Padella: The secret to cooking iconic pasta at home

SHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2025

‘An amazing array of wonderful pastas’Jamie Oliver
‘Recipes that are a joy to prepare and to polish off’Yotam Ottolenghi

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PASTA, PERFECTED.

From a low and slow spicy pork ragu, to creamy gorgonzola gnocchi and rich tomato cannelloni, this is the ultimate pasta-lover’s cookbook and the long-awaited debut from Padella, the iconic London restaurant.

Includes easy-to-follow recipes for all their favourites:

– Pappardelle with Beef Shin Ragu
– Pici Cacio e Pepe
– Fettuccine with ‘Nduja and Mascarpone
– Tagliarini with Crab, Chilli, Lemon and Parsley
plus many new and off-menu dishes shared for the first time.

You’ll find everything from quick-fix everyday recipes to simple but sublime dishes that celebrate seasonal ingredients, as well as step-by-step guides to equipment and techniques for making your own fresh pasta at home. Richly designed and bound in real cloth, this stunning book features page upon page of awe-inspiring photography that will transport you to the kitchens, markets and landscapes of Italy the home of pasta and the heartbeat of Padella.