We have always loved traveling in Italy. There is the romantic water city of Venice and the ancient city of Rome. This place is very desirable, but if there is something that makes people covetous here, it must be the famous Italian feast.
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The Italian feast is very rich, and has its own eating order, which is very particular. It is mostly based on potatoes and potatoes, and is very popular with people from all over the world. So, let’s learn about this Italian feast together!
An authentic Italian dinner is generally divided into five courses: appetizer (Antipasto), first course (Primi), second course (Secondi), dessert (Dolce) and coffee (Caffè).
Appetizers Most appetizers in Italy are cold cuts, and the basic ingredients are nothing more than raw meat, bread, cheese and vegetables.
At first glance, this combination is not amazing, but once paired with simple seasonings, the effect is often addictive.
Bruschetta toasts the bread briefly and tops it with tomatoes, basil leaves, garlic, onions and buffalo mozzarella.
The crispiness of the bread and the freshness of the side dishes are combined together. Add olive oil before eating, and the cooking aroma is incomparable.
Prosciuttoe Melone puts salty ham slices on top of sweet melon. The two flavors interpenetrate each other when eating, making it unforgettable.
Insalata Caprese In addition to the above two meat and vegetable appetizers, Insalata Caprese is also a classic Italian cold dish that appears very frequently.
It mainly consists of buffalo mozzarella, tomatoes and basil leaves.
The colors of the three ingredients (white, red, and green) coincide with the three colors of the Italian flag, giving this Italian cold dish a unique meaning.
If you are a meat lover, ordering the Antipasti Assortiti, which features a selection of hams and sausages, will satisfy all your meat cravings.
The first course: After appetizers to satisfy our hunger, we get to the point.
Generally speaking, the first and second courses are the essence of the entire set of Italian dishes and are also the most important criteria for considering whether a restaurant is authentic or not.
Italian first courses mainly consist of various pastas and risotto.
The second course includes a variety of seafood and meat.
Let’s talk about pasta first. Since you have come to Italy, you must try it. It is said that it is better to taste it than to hear it a hundred times.
Pasta is made from durum wheat flour and can be roughly divided into long noodles, wide noodles, short noodles, flower noodles, micro noodles and stuffed noodles in terms of shape.
Noodles alone are not enough, you also need sauce.
Sauces are generally divided into four types: red sauce, green sauce, white sauce and dark sauce.
Different pasta shapes and sauces, as well as differences in season and region, create thousands of pasta combinations.
Roman Cheese Bacon (Spaghettialla Carbonara) Bolognese Bolognese (Tagliatelleal Ragu) Lasagne (Lasagne) Neapolitan Fireworks Noodles (Spaghettialla Puttanesca) Venetian Squid Ink Noodles (Vermicellial Nerodi Seppia) Italian Seafood Spaghetti (Spaghettiallo Scoglio) The first course: In addition to rice, Italians also
For meals, Italian risotto is called Risotto.
Although there are not as many combinations of risotto as there are noodles, its cooking process adheres to the most common point of Italian cuisine, which is "pay attention to".
During the cooking process of RisottoallaMilanese, the uncooked rice absorbs the aroma of olive oil, onions, wine and stock in turn, and requires the chef to stir patiently and continuously under the precise heat. Add butter before putting it in the pot to let the butter cook.
The rice melts in the residual heat.
Then add seafood, mushrooms, vegetables, meat or cheese according to different tastes.
A good risotto should be cooked but not mushy, chewy and chewy, and have a creamy cooking aroma brought by butter.
The most famous risotto is RisottoallaMilanese.
It consists of onions, saffron, cream, Parmesan cheese, butter and white wine.