Molly Yeh whips up a fun Italian feast for the whole family, starting with her cheesy Smashed Meatball Burgers. She also makes a colorful Antipasto Salad with Prosciutto-Wrapped Breadsticks, a crispy Parmesan Fried Onion and Spumoni Cake Jars for dessert.
For an easy-to-please Italian menu, Sandra has just the solution! Start with an antipasti plate with a selection of Italian meats and cheeses like mortadella ham and mozzarella. The perfect pasta dish with Gnocchi and Chicken with Roasted Garlic and Gorgonzola Cream is served with Zucchini Oreganata. Sure to be a crowd pleaser is the dessert: Mocha-net Cream Cups and a Capputini. Bon appetiteo!
Paying respect to his Italian roots, Michael Symon creates an entire Italian feast over coals using his outdoor grill, beginning with smoking fresh tomatoes for his Fettuccine with Smoked Tomato Sauce. His wife, Liz, mixes up creamy ricotta, lemon and herbs for Stuffed Squash Blossoms from their garden and fries them over the grill. For dessert, a decadent Lemon Upside-Down Cake is a sweet way to finish off the meal.
Actor and proud Baltimore native Josh Charles meets up with Michael Symon at his favorite place for crab cakes in a town where everyone fights over where to find the very best. After a heated round of bocce ball in the city's Little Italy neighborhood, Michael introduces Josh to some of Baltimore's best new spots for juicy, inventive burgers, sweet and savory desserts and refreshing craft brews to wash it all down.
Buddy Valastro creates his Italian Ricotta Cheesecake, a recipe used at his family's bakery since 1910. Buddy also reveals the secret ingredient that makes this dessert extra flavorful.
Valerie Bertinelli and Duff Goldman love Italian food so much they're challenging the bakers to create lasagna dessert imposters! The bakers must create meat lasagna, spinach-and-mushroom lasagna or veggie-pesto lasagna imposters if they want to stay in the game.