Italian Food Recipes
Pasta and pizza are in everyone’s minds when talking about Italian recipes and those are the most popular. Italian cooking is much more varied, as different areas have their own regional dishes.
You will find polenta and risottos in the north of Italy, bean casseroles in the Tuscan region and salami in Calabria. Butter and cream are central to recipes from the north, while tomato and olive oil are omnipresent in the south. Not even pasta and pizza were created equal along Italy. Big pasta tubes, like rigatoni, are preferred in the south; stuffed pasta shapes, like ravioli, are a specialty of the northern regions, while tagliatelle predominates in the center; spaghetti is found everywhere. Pizza bases are thick in Sicily and Naples and thin in Rome.
Italian recipes
A traditional Italian meal will start with antipasto –appetizers, they may come hot or cold- followed by two courses, salad or vegetables as a side dish, dessert, with coffee and liquors to provide closure. The first course is the most filling, usually risotto or pasta, becoming effectively the main course. The second course is light.
Meatball recipes
Italian meatballs with tomato sauce
Pasta recipes
Planning your own Italian dinner? Some ideas about how to lay the table, Italian style, to create the perfect mood. Looking at the wines in Italy, a brief description of most porpular Italian wines, will help you choose your Italian wine in a restaurant or for a home Italian dinner.
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