Folded into a hearty Italian lentil soup, fennel adds a sweet and aromatic flavor that invokes a Sicilian spring day.

Like pizza, calzones can serve as an opportunity to play with any myriad of flavor combinations; from classic cheese sauce and meats, to goat cheese and fig jam with prosciutto. Stuffed with ricotta, mozzarella, tomato sauce, sausage and basil, our Corleonese Calzone delivers the rustic flavors of Sicily encased in an equally rustic ancient grain pizza dough.

Whether you’re throwing together a pizza for one, trying to impress a date, or gathering some friends for game night, there’s always a good reason to make a homemade pizza. Flavor your night right with these artisan pizza topping ideas for a magnificent taste of Italy.

Enjoy grilling season the Italian way, with this Sicilian version of the popular Italian street food, spiedini. These grilled skewers make for the perfect summer barbecue. Featuring our Forte Blend Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Fennel Seed, Sicilian Sea Salt with Garlic and thinly sliced eye of round beef, our Spiedini alla Siciliana are loaded with bold Bona Furtuna flavors that everyone will love.

Made with cross-cut shanks of beef or veal, this is one Italy's most renowned (and of course delicious) braises. Serve with risotto, cripsy prosciutto and Grana Padano. Discover what you've been missing.

Enjoy this delicious Casarecce pasta dish with sausage, peppers, and fennel. An approachable and familiar recipe with a little twist of toasted breadcrumbs with wild fennel. Sausage and peppers are Italian-American classics, which result in a comforting and satisfying dish, especially for a fall night when a chill starts to creep in the air.

This dish has been enjoyed on Sundays and at festivals for centuries in northern Italy. Derived from Bologna, Italy, Ragù alla Bolognese is a hearty meat-based sauce that is traditionally served with the broad, flat noodles of ancient grain Tagliatelle pasta.