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.
Classic Spaghetti Puttanesca
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Lemon-Infused Spaghetti with Oil and Provolone
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Swiss Chard Anzelottos with Pomodoro Sauce
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Fresh Pasta Sheets with Pesto
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Spaghettoni with Jasmine, Saffron, and Chamomile
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Lorighittas with Shrimp, Mussels & Orange
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Summer Bolognese
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Corkscrew Pasta with Eggplant and Tomato-Basil Pesto (Busiate con Pesto alla Trapanese)
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Buckwheat and Ricotta Gnocchi with Cream, Peas, and Spinach
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Spaghetti with Garlic, Olive Oil, and Peperoncino Chiles
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Pasta Primavera
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Fettuccine with Pesto Cream Sauce, Roasted Red Peppers, and Spinach
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Sausage and Arugula Pasta Salad
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Noodles with Peas (Pasta e Piselli)
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Trenette with Pesto, Beans & Potatoes
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Spaghetti with Oven-Roasted Tomatoes and Caramelized Fennel
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Fusilli With Scampi, Cranberry, and Peas
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Fettucine with Corn Crema and Charred Green Onions
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Lobster Linguine with Chiles
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Spaghettini with Carrots, Olives, and Red Endive
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Greek Pasta Salad
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Orecchiette with Rapini and Goat Cheese
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Garlic Scape and Cherry Tomato Pasta
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Crabs and Spaghetti
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Moroccan Pasta Salad
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Gnocchi al Pesto
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Fettuccine with Heirloom Tomatoes
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Linguine with Clams and Chiles
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