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Ciambotta or giambotta is a summer vegetable stew of southern Italian cuisine.The dish has different regional spellings; [1] [2] it is known as ciambotta or ciambrotta in Calabria and elsewhere, [2] [3] ciammotta in Basilicata [3] and Calabria, [2] cianfotta or ciambotta in Campania [3] [2] and Lazio, [3] and ciabotta in Abruzzo.
A key characteristic of Italian cuisine is its simplicity, with many dishes made up of few ingredients, and therefore Italian cooks often rely on the quality of the ingredients, rather than the complexity of preparation. [16] [17] Italian cuisine is at the origin of a turnover of more than €200 billion worldwide. [18]
Food writer Alan Davidson and food blogger and historian Luca Cesari have both stated that carbonara was born in Rome around 1944, just after the liberation of the city, probably because of the bacon that flowed in quantity with the U.S. Army. [18] [19] Cesari adds that the dish is mentioned in an Italian movie from 1951, [20] while the first ...
The most famous rice dish is the sartù di riso, a sort of timballo made with rice, stuffed with chicken livers, sausage, little meatballs, fior di latte or provola, peas, mushrooms, and with Neapolitan ragù, or, in the white version (in bianco) with béchamel sauce. In the cuisine of the poor, rice is also cooked as riso e verza (lit.
Polenta (/ p ə ˈ l ɛ n t ə, p oʊ ˈ-/, Italian:) [2] [3] is an Italian dish of boiled cornmeal that was historically made from other grains. It may be allowed to cool and solidify into a loaf that can be baked, fried, or grilled.
Cannoli. Some food historians place the origins of cannoli in 827–1091 in Caltanissetta, Sicily, by the concubines of princes looking to capture their attention. [10] [11] This period marks the Arab rule of the island, known then as the Emirate of Sicily, giving rise to the theory that the etymology stemmed from the Arabic word qanawāt, 'tubes', in reference to their tube-shaped shells.
The Italian word frittata derives from friggere and roughly means 'fried'. This was originally a general term for cooking eggs in a frying pan (or skillet in the US), anywhere on the spectrum from fried egg, through conventional omelette, to an Italian version of the Spanish omelette, made with fried potato.
Bruschetta (/ b r uː ˈ s k ɛ t ə / broo-SKET-ə, [1] Italian: [bruˈsketta] ⓘ) is an Italian appetizer consisting of grilled bread topped with garlic, olive oil, and salt. Most commonly it is served with toppings of tomatoes, vegetables, beans, cured meat or cheese. In Italy, bruschetta is often prepared using a brustolina grill.