Italian Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Recipes

Saturday, December 24, 2011
From start to finish there's always a lot of traditions going on in an Italian kitchen through the month of December. Christmas Eve is all fish with Catholic traditions and on to making homemade pasta, sauce and much much more as you scroll through this gallery of foods. We are thankful every year for our blessings and here are a few of our favorite recipes we enjoy. Buon Natale.




this is a collage of all the holiday foods we prepare in an Italian Household for Christmas Eve and Day






How to Make Fried Calamari like the restaurants with marinara

Fried Calamari



this is a shrimp cocktail in a glass with lemon

Mom's Shrimp Cocktail




wedding soup


Wedding Soup


sausage roll


Italian Sausage Rolls






7 fishes traditions


Christmas Eve 7 Fishes Traditions

How To Broil Lobster Tails




red clam sauce


Red Clam Sauce or White Clam Sauce Recipes


fish francaise


Chicken or Fish Francaise


fish fry


Beer Batter Fish Fry





homemade egg noodles


Grandma's Egg Noodles



roasted leg of lamb


Roasted Leg of Lamb


waffle cookies pizzelles


Pizzelle


Struffoli honey fried cookies


Struffoli



24 kinds of cookies displayed for Christmas


24 Kinds of Cookies


Christmas recipes that are Italian Traditions



Try more of our Favorite Recipes Below

Easter Recipes

Game Day Recipes

Best Holiday Side Dishes

Red White and Blue Recipes

Halloween Roundup

Thanksgiving Recipes

Christmas Recipes






this is a collage of all the holiday foods we prepare in an Italian Household for Christmas Eve and Day


Don't forget to try my Baccala ( Salted Cod Fish Recipe)