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    Italian Christmas Recipes

    Whether you're looking for a classic seafood feast on Christmas Eve or a rich, filling Christmas dinner, you'll find the Italian Christmas Recipes you need here. In our Italian-American family, we serve seafood appetizers, pastas, and roasts for Christmas Eve! Then, on Christmas day, we have roasts, baked pastas, delicious vegetable sides, and decadent desserts.

    Serve some of our favorite Christmas Eve specials like Mussels Fra Diavolo, Italian Stuffed Baked Clams, or Stuffed Calamari! Then, for Christmas day, try our Authentic Italian Porchetta, Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potatoes, or an Italian Radicchio Salad!

    • Italian seafood salad in a bowl.
      Italian Seafood Salad (Insalata di Mare)
    • Italian braciole garnished with parsley
      Authentic Italian Braciole
    • linguine with clams
      Linguine with Clams
    • Cheesy pull of baked ziti on a spoon being scooped from the baking dish
      Authentic Italian Baked Ziti
    • finished rapini served on a plate
      Sauteed Rapini with Garlic
    • finished lacinato kale recipe braised with cherry tomatoes and garlic
      Italian Lacinato Kale Recipe (Tuscan)
    • Chicken rollatini cut open with ricotta filling inside.
      Chicken Rollatini
    • Sunday sauce with meatballs and sausage in a pot.
      Authentic Italian Sunday Sauce
    • Homemade cannoli dip and chips in a dish.
      Authentic Cannoli Dip (With Homemade Cannoli Chips)
    • broiled lemon garlic flounder over arugula and topped with lemon slices
      Lemon Garlic Broiled Flounder
    • Sliced pork shoulder on a cutting board.
      Italian Pork Roast
    • 2 filets of pan seared vermillion snapper on a plate garnished with thyme sprigs.
      Pan-Seared Vermilion Snapper
    • Close up of cross section of baked mac and cheese
      REAL Italian Mac and Cheese
    • Baked manicotti topped with smooth marinara and mozzarella.
      Baked Cheese Manicotti
    • pistachio crusted fish
      Pistachio Crusted Baked Sea Bass
    • Italian stuffed shells with melted mozzarella in a dish.
      Italian Stuffed Shells with Meat Sauce and Ricotta
    • Meatballs covered in tomato sauce in a bowl.
      Classic Italian Fried Meatballs
    • Italian cabbage with pancetta
      Italian Cabbage Recipe
    • Stuffed calamari in tomato sauce on a plate.
      Stuffed Calamari
    • Braised Italian short ribs served over homemade gnocchi in a bowl.
      Braised Italian Short Ribs with Gnocchi
    • Italian sausage bread cut open
      Italian Sausage Bread
    • Garlic parmesan mashed potatoes in a bowl.
      Garlic Parmesan Mashed Potatoes
    • Our Feast of Seven Fishes Menu for Christmas Eve
    • Radicchio Salad in a bowl.
      Italian Radicchio Salad
    • Squid ink pasta with calamari on a plate.
      Squid Ink Pasta with Calamari
    • Rolling and tying porchetta from the outside in.
      Authentic Italian Porchetta
    • Roasted Carrots and Fennel
    • Manhattan clam chowder topped with oyster crackers.
      Manhattan Clam Chowder
    • Caprese skewers on a plate.
      Antipasto Caprese Skewers
    • Sliced pork tenderloin served on a plate with roasted potatoes and broccoli.
      Italian Cast Iron Pork Tenderloin
    • rainbow cookie cake
      Rainbow Cookie Cake
    • 2 Blueberry mocktails with a sprig of thyme garnish in a glass.
      Blueberry Smash Mocktail
    • Cherry amaretto sour in a glass with a cherry garnish.
      Cherry Amaretto Sour
    • Mussels Fra Diavolo in a serving bowl with crostini.
      Mussels Fra Diavolo
    • fra diavolo sauce with shrimp and linguine
      Shrimp Fra Diavolo with Linguine
    • Steamed mussels in a serving bowl filled with white wine sauce and crostini on the side.
      Steamed Mussels in White Wine
    • completed pepperoni stromboli
      Pepperoni Bread (Stromboli)
    • A bunch of ladyfingers on a plate.
      Ladyfingers Recipe for Tiramisu
    • Pistachio Cream tiramisu on a plate with a forkful scooped out.
      Pistachio Cream Tiramisu
    • Stuffed Mushrooms on a plate.
      Italian Sausage Stuffed Mushrooms
    • Ricotta mixture combined in a bowl.
      Ricotta Filling
    • Veggie pinwheels baked in a cake pan.
      Veggie Stromboli
    • A square of lasagna on a plate.
      Authentic Italian Lasagna
    • Brussels sprouts plated with bacon and pecans drizzled with maple syrup.
      Maple Bacon Brussels Sprouts

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    Vinny in the Kitchen.

    Vinny DelGiudice, MS CCC-SLP

    My name is Vinny. I am an Italian-American home cook, a photographer, and previously, a speech pathologist specializing in swallowing and voice disorders. I share the recipes I grew up eating in my home and the recipes that I cook for my family. Always From Scratch is about cooking homemade meals and eating with family.

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