Damaris visits her favorite neighborhood Italian grocery store, Lotsa Pasta, where she finds beautiful fresh ricotta and local goat cheese, and transforms it into a decadent but easy-to-make Goat Cheese Gnocchi With Bacon, Dates and a Kentucky Brown Butter Wine Sauce. For dessert, Damaris puts her twist on an Italian favorite with a silky Buttermilk Panna Cotta. It's a celebration of Italy with a Kentucky accent.
Ree Drummond shares easy Italian favorites from recent years. She starts with her make-ahead frozen Pizza Pockets -- one stuffed with meat and the other with mushrooms -- and prepares a fast and fabulous Lemon Pasta Pronto in minutes. Ree's all-in-one Sheet Pan Shrimp Puttanesca is the perfect snappy supper, while her Hot and Cheesy Baked Meatballs make an easy family meal. That's four delicious flavors of Italy, frontier style.
Well, you don't need to go to Italy to get a deliciously fresh garden herb taste, all you need are the ingredients in your own pantry when Sandra Lee shows you her semi-homemade way to make delicious Herb and Almond Tapenade, Peaches and Tarragon with Mascarpone Cream, Tomatoes and Artichokes Oreganata, Veal Piccata with Parsley and Capers and a refreshing Melon-Mint Prosecco.
Little Italy is where is all began for Alex's love of Italian cooking. For Alex, it's all about the ingredients and some of the best are found in her favorite New York neighborhood. The Italian seduction process begins with dessert - a flakey sfogliatella - filled with whole milk ricotta and candied citron and orange. Then, a simple roasted fish with just three ingredients: salt, oil, and lemon. Finally, a salad that pairs distinct Italian flavors like caramelized fennel, fresh orange, and walnut pesto.