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Italian Dishes
For many people, the food is the main reason why they choose to visit Italy. Even though there are Italian eateries all over the world, and it's hard to imagine that someone has never eaten pizza or spaghetti, when you come to Italy you discover the Italian cuisine anew. Here, the dishes are prepared from fresh ingredients and served right away, which makes for their unique taste. Lasagne, Tortellini, and Risotto taste the way they should only in Italy; not to mention exquisite Italian desserts such as Zabaglione, Panna Cotta and Tiramisu. They're truly heavenly delights.
It's hard to believe that early versions of pizza were eaten in the area of the Mediterrenean already at the very beginning of the European civilisation. The first proper pizza, Pizza Margherita, was developed in the 18th Century as a cheap but...
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In Italian,
spaghetti literally means “little strings.” This symbol of Italian culinary tradition stopped being property of its inventor long ago. Today, cities and regions all over the world develop their own dishes based on these long and...
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Traditional lasagne is a dish made of alternate layers of sheeted pasta, cheese, tomato sauce, and ragu, a kind of meat. Its name is thought to derive from an old Latin word meaning “cooking pot.” Though the speciality has always been thought of as...
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This type of pasta is easy to recognise because of its characteristic ring-like shape. Typically filled with meat and Parmesan cheese, tortellini are best served in home-made broth with cream. A legend traces the origin of this delightful kind of...
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Risotto is one of the favourite dishes of northern Italy and a pillar of cuisine of Milan. Rice was brought to Italy in the 10th Century, most probably by Arab conquerors of Sicily. Five centuries later, the plant was welcomed in the north of the...
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A great favourite of all healthy food buffs around the world, Caprese-style salad is simple yet delicious. Made of slices of fresh mozzarella, plum tomatoes and basil, it reproduces the colours of Italy's national flag. The recipe actually involves...
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One of the best known Italian soups, minestrone is a rich and filling broth or cream made of vegetables and, depending on the region, pasta or rice. The dish emerged as one of the basic meals of Italian
cucina povera, which is the “cuisine of...
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In Italian,
straciatella means 'torn-apart'. Though around the world the term invariably evokes associations with the popular ice-cream flavour, within Italy it's mostly used in reference to a dish of a quite different category. Straciatella...
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