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Tonight the first two episodes of My Brilliant Friend will air on Rai1. I’ve been counting the days and everyone in Ischia is super excited to watch tonight especially because they filmed some scenes here in the late spring this year. A few weeks ago, I came across an article on Food52 ‘10 Perfect Pastas for My Brilliant Friend Premier if the pasta dishes were Neapol*tan. So in celebration, I am sharing 4 Neapol*tan pasta dishes to celebrate the four nights that Rai will air Continue reading “Four Neapol*tan Pastas for My Brilliant Friend” → pesto that most are familiar with that comes from the Genoa region. Despite the name, this is a Neapol*tan dish whose name comes from a family named Genovese that created the dish. This is basically a meat sauce made with minced meat, onions, carrots and celery with just a spoonful of tomato puree to make it a bit red. Serve the sauce with a large tubular pasta such as paccheri or rigatoni with this hearty Lina and Lenu would have eaten this for a Sunday lunch or some kind of holiday. (Recipe by Tina Ciccio from her blog Our Edible Italy) Pasta con Cozze e Pecorino From Our Edible Italy with fish, but that rule is broken with this clas*ic dish served on the island of Ischia. You mix with mussels with a bit of pecorino cheese, not too much or else it will overpower the mussels, and serve with paccherri or mezza paccheri. I would even add some lemon zest to Lila and Lenu could have eaten this when they were on holiday in Ischia. (Recipe by Jaime Oliver and Gennaro Contaldo) Pasta Frittata from JaimeOliver.com you can mix it with some eggs and cheese and fry it on the stove in a de*p dish pan to make a spaghetti frittata. This is a clas*ic Neapol*tan dish that I grew up on. You can add all kinds of things to this like chopped dried sausage, mozzarella, a spicy provolone or whatever. You can serve it at room temperature or cold from the fridge (my favourite). Perhaps Lila and Lenu would have eaten this as a picnic food for Easter Monday or would have brought it with them to the beach.