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Thai Red Clam Sauce Pasta

Thai Red Clam Sauce
Thai Red Clam Sauce Pasta takes an Italian standby and gives it a Thai twist.  A classic Pasta alle Vongole in Rosso is enhanced with fresh, savory elements from Thai cuisine to create a rich, aromatic and colorful fusion dish.  We created this recipe after several trips to Thailand and Vito made the connection between…
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Balinese Pork Kerrie Ketjap

Balinese Pork Kerrie Ketjap
Balinese Pork Kerrie Ketjap, with uncomplicated ingredients and a very complex taste, is fantastic.  While most of Indonesia is Muslim and pork is not eaten, Bali is the exception.  Balinese Pork Kerrie Ketjap is an excellent choice to include in your own rijsttafel, or Indonesian buffet, or on its own accompanied by a Green Beans…
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Neapolitan Steak Pizzaiola

Steak Pizzaiola
Neapolitan Steak Pizzaiola is a traditional dish wherein a boneless cut of beef, is quickly seared and then braised in a pizza-style sauce, hence the name, until it is fork-tender.  Popular in restaurants, it is easy to prepare at home.  Neapolitan Steak Pizzaiola is usually served with pasta, polenta, mashed or roasted potatoes or roasted…
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Strawberry Lemon Ricotta Cheesecake

Strawberry Lemon Ricotta Cheesecake
Strawberry Lemon Ricotta Cheesecake adds surprise layers of fresh strawberries and lemon curd to light and airy ricotta cheesecake. The strawberries and lemon just shout “Summer!” Making Strawberry Lemon Ricotta Cheesecake with stevia instead of sugar will greatly reduce the carbohydrates count without impacting the flavor or texture; use our Keto Lemon Curd when making…
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Thai Meatballs in Red Curry

Thai Meatballs in Red Curry
Thai Meatballs in Red Curry combines moist seasoned pork and beef meatballs, full of Thai flavors, with a vegetable-filled red curry enriched with coconut cream.  Comforting and refreshing, this curry hits many of the right flavor notes of Thai cuisine.  Start with an appetizer of our Sicilian Orange Salad or our Wilted Arugula Salad, then…
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Goat Cheese Mini Cheesecakes

Goat Cheese Mini Cheesecakes
Goat Cheese Mini Cheesecakes explore cheesecake’s savory side.  Select a creamy but not runny goat cheese for this recipe for the best results.  We used three different herbs, fresh thyme leaves, snipped chives and different varieties of basil leaves sliced into thin ribbons, along with thinly sliced fresh mission figs to accent our Goat Cheese…
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Grilled Pineapple NY Cheesecake

Grilled Pineapple NY Cheesecake
Grilled Pineapple NY Cheesecake combines amazingly sweet and tasty grilled pineapple with a slightly modified version of Vito’s Mom’s recipe for New York Style Cheesecake.  The recipe was created at the request of Libia Salazar, a friend of Vito’s from elementary and high school days, for her husband who loves pineapple and cheesecake. There are…
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Chicken Abruzzese

Chicken Abruzzese
Chicken Abruzzese combines tender chicken with crispy bacon, herbs and spices, melted cheeses… and a history lesson too! The Abruzzo region of Italy, to the east of Rome with a lovely Adriatic coastline and the Apennine Mountains, is rugged and mountainous with hilltop towns from the medieval and Renaissance periods tucked in and around national…
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