Pasta, Recipes
Pasta & Beans is more of a soup, prepared with different variations throughout Italy, where it spread immediately after the import of the first beans from the Americas, where they were one of the three pillars of native diets, together with maize and squash. At...
Parmesan, Pasta, Recipes
Carbonara Spaghetti is an Italian pasta dish from Rome based on eggs, cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), and black pepper. Spaghetti is usually used as the pasta; however, fettuccine, rigatoni, linguine or bucatini can also...
Mozzarella, Parmesan, Pasta, Recipes
Classic Italian Lasagna made from scratch, bubbling with cheeses, and oozing Bolognese sauce, is easier than you think to make and it is absolutely delicious. The best Classic Italian Lasagna recipe is made with home-made ingredients, including the eggs pasta, meat...
Coffee, Desserts, Panettone, Recipes
Tiramisù with Panettone is a popular coffee-flavored Italian dessert. Tiramisù (meaning “pick me up”) and it is made of ladyfingers dipped in coffee, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, and mascarpone cheese, flavored with cocoa. The recipe has been adapted...
Main course, Recipes
Minestrone is a thick soup of Italian origin made with vegetables, often with the addition of pasta or rice. Common ingredients include; beans, onions, celery, carrots, stock, and tomatoes. There is no set recipe for minestrone since it is usually made out of whatever...
Main course, Recipes
Polenta is a Central European dish, popular in northern Italy, this is the perfect dish to pair with almost anything. Polenta is made when cornmeal is boiled in water, resulting in a grits-like consistency. Once this warm dish is made, it’s baked, grilled, fried, or...
Main course, Mozzarella, Recipes
Pizza Margherita is to many the true Italian flag. According to popular tradition, in 1889, 28 years after the unification of Italy, during a visit to Naples of Queen Margherita of Savoy, wife of King Umberto I, chef Raffaele Esposito of Pizzeria Brandi and his wife...
Parmesan, Recipes, Rice, Rice
Milanese Risotto (or Saffron Risotto) is a north Italian rice dish cooked in a broth to a creamy consistency. The broth can be derived from meat, fish, or vegetable. Many types of risotto contain butter, wine, and onion. It is one of the most common ways of cooking...
Appetizer, Mozzarella, Parmesan, Recipes, Rice, Rice
Rice Arancine are stuffed rice balls, which are coated with breadcrumbs, and fried. Arancini are usually filled with ragù (meat and tomato sauce), mozzarella, and peas. There are a number of local variants that differ in fillings and shape. The name derives from their...
Meat, Recipes
Milanese Cotoletta (Milanese after its place of origin, Milan) is a fried cutlet similar to Wiener schnitzel, but cooked “bone-in”. It is fried in clarified butter only and traditionally uses exclusively milk-fed veal or chicken. ...
Meat, Parmesan, Recipes, Sauces
Polpette (meatballs) in Italy are generally eaten as a main course or in a soup. The main ingredients of an Italian meatball are beef and/or pork and sometimes poultry, salt, black pepper, chopped garlic, olive oil, Romano cheese, eggs, breadcrumbs, and parsley, mixed...
Fish, Recipes
Cacciucco is an Italian fish stew native to the western coastal towns of Tuscany and Liguria. It is especially associated with the port city of Livorno in Tuscany and the town of Viareggio to the north. It is a hearty stew consisting of several different types of fish...
Main course, Mozzarella, Recipes
Calzone is an Italian filled oven pizza, originating in Naples, and shaped as a folded pizza. It resembles a half-moon and is made of salted bread dough. A typical calzone is baked in an oven and stuffed with salami or ham, mozzarella, ricotta, and parmesan or...
Main course, Mozzarella, Parmesan, Recipes
Eggplant Parmigiana called “parmigiana di melanzane” or “melanzane alla parmigiana”, is an Italian dish made with a shallow or deep-fried sliced aubergine filling, layered with cheese and tomato sauce, and then baked. Parmigiana made with a...
Meat, Recipes
Cacciatora Chicken is a typical Italian second course. Cacciatore means “hunter” in Italian. In cuisine, alla cacciatora refers to a meal prepared “hunter-style” with onions, herbs, usually tomatoes, often bell peppers, and sometimes wine. Cacciatore is popularly made...
Appetizer, Mozzarella, Parmesan, Pecorino, Recipes
Piadina Romagnola is a thin Italian flatbread, typically prepared in the Romagna region. It is usually made with white flour, lard or olive oil, salt, and water. The dough was traditionally cooked in a terracotta dish, although nowadays flat pans or electric griddles...
Mushrooms, Parmesan, Recipes, Rice, Rice
Porcini Mushrooms Risotto presses all the right buttons, with intense porcini mushrooms and plump arborio rice. Risotto is a north Italian rice dish cooked in a broth to a creamy consistency. The broth can be derived from meat, fish, or vegetable. Many types of...
Appetizer, Balsamic Vinegar, Parmesan, Recipes
Parmesan easy appetizer: unexpected guest? All you need is a thick Balsamic Vinegar, Parmesan cheese and if you want strawberry or grapes. in the Italian culinary tradition both Parmesan and Vinegar are basic ingredients, with a unique and inimitable flavor and above...
Balsamic Vinegar, Mozzarella, Recipes, Salad
Caprese salad is an extremely simple Italian salad. It consists of sliced fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, basil, and seasoned with salt, and drizzled with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. It was made to resemble the colors of the Italian flag: red, white, and green. In...