Author: portem81

Traditional
Ingredients

Meat : Beef, chicken, lamb, pork and more types of meat are consumed like a second dish in Italy. Usually, is served along with vegetables or legumes,. The most popular recipes they prepare with meat are Braised Chicken, Meatballs in tomato sauce, Steaks, Spareribs and Ossobuco.
Bread :Italy has 20 regions and each one produces their own bread. So, Italy has, at least, 20 different types of bread. It is used to make many of the traditional dishes such as focaccia. Focaccia is a flat bread topped with several ingredients and herbs, similar to pizza but without a sauce.
Pasta : Italy has as many types of pasta .long pasta, short pasta, filled pasta, baked pasta, fresh pasta… The most popular types of pasta are spaghetti, fusilli, ravioli, lasagna, penne, fettuccine, pappardelle, etc.
Pasta comes in many different colours. And shapes .Most pasta is cream-colored, but some is made using spinach making it green, red pasta that is made using tomato, gray pasta that is made using squid ink.

Traditional Recipe

Traditional Tomato sauce
Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil
1 garlic clove crushed
400g chopped tomatoes
1/2 veg stock cube
1 tbsp tomato puree
1 tspn sugar
Few basil leaves
Method
Heat oil in pan, add garlic and fry for 1 minute.
Add all other ingredients except the basil leaves, bring to the boil.
Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes.
Tear basil leaves and stir into sauce.

Foods of the World
Italy

Lewis Fitzpatrick 2P3

Italy
Interesting facts

Traditional Dishes

Traditional Ingredients

Location :Italy has more than 7,600km (4,722miles) of coast line as the peninsula is located for a large part in the Mediterranean sea.
History: Rome its capital city today was founded in 753BC. After the Roman Empire broke down in 395AD, there were many separate kingdoms and city states. However, Italy became one nation only in 1861 and since then includes the islands of Sicily and Sardegna.
Food :Traditional Italian main dishes contain: pork and beef, seafood as well as potatoes, rice and pasta (wheat and egg noodles) products and of course, tomatoes.

There are many popular foods traditional to Italy
Pizza— Probably the most famous Italian dish, it was invented in Napoli/Naples around 1860 . Usually baked in a woodfire oven , bases can be thin or deep pan.
Another popular pizza is Calzone. This is folded up pizza bread filled with tomatoes, ham, cheese and all kinds of fillings.
Pasta : Fettuccine al pomodoro This is northern Italy's response to spaghetti al pomodoro; the typical, not-too-thin egg pasta is seasoned with a rich, slowly-cooked tomato sauce (with or without meat;) and flavoured with a generous amount of freshly grated Parmesan or Grana Padano cheese.
Gelato : Italian ice cream. Gelato is made with a base of milk, cream, and sugar, and flavoured with fruit and nut purees and other flavourings.

Pesto: thick green sauce with olives, herbs and olive oil, pine kernels and parmiggiano cheese.
Tomato :Italy is a big producer of them. There are more than three hundred types e.g Cherry, Principe Borghese, San Marzano, Pomodorino, etc
Olive oil : is the most consumed liquid in Italy. It is called liquid gold for the importance that it has in the history of Italian cuisine.
Basil : This particular herb is one of the most famous and used in a variety of Italian dishes to add distinct flavour.
Cheese : Italian cheese is more than Mozzarella and Parmesan. each one has its own prominence in every Italian recipe. For example, Mozzarella is perfect for pizza, Burrata and Pecorino for salad, Parmesan for pasta or risotto, Ricotta for fritters and Mascarpone for dessert (e.g tiramisu).