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Buttermilk Macaroni and Cheese with Baby Kale

A quick sauté renders baby kale leaves perfectly tender, allowing them to almost melt into the buttermilk-enriched béchamel in chef and cookbook author Alexander Smalls' riff on mac and cheese. For a smooth sauce, make sure all of the dairy is at room temperature.

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Pasta Ncasciata Sicilian Baked Pasta

This hearty baked pasta dish is packed with tender eggplant, melty caciocavallo cheese, and crushed tomatoes.

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Pasta with Pumpkin Butter Sauce

A classic browned butter and sage sauce gets a boost of fall flavor from pumpkin butter. Be generous with the Parmigiano-Reggiano, its salty, savory bite adds the perfect hit of umami flavor to this decadent pasta dish.

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Apres Ski Lasagna

For her hearty, make-ahead meal for a group, Andrea Slonecker relies on convenient boxed noodles, canned tomatoes, and Italian sausage, balanced by bright fresh basil, earthy mushrooms, and creamy ricotta cheese.

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Spaghetti Carbonara

This simple pasta features a silky egg-based sauce, crispy guanciale, and a combination of Pecorino Romano and Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.

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Pasta e Ceci Pasta with Chickpeas

This 30 minute, vegetarian one-pot pasta and chickpea dish comes together with pantry staples that cook in a rosemary and thyme-scented broth.

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Gnocchi Asparagi e Pancetta Tuscan Gnocchi with Asparagus and Pancetta

Pillowy and light homemade gnocchi with perfectly tender asparagus and crispy pancetta make for a delightful and comforting pasta dinner.

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Cheesy Baked Pasta with Radicchio

A splash of red wine vinegar balances the richness of this cheesy pasta and magnifies the pink color of the onions and radicchio. Omit the prosciutto to make this a vegetarian main dish.

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Spicy Sausage Pasta with Tomatoes and Squash

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Steak au Poivre Pasta

A creamy cognac and peppercorn sauce coats steak and noodles in this comforting dinner.

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Kale Artichoke Stuffed Shells

Cannellini beans add hearty creaminess to these stuffed shells, while mild heat from Calabrian chiles and earthy sweetness from fennel seeds amp up jarred marinara sauce. Cook a few extra pasta shells to have on hand in case some tear during boiling.

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Creamy Baked Pasta with Gruyère and Prosciutto

For a simple and ultra-creamy baked pasta, take a cue from chef Ashley Christensen of Poole’s Diner: Trade the béchamel for this much easier sauce of heavy cream simmered with plenty of nutmeg and two kinds of cheese.

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Rigatoni Amatriciana

Amatriciana sauce typically calls for cured pork, traditionally guanciale. Here, we've substituted fatty pancetta for easier sourcing. It comes together with tomatoes, pecorino Romano cheese, sweet onion, and crushed red pepper to make a rich, jammy, pleasantly spicy sauce.

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Pasta alla Norma

This simple pasta dish celebrates summer produce and Italian pasta traditions with fresh tomato sauce, fried eggplant, sweet onions and aromatic basil, yielding a bowl that is so much more than the sum of its parts.

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Pasta Salad with Feta and Herbs

This Southern-inspired pasta salad from Mason Hereford’s Turkey and the Wolf gets a touch of tangy heat from hot sauce, loads of crunch from nutty sunflower seeds. Use Duke’s mayonnaise for an extra-tangy bite to the dressing. This colorful, eclectic pasta will fit in well with any picnic or cookout spread.

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Pasta Carbonara

Chewy rigatoni stands up perfectly to this supremely rich and flavorful carbonara.