Italian Beef Recipes

Italian cooking is built on restraint — a handful of excellent ingredients treated simply, letting each one taste of itself. When Italian cooks work with beef, they reach for olive oil, garlic, basil, oregano, tomatoes, parmesan and a good splash of wine, and the techniques that come up most across these recipes are simmering, baking, sautéing and boiling.

A rich, deeply savoury red meat that rewards both fast, hot searing and long, slow braising depending on the cut. In this collection it's most often cooked with olive oil, onion, parmesan, whole milk, breadcrumbs and eggs. The dishes here span italian classics ready in as little as 65 minutes to slower, more involved cooking that rewards a relaxed afternoon.