Cooking with Patty, my personal collection of Italian recipes

This is a thin crust pizza recipe. It is a recipe for two medium pizzas.
This is the real Italian pizza that it is very different from the one that you may have eaten in a pizza parlor outside of Italy. Its origin is very antique but the introduction of tomatoes in our country brought by Cristoforo Colombo (Christopher Columbus) contributed to making pizza a famous dish.

This is the base recipe for focaccia. If you want something with more flavors try Focaccia with Rosemary and Sage.

If you like Italian Focaccia recipes you’ll love this one.

This simple focaccia recipe is perfect for those who like onions.

This simple focaccia recipe is perfect for those who like fresh breads with herbs.

A good pizza for those of us who love garlic.

Pizzelle from the Neapolitan tradition are small fried pizzas served with tomato sauce, Parmesan cheese, mozzarella or provolone cheese. Not to be confused for the pizzelle from Abbruzzo which are a sort of sweet waffle cookie, also called ferratelle.

Pizza Margherita is the most common pizza in Italy. It took its name from Queen Margherita. In the summer of 1889 King Umberto I and the Queen Margherita went, as always, to spend 3 months in their summer Residence at Capodimonte. They heard about this dish called pizza and they asked to try it. The most famous “pizzaiolo” of Naples was called at the Court to prepare it for the sovrans. He created a new pizza especially for them with tomatoes, basil and mozzarella in honor of our flag. It was a great success. The next day he named this pizza Margherita.

The favorite pizza in my family.

Pizza with hot dogs is my son’s favorite. It’s actually a pizza loved by most kids around here. It’s really easy to make, it only has a few ingredients tomato, mozzarella and hot dogs. It’s the most common pizza at birthday parties. As a matter of fact I just had my son’s birthday party the other day and among all the other treats I prepared the dough to make pizza Margherita and pizza with hot dogs.

This is a very simple pizza topping with a rich taste.

A hearty and filling pizza.

This pizza has an interesting combination of flavors.

This simple and tasty pizza is a must if you like tuna fish.

I know that summer is getting closer when I start finding zucchini flowers at the farmers market. If it were up to me I would fry them all. Unfortunately, as we well know, eating fried foods isn’t the best health choice, thus I only fry the flowers when I have guests. Luckily zucchini flowers are good in many other recipes. I use them with pasta and in risotto too, however one of my favorites is on pizza.

This is a classic pizza from Liguria, particularly from the Imperia area and San Remo. It’s a really flavorful pizza due to the anchovies and garlic.