Italian recipes .

Hi I need some good simple italian recipes preferably with meat/fish and mozarella.

Cappelini with pomodoro sauce!

Cappelini is angel hair pasta.  You just boil it for a minute or two, it comes out al dente.  You'll want to cook it last, of course.

For the pomodoro sauce, you will need:

fresh plum tomatoes (you know, the ones about the size and shape of eggs)
fresh minced garlic
fresh chopped oregano leaves
fresh chopped basil leaves
just a splash of olive oil.

All these proportions are to taste, needless to say.

Chop up the plum tomatoes.  Dice them in maybe 1/4" pieces or a little smaller.  Mix with the other ingredients and store it COLD until just before you're going to serve it.

Prepare pasta and put it on a plate, still hot.  Microwave some of the sauce, or warm it up quickly and gently in a nonstick pan and put it over the pasta.  JUST WARM IT, we don't want to actually cook it--that would make the tomatoes lose their fresh tomato flavor, which is the centerpiece of this sauce.

Put the sauce on the angel hair pasta.  Maybe sprinkle on a little grated Parmesan cheese and put some fresh parsely on top of that as a garnish.

Makes a great main dish for a light meal, wonderful on summer days.  Goes nicely with garlic bread, a light salad, fresh fruit for dessert, and a dry red wine.