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[11] [12] [13] Italy is home to 395 Michelin star-rated restaurants. [14] [15] The Mediterranean diet forms the basis of Italian cuisine, rich in pasta, fish, fruits and vegetables. [16] Cheese, cold cuts and wine are central to Italian cuisine, and along with pizza and coffee (especially espresso) form part of Italian gastronomic culture. [17]
4 Italian products are traditional speciality guaranteed (TSG). They are: mozzarella [1] and pizza napoletana, [2] amatriciana tradizionale, and vincisgrassi alla maceratese; To which they must be added: 39 Italian products have geographical indication (GI) or IG (indicazione geografica)
Clockwise from top left; some of the most popular Italian foods: Neapolitan pizza, carbonara, espresso, and gelato. Italian cuisine is a Mediterranean cuisine [1] consisting of the ingredients, recipes, and cooking techniques developed in Italy since Roman times, and later spread around the world together with waves of Italian diaspora.
Italian pasta names often end with the masculine plural diminutive suffixes-ini, -elli, -illi, -etti or the feminine plurals -ine, -elle, etc., all conveying the sense of ' little '; or with the augmentative suffixes -oni, -one, meaning ' large '. Other suffixes like -otti ' largish ', and -acci ' rough, badly made ', may also occur. In Italian ...
Name Image Description Tortelli di zucca [10] Tortelli amari: typically from Castel Goffredo [11] Tagliatelle [12] [13] Gnocchi di zucca [14] Capunsei: typically from Alto mantovano [15] Risotto alla pilota: seasoned with salamella [16] Risotto col puntèl: seasoned with salamella, ribs or pork chop [17] Risotto with frogs: seasoned with ...
A dish of spaghetti alla chitarra, a long egg pasta with a square cross-section (about 2–3 mm thick), whose name comes from the tool (the so-called chitarra, literally "guitar") this pasta is produced with, a tool which gives spaghetti its name, shape and a porous texture that allows pasta sauce to adhere well. The chitarra is a frame with a ...
Parmigiano Reggiano Mozzarella di bufala Prosecco Pecorino Prosciutto di San Daniele. Italian Sounding is the marketing phenomenon consisting of words and images, colour combinations (the Italian tricolour), and geographical references for brands that are evocative of Italy to promote and market agri-food products that have nothing to do with Italian cuisine. [1]
Cuccidati (also known variously as buccellati, Italian fig cookies or Sicilian fig cookies) are fig-stuffed cookies originating in the Sicily region of Italy, traditionally served at Christmas time. [1] [2] The outer cookie is pastry dough, covered with icing and typically topped with rainbow sprinkles.