Pasta also cooked nowadays in the Filipino kitchen, like carbonara, pasta with alfredo sauce, and baked macaroni. These dishes are usually cooked for gatherings and special occasions, like family reunions or Christmas. Macaroni or other tube pasta is also used in "sopas", a local chicken broth soup. "Fettuccine alfredo" with cream, cheese and butter, and spaghetti with tomato sauce (with or without meat) are popular Italian-style dishes in the United States. In Australia, boscaiola sauce, based on bacon and mushrooms, is one favorite among many. Although numerous variations of ingredients for different pasta products are known, in Italy the commercial manufacturing
Pasta mollicata the pan and cooked on high heat for about fifteen minutes. Finally, after draining the salty pasta and making it stir-fry with a bit of cacioricotta cheese, the dish is seasoned with more fresh cacioricotta, oil and some hot pepper. Pasta mollicata, like other “poor dishes”, has many seasonal variations. Particular preparations include replacing onions with fresh leeks. There are also some preparations in which chopped nuts and/or fresh mushrooms are added to the basic seasoning. Pasta mollicata Pasta mollicata (pasta with breadcrumbs) is a traditional Basilicata dish that is prepared all over the South of Italy. Compared to other