Pasta

Pasta alla Norma is a Sicilian pasta traditionally made with fried eggplant, tomato sauce, basil and ricotta salata.

A little prep is involved in this dish, but the results are worth it.

Anchovies and greens is a common pasta pairing in Southern Italian cooking.

A spin on cacio e pepe.

A mix of textures crowns the ravioli and balances the yolks.

A fresh and zingy gremolata butter cuts through the rich filling and makes this dish sing.

Creamy ricotta and doubanjiang are the stars of the show in this twist on Bolognese.

Pilloni's soft, pillowy culurgiones with robust potato filling make for the perfect warming dinner recipe. Buon Apetito!

The proper way to make this Italian classic.

Get your mixing fingers ready, these tortellini are well worth the effort.

Pumpkin and slow-cooked lamb with pasta? That's cold weather comfort in a bowl.

This rotolo pasta recipe comes served with crunchy hazelnuts, crumbled ricotta and lots of sauce.

An impressive pasta dish that's perfect for any day of the week.

A luxurious take on a comfort food classic.

Made with a flavoursome vegetable stock and adorned with crunchy croutons and shreds of fennel, this torn pasta soup recipe makes for a quick and easy dinner.

Add some cooked crab or lobster meat to this weeknight favourite and transform it into a luxe dinner party entertainer.

A summery prawn pasta that's a no-fuss midweek meal? Yes please.

Spring is here, and this fresh pasta dish is just the way to welcome it.

We know how finicky preparing whole artichokes can be, so we assure you that using marinated artichokes makes an equally delicious salad.

The trick with this simple dish is to sauté the broccoli rabe enough so that it's wilted and tender, without becoming soft.

Substitute the lobster meat for any sweet, tender seafood like prawns or crab meat in this quick decadent pasta dish.

This is comfort food at its best.

This classic recipe for minestrone, brimming with beans, vegetables and pasta, always delivers.

This Roman-style gnocchi is rich with the sharp flavour of cheddar, making it an ideal side dish for robust stews, braises and roasted meats.

Maggie Beer shares her recipe for a vegetarian herb pasta, where the rich pasta, made with duck-egg, is offset by the sweet sorrel butter.

A combination that's a classic for good reason.

Our recipe for tacconi with Ligurian olives, pine nuts and oregano.

A fast recipe for gnocchetti Sardi with tomato sugo, broccolini and pecorino.

If there are black truffles in season, shave some on top - Andreas Papadikis, head chef at Tipo 00, promises a dish that becomes "something extraordinary".

A simple and light recipe for zucchini flower, mint and pecorino penne.

Iconic chef Alice Waters shares her recipe for pounded almond and mint pasta sauce.

For this recipe, we've added cauliflower to the classic comfort food. (And three different cheeses and crunchy rye breadcrumbs, too.

A near-perfect summertime pasta.

A filled-pasta wonder from the Melbourne enoteca.

The type of pasta dish we'd happily eat year-round.

A fool-proof option for tonight's dinner.

The quick and easy pasta shape to master, with the goodness of Sicily's tomato pesto.

Reserve your judgement. Pasta with vodka sauce might be old-school, but it's also delicious.

A very luxe pasta indeed.

The silky staple recipe from the Melbourne eatery.

All the goodness of cacio e pepe coddled in a silky pasta wrapping.

The Melbourne eatery's take on the filled pasta of Bergamo.

Eggplant, tomato, fusilli. You really can't go wrong.

Proof that good food needn't be fancy.

An umami-packed combination that just works.

This light ragù is freshened up further with a herb-packed green sauce.

A cacio e pepe with extra bite.

For maximum flavour in minimal time.

Slow-cooked goodness.

Like a cross between a cacio e pepe and a carbonara, gricia is one of the great four Roman pasta sauces. This recipe by Santo Palato's Sarah Cicolini is a knockout, and it only requires four ingredients.

A quick, herby bowl of pasta that's ready in minutes.

Add a little luxury to your midweek dinner.

With brown butter and capers, too.

Just the pasta dish you need for the warmer months.

This all-veg lasagne, courtesy of Sixypenny's chef-owner Dan Puska, is packed with umami-rich mushrooms.

A herb-powered pasta, a rich butter sauce – it's a combination that can't be beat.

The walnuts signal the end of winter, while the basil and mint are the harbingers of spring and summer.

Salty fish roe, sweet clams and squiggles of pasta combine in this easy midweek dish.

The ultimate in comfort food.

A deceptively simple dish that goes above and beyond in the flavour stakes.

A colourful, vegetable-packed pasta dish; butter and goat's cheese bring richness and oomph.

From the world of wafu pasta comes this umami-rich take on carbonara.

A cross-pollination of Japanese and Italian flavours that just works.

Where simplicity and flavour meet.

The spaghetti alle vongole con burro from London's River Café doesn't skimp on indulgence.

We've found our new favourite way to eat mussels.

Rice and lentils served with a spiced tomato sauce and a pile of crisp onion: no wonder this Egyptian comfort food dish is so well loved.

When it comes to these filled quadrilaterals, it pays to think outside the square.

This vibrant dish will thrill more than just the vegetarians at your Christmas table.

All the crisp and crunch of the fried-pasta snack, with minimal fuss.

We can’t get enough of broad beans and asparagus in spring. Simply toss with pasta and you have dinner sorted.

The chef's guide to making the classic and cream Italian pasta dish.

Make this ragù bianco the day before you plan to eat it – it becomes softer and more delicious.

It's the peasant-style Italian pasta soup, but it's ready in 30 minutes.

Seek out whatever 'shrooms are in season, then make this filled pasta.