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 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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  14. Frico: potato, onion, cheese pie.jpeg

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    Recipe Tiella Barese

    Serves: 4 | Preparation time: 20 mins | Cooking time: 50-60 mins Mussels, with their shell: 1 kg Potatoes, with yellow flesh: 800 g Carnaroli or Arborio or Roma rice: 350 g Cherry tomatoes: 200 g Pecorino, grated: 180 g White onions, medium-sized: 1 Extra virgin olive oil (EVOO): 6 tbsp...
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    Recipe Olive all’Ascolana, Meat-Stuffed Fried Green Olives

    Olive all’Ascolana, stuffed fried green olives, a typical recipe from the region Le Marche, Central Italy, in particular from the town of Ascoli Piceno from which they take the name ‘ascolane’. It is a recipe that has its roots in the ‘800. They are served as a starter or even as an aperitif...
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