The Pasta Bible: The complete guide to choosing, making, cooking and enjoying Italian pasta, with 150 recipes: '9781780195223

This highly illustrated book is a comprehensive guide to choosing, making, cooking and enjoying Italian pasta.An expert introduction covers the traditional pasta sauce ingredients, such as fresh herbs and leaves, seasonings, spices, fish and shellfish, vegetables and cheese.There follows a step-by-step guide to the different pasta shapes available, and how to make your own fresh pasta.The recipe section then features every kind of pasta dish: simple broths and hearty soups, tomato and cream sauces, fish and shellfish, meat and poultry, vegetables and vegetarian dishes, baked and stuffed pasta dishes, fresh and healthy options, and pasta salads.Enjoy classics such as Tagliatelle alla Bolognese and Fettuccine all'Alfredo; regional specialities such as Ravioli alla Romagnola (little pasta pillows stuffed with minced pork and turkey and served with sage butter sauce) and original ideas such as Pipe with Ricotta, Saffron and Spinach, and Tagliatelle Tricolore.Illustrated throughout with ove