Are you are looking for some at-home entertainment? You’re stuck inside because of the novel coronavirus pandemic trying to figure out what to do while being left indoors? Getting tired of doing your job, which we all know is mostly email anyways. That means there’s never been a better time to get into making a real pasta dish. As your missing your favorite restaurant take the time to learn some of our favorite dishes!
Spaghetti con Polpetta
Craving a good ol American-Italian dish which is quite uncommonly found in Italy itself. On your comfy couch on quarantine day who knows when you’re looking for something comforting and packed full of flavor, dishing up Spaghetti con polpetta and you won’t be disappointed.
Ingredients:
Calabrese Meatball
San Marzano Tomato Sauce
Fresh Basil
Ricotta
Spaghetti
Gnocchi Sorrentina
Picture this you are on the just off the Campanian coast where Gnocchi Sorrentina originated. Gnocchi alla Sorrentina is a dish that perfectly embodies the spirit of this region, to bring into your home for high-quality flavors. A simple dish to bring sophistication into your homes even while social distancing.
Ingredients:
Potato Dumplings
San Marzano Tomato Sauce
Buffalo Mozzarella
Fettuccini Carbonara
Take a break from the bottle sauces. Put down zoodles. Treat yourself to this Fettuccini Carbonara for a delicious pasta dish that is so delicious you’ll be hard-pressed to reach for a jar of sauce ever again.
Ingredients:
Fettuccini
Pancetta
Peas
Egg Yolk Based Cream Sauce
Fusilli can Gamberoni
Fresh fusilli, a corkscrew-shaped pasta, the best pasta for shrimp. Quarantine is all about staying in with your sweatpants and cooking up some major comfort food. Indulging in the ultimate kind of comfort food and throwing a shrimp and fusilli pasta party.
Ingredients:
Fusilli
Sautéed Jumbo Shrimp
Zucchini
Fresh Ricotta
Vodka Sauce
While being stuck at home isn’t our preferred way of spending the days either, we’re all in this together. All it takes is some positive thinking — and creativity — to make it work. Soon enough you’ll be back to eating dinner at Nico’s Ristorante!
