La Cucina Italiana
Introduzione
• The Italian cuisine is divided
into three parts: the North,
Central and South
• Great regional differences
• Main ingredients are: pasta,
rice, vegetables, meat,
seafood and different dairy
products
A tavola
• Breakfast – colazione:
caffé latte or cappuccino with biscuits, crackers or a
muffin
• Lunch – pranzo:
around 2 pm, a plate of pasta or rice (primo piatto) and
maybe meat afterwards (secondo piatto)
• Dinner – cena:
8-11 pm, a menu of many different dishes, e.g. salad,
meat, French fries, pizza
• Antipasti – starters
• Primi piatti – pasta / rice
• Secondi piatti – meat,
often veal, chicken or
rabbit
• Contorni – vegetarian
dishes
• Dolci – desserts
• Different kinds of food are not mixed but
eaten separately
• Most Italians eat both lunch and dinner
at home
• Food is VERY important for the Italians
– they live to eat!
L’Italia del Nord
Typical products – Prodotti tipici
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Rice Risotto
Corn Polenta
Butter
Cheeses:
• Taleggio, mascarpone, ribiola, Grana Padano, gorgonzola
• Sausages, steakes
• Fish, seafood
• Influenced by southern France and Austria
Piatti famosi del Nord
Lombardia
• Risotto alla milanese
• Osso bucco con
gremolata
• Bresaola, pancetta,
salsicce, salame
• Tiramisù –”drag-meup”, panettone
Liguria
• Pesto
• Foccaccia
• Gnocchi
Emilia-Romagna
• Bolognese sauce –
ragù
• Parmigiana alle
melanzane
• Parmigiano –
parmesan
• Parma ham,
culatello, mortadella
• Zuppa inglese
L’Italia Centrale
Prodotti tipici
• Pork, lamb
• Black truffles
• Beans – white and
red
• Olive oil
• Fresh pasta
• Famous wines
Prodotti famosi dell’Italia
Centrale
Lazio
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Vegetarian food
Sheep and goat milk
cheeses
Artichokes
Green peas
Toscana
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Ribollito
Zabaglione
Chianti
L’Italia del Sud
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The ”real” Italian food
Prodotti tipici
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Dried pasta
Tomatoes, eggplant
Olive oil
Mozzarella di bufala,
provola
Peperoncino-spiced meat,
salami
Pizza
Fish, seafood
Piatti famosi del Sud
Campania
• Pizza – Pizza
Margherita
• Insalata caprese
• Pasta ai frutti di
mare, ai quattro
formaggi...
• Different stews
Sicilia
• Pasta alla siciliana
• Famous lemons
• La granita
• Ricotta
Da bere
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Red and white wines
Grappa – liquor from rests of grapes, north Italy
Limoncello – lemon liqueur, Capri
Amaretto
Caffè
• Espresso
• Doppio, macchiato
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Cappuccino
Caffè latte
Latte macchiato
Caffè mocca
Buon Appetito!