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Italian Main Dish Recipes

Lunch and dinner bursts with flavors when you prepare one of these Italian Main Dish recipes that will have everyone licking there plates clean!

From a Calabrese Pizza to Italian Chicken Cutlets to Pesto Gnocchi, find an Italian Main Dish that transports you to Italy in a flash!

Plate of tuna pasta consisting of spaghetti in tomato sauce, with olives and chopped parsley.

Tuna Pasta

Steak Pizzaiola on a plate with a pan full at the back.

Steak Pizzaiola

Penne Pomodoro in a bowl garnished with a sprig of basil leaves.

Penne Pomodoro

Beans and greens recipe prepared and served in a bowl.

Beans and Greens Recipe

Mushroom Ravioli in a shallow bowl with a sprinkle of chopped parsley

Mushroom Ravioli

Truffled Pasta in a shallow pan viewed from above.

Truffled Pasta

Baked Italian sausages and potatoes in a baking dish.

Baked Italian Sausage

Baked Swordfish with a gratin topping surrounded by baked cherry tomatoes.

Baked Swordfish

Fried sardines piled up on a round plate.

Fried Sardines

Ciambotta in a bowl with more in the background in a round pan.

Ciambotta

Octopus salad in a bowl on a wooden board.

Octopus Salad

Stuffed Squid in tomato sauce on a plate, one whole and one sliced.

Stuffed Squid

Chicken and Vodka Pasta in a shallow bowl with another bowl in the background.

Chicken and Vodka Pasta

An Authentic Italian Braciole recipe prepare in a red pan with one braciole sliced on a white plate.

Authentic Italian Braciole Recipe

Chicken pomodoro with cherry tomatoes and fresh basil scattered around on a black plate.

Chicken Pomodoro

Chicken Pizzaiola in a red skillet with one piece being lifted out with a spoon.

Chicken Pizzaiola

Busiate pasta on a kitchen towel viewed from above.

Busiate

Three giant cheese stuffed shells on a stack of white plates with a gold fork.

Giant Cheese Stuffed Shells

Calamari Fritti on a white plate with a wedge of lemon on the side and more calamari and lemon in the background.

Calamari Fritti

Calamarata pasta in a bowl on red check cloth with red pan in the background.

Calamarata Pasta

Spinach Ricotta ravioli on a off white plate with a sprinkle of finely grated cheese.

Spinach Ricotta Ravioli

Garlic pizza cut in eight slices. One slice being taken by hand.

Garlic Pizza

Pie with slice cut out showing a hard boiled egg in a spinach filling.

Torta Pasqualina

Spaghetti alla Nerano piled up on a white plate garnish with fried zucchini and extra cheese.

Spaghetti alla Nerano

Fried Meatballs piled into a shallow terracotta bowl.

Fried Meatballs

Gnocchi alla sorrentina in a round red pan with plate in the background.

Gnocchi alla Sorrentina

Chicken Pastina Soup in a white bowl with second bowl in the background.

Chicken Pastina Soup

Chicken Spiedini on white baking paper with lemon wedges.

Chicken Spiedini

Gnocchi carbonara on a white plate.

Gnocchi Carbonara

Italian Sausage Meatballs in tomato sauce in a pan viewed from above.

Italian Sausage Meatballs

Pasta and peas in a white bowl on a sky blue napkin.

Pasta and Peas

Spiedini on wooden skewered piled onto a white plate.

Spiedini

Pasta al forno in a white baking dish with a scoopful lifted up.

Pasta al Forno

Chicken Limone on a white plate garnished with chopped parsley.

Chicken Limone

Rigatoni Arrabbiata on a white plate with red skillet in the background.

Rigatoni Arrabbiata

Three pizza fritta in a staggered row with tomato sauce, cheese and basil leaves.

Pizza Fritta

Baked Italian chicken thighs in baking pan garnished with parsley.

Baked Italian Chicken Thighs

Wedge of frittata on a white plate.

Frittata with Ham and Cheese

Blue bowl filled with brown soup.

Mediterranean Lentil Soup

white plate with pasta on it and a gold fork in the pasta.

Tagliatelle alla Bolognese

tomato sauce in a black skillet with a sprig of basil in the centre.

San Marzano Tomato Sauce

instant pot cannellini bean soup in a pale blue bowl on wooden board.

Instant Pot Bean Soup

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Spinach Ricotta ravioli on a off white plate with a sprinkle of finely grated cheese.

Spinach Ricotta Ravioli

close up of four mini pancakes stacked on a white plate with syrup dripping off and more pancakes and strawberries around.

Mini Pancakes

raspberry sauce in a glass jar with a spoon full lifted out.

Raspberry Compote

homemade cavatelli pasta

Cavatelli

Yellow cake dusted with powdered sugar with a few slices cut viewed from above.

Italian Lemon Cake

Roasted whole butterflied chicken on wooden board.

Butterfly Chicken

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An Authentic Italian Braciole recipe prepare in a red pan with one braciole sliced on a white plate.

Authentic Italian Braciole Recipe

close up of mascarpone cream in a bowl with gold spoon, raspberries scattered around and plate with cake and cream in the background

Mascarpone Cream

Two slices of sourdough French toast with blueberry compote, powdered sugar, and halved strawberries on a white plate set on a table next to cutlery.

Sourdough French Toast

Italian rum cake on a white cake stand topped with maraschino cherries.

Italian Rum Cake

Pasta al forno in a white baking dish with a scoopful lifted up.

Pasta al Forno

rectangle bread topped with three different toppings.

Focaccia Toppings

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