Looking to make a fancy Italian meal at home without the stress? Julia Collin Davison has four recipes that will transform your kitchen into a high-end dining room. She starts with an anchovy-garlic dip called bagna cauda, served with bread and assorted veggies for dipping. For the main, Julia prepares a sausage lasagna that’s made right in a cast-iron skillet. She serves this alongside a bright, tricolor salad with radicchio, endive, and a homemade balsamic vinaigrette. For dessert, Julia keeps it simple with vanilla ice cream finished with amaretto liqueur, instant espresso, and amaretti cookie crumbs for full Italian flavors.
Bagna Cauda Recipe: https://cooks.io/43veApD
Cast Iron Sausage Lasagna Recipe: https://cooks.io/3PZwKfU
Tricolor Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette Recipe: https://cooks.io/4uOovm4
Ice Cream with Amaretto, Instant Espresso, and Amaretti Crumbs Recipe: https://cooks.io/4uTIzDK
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00:00 Intro
00:26 Bagna Cauda Anchovy Garlic Dip
05:38 Cast-Iron Sausage Lasagna
14:42 Tricolor Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette
20:10 Ice Cream with Amaretto, Instant Espresso, and Amaretti Crumbles
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8 Comments
You don't often see Chia Pets these days. Very nice.
I LOVE the Bob Ross Chia Pet!
Brunette Julia?! This makes me think of when Samantha's mischievous cousin Serena would visit on Bewitched.
Can you get this and another recipes in the 2026 book?
Love the chia pet. Great dinner too TY
Ingredients & measurements for dressing pls thx
I thought you weren’t supposed to cook anything acidic in cast-iron. I realized her pan is probably an enamel, but she says any cast-iron pan will do.
Doesn't the acidity of the tomato sauce dissolve some of the cast iron seasoning? I'm near certain I did this once making sloppy joe's and made a mental note to never do it again.