"Pasta is the most popular of Italy’s many culinary delights. Its almost infinite variety means that it can take pride of place on the most sophisticated tables, and also satisfy the need for fast yet tasty food." – Edited extract from The Silver Spoon: Pasta, published by Phaidon Press, $59.95, available now.
Get the ball rolling on dinner with these 75 meatball recipes
Comfortingly easy and absolutely tasty, here are 75 ways with the humble meatball that will make your evening. Opt for cheesy bakes, pasta mains, noodle stir-fries and simple salads.
Chilli con carne meatballs with tortilla chips
Reinvent taco night with these meatballs and tortilla chips.
Massaman meatballs with vegetable curry
This winter dinner is a must-make on a cold night.
Meatball fusilli bake
“This sauce should come with a warning label: ‘You may melt into your chair’. This recipe calls for a good-quality pasta to drink up all that delicious sauce.” – Monty Koludrovic
Lemon and saffron lamb kefte (meatballs) tagine
Emma Knowles shares this Middle Eastern-inspired meatball dish - perfect for dipping and eating.
Risoni with pork and fennel meatballs in tomato sauce
"A super-bright herb gremolata instantly finishes up this comforting risoni-and-meatball number," says Dominic Smith.
Oven-roasted chorizo meatballs with tomato ragu and herby garlic bread
These cheesy meatballs with garlic bread are the ultimate winter comfort.
Nonna's meatballs with polenta
"You can go down the path of mincing your own pork or buy it minced from a good producer. You want a nice amount of fat for texture and flavour, but not too much for a dish like meatballs or they will be mushy." – Joel Valvasori-Pereza
Cheese and pesto stuffed meatballs al forno
Colin Fassnidge and Anthony Puharich take simple beef mince and make cheese-stuffed meatballs, perfect for an easy, hearty dinner.
Polpettine con peperonata (meatballs with peppers)
These flavour-packed meatballs with polenta are the ultimate winter meal.
Matt Moran's roast sage meatball pasta
Take your pasta bake game to a whole new level with this Matt Moran marvel.
Green curry chicken meatballs with rice noodles
Matt Preston gives green curry a family-friendly makeover with tasty chicken meatballs and rice noodles.
Honey-glazed miso chicken meatball subs with rainbow slaw
This will soon become a family favourite and it's not hard to see why.
Lamb meatball biriyani
Matt Moran gives the humble meatball a bit of an Indian twist, with tasty results.
Pimp My Garlic Bread: our latest episode has landed on YouTube
Welcome to the latest episode of Pimp My, our new monthly video series featuring Wazza (aka Warren) Mendes. The rules are simple: Wazza needs to take an existing convenience product and make it better. This round, he's reinvented the beloved Italian classic, garlic bread! Let us know in the comments below what you'd like to see Wazza take on next and for the full video head to our YouTube channel, here: youtube.com/deliciousaustralia