshwater fish)

Spaghetti alla carbonara

House-made spaghetti with sugo

Buckwheat spaghetti with tomato, lemon and flat-leaf parsley

Spaghetti alla Gricia

Mixed pepper and pecorino pasta

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