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.

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.

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.