Recipes
Here at DeLallo’s, we’ve been compiling family recipes for generations, adding new favorites all the time. You’ll find everything from the most traditional risotto and pasta dishes to deep-fried artichokes and Lasagna alla Bolognese. Whether you’re looking for antipasti ideas for a dinner party or need a classic linguine in clam sauce recipe, this section will supply inspiration, time-honored cooking methods and up-to-date ingredient lists that will help you make delicious, Italian cuisine in your own kitchen.
Risotto Milanese
Saffron is a spice derived from the saffron flower. It has a distinct deep yellow color when added to foods and a sweet hay-like aroma. The authentic Risotto Milanese is actually made with bone marrow in place of the butter used in the beginning of the dish to soften the onion. 1 ½ oz bone marrow can be used in place of 2 Tablespoons butter...
Veal Ossobuco Milanese
This is an uncomplicated, but exquisite dish belonging to a revered Milanese tradition. Slow braising, a good homemade broth, and a bit of experience are all you need to make a marvel out of these simple ingredients.
Mrs. DeLallo's Baccala Salad
Mrs. DeLallo's Baccala Salad has been a favorite at the prepared food counter in our retail store during the Christmas season. This marinated cod salad is best if left overnight to develop its flavor.
Oven Roasted Baccala with Potatoes - salted dried cod
This recipe is a great way to serve baccala on Christmas Eve to those guests that are not so wild about baccala. The sweetness of the onions roasting with the potatoes and baccala in olive oil, gives this dish a mild, pleasant fish flavor with out being overpowering. I would call this Baccala for Beginners.
Baccala Pasta Sauce - Salted Cod in a Red Tomato Sauce - Linguine
Traditional Christmas Eve Sauce served with Linguine in our family every year. As with most sauces in Italy, this sauce should be light and thin in consistency, just thick enough to barely coat the pasta.
Fried Baccala, the Roman way (Baccalà fritto alla romana)
Baccalà is a traditional Christmas Eve favorite in Italy—it’s great as an appetizer or as a main course. This recipe is often called Baccalà fritto alla giudia—a reference to the small, ancient Jewish ghetto in Rome where it originated and is still served today in the local trattorie (restaurants). Baccalà seems to inspire creativity in...
Roasted Chicken with Oil Cured Olives and Pancetta
Usually if I see a recipe with 10 cloves of garlic…I am immediately turned off and think that this recipes is doomed for disaster and I pass it over. But in this recipe, it actually makes sense and works; the garlic slowly roasts to a sweet flavor, no potent garlic-wave to hit you at first bite. Dipping crusty bread into the pan...
Rigatoni with Four Cheeses
If you’re a cheese lover, this is your kind of pasta. It’s hard to resist this creamy, melted delicacy. It’s also very quick and easy to prepare.
