28 Essential Summer Pasta Recipes to Carb-Load Through the Heat
Twirl your way to happiness with our bright, fresh summer pasta recipes
Pasta may be our go-to comfort food in cold-weather months, but it also makes for some of our favorite easy summer recipes.
As the temperature rises, trade out heavier ingredients like braised meats or long-cooked sauces for fresh vegetables, bright herbs, and seafood. Linguine and clams with olive oil, white wine, and chiles is one of the greatest classic Italian recipes, ever. For a more extravagant seafood feast, try bucatini ai frutti di mare—pasta with clams, shrimp, squid, and lobster.
Of course, the greatest culinary gift of the season is the beautiful, abundant summer produce. Our buckwheat and ricotta gnocchi are tossed in a cream sauce lightened with fresh spinach and peas while our bright summer bolognese eschews red sauce for tomatoes and fresh basil. On especially hot days, look to cool pasta salad, like our classic Greek version tossing rotini with crisp tomato, onion, cucumber, and tangy feta cheese.
Find all these dishes and more in our gallery of summer pasta recipes.
Swiss Chard Anzelottos with Pomodoro Sauce
Spaghettoni with Jasmine, Saffron, and Chamomile
Lorighittas with Shrimp, Mussels & Orange
Corkscrew Pasta with Eggplant and Tomato-Basil Pesto (Busiate con Pesto alla Trapanese)
Buckwheat and Ricotta Gnocchi with Cream, Peas, and Spinach
Spaghetti with Garlic, Olive Oil, and Peperoncino Chiles
Fettuccine with Pesto Cream Sauce, Roasted Red Peppers, and Spinach
Trenette with Pesto, Beans & Potatoes
Spaghetti with Oven-Roasted Tomatoes and Caramelized Fennel
Fusilli With Scampi, Cranberry, and Peas
Fettucine with Corn Crema and Charred Green Onions
Spaghettini with Carrots, Olives, and Red Endive
Garlic Scape and Cherry Tomato Pasta
Fettuccine with Heirloom Tomatoes
Linguine with Clams and Chiles