italian cuisine

Italian cuisine is known for its regional diversity, especially between the north and the south of the Italian peninsula
Italian cuisine is known for its regional diversity, especially between the north and the south. It offers an abundance of taste, and is one of the most popular and copied in the world. It influenced several cuisines around the world, chiefly that of the United States. Italian cuisine is generally characterized by its simplicity, with many dishes having only two to four main ingredients. Italian cooks rely chiefly on the quality of the ingredients rather than on elaborate preparation.

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    Recipe Barolo Wine Beef Stew

    Serves 4, Preparation time 10 mins + 4 hours marinating, Cooking time 45 mins 1 kg and 1/2 of beef shoulder 200 ml of meat stock 1 bottle of Barolo red wine 1 celery stalk 2 onions Cloves, 4 2 carrots 3 bay leaves (1 minced) flour, 2 spoons unsalted butter, 30 g Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Evoo, 3...
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    Recipe Pumpkin Shortcrust Pastry Chocolate Crostata

    Crostata is one of the oldest desserts of the Italian tradition, a rustic dessert composed of a short pastry base covered with fresh fruit or jam, chocolate or all kind of creams and other combinations, usually with the addition of thin strips of intertwined short pastry, but also covered with...
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    Recipe Apulian Wheat Berries with Pomegranate and Mulled Wine

    Serves: 4 | Preparation time 5 mins + 24-48 h to soak | Cooking time: 45-50 mins Dried wheat berries: 500 g Dark chocolate: 100 g Pomegranates: 1 Walnuts or almonds: 4 tbsp Mulled Wine (slow-cooked, non-fermented grape must): to taste Method Thoroughly rinse the wheat berries under cold...
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    My Ancestry: not as Italian as I thought!

    A cousin of mine is on a quest to figure out "how Italian" my family is. Our dads (brothers) were born in northern Italy. My mom was born in Massachusetts, but her ancestors were from Italy and Ireland. This usually results in a mathematical calculation of "75% Italian / 25% Irish". But, of...
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    Recipe Beaten Egg Yolk, Italian Granny’s Afternoon Snack

    This is not Zabaione. This is called ‘Uovo Sbattuto‘ in Italian, basically raw beaten yolk egg with sugar, stricktly not cooked, that it was given to kids by the Italian grannies as a snack or for breafast, usually in a tea cup or in a glass. It’s a simple and genuine treat that in Italy recalls...
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  18. Frico: potato, onion, cheese pie.jpeg

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