La Cucina Italiana

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La Cucina Italiana
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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

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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

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• Antipasti starters
• Primi piatti pasta / rice
• Secondi piatti meat, often veal, chicken or
  rabbit
• Contorni vegetarian dishes
• Dolci desserts

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• 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!

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LItalia del Nord

• Typical products Prodotti tipici
• Rice Risotto
• Corn Polenta
• Butter
• Cheeses
• Taleggio, mascarpone, ribiola, Grana Padano,
  gorgonzola
• Sausages, steakes
• Fish, seafood
• Influenced by southern France and Austria

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Piatti famosi del Nord

• Lombardia
• Risotto alla milanese
• Osso bucco con gremolata
• Bresaola, pancetta, salsicce, salame
• Tiramisù drag-me-up, panettone

• Liguria
• Pesto
• Foccaccia
• Gnocchi

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• Emilia-Romagna
• Bolognese sauce ragù
• Parmigiana alle melanzane
• Parmigiano parmesan
• Parma ham, culatello, mortadella
• Zuppa inglese

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LItalia Centrale

• Prodotti tipici
• Pork, lamb
• Black truffles
• Beans white and red
• Olive oil
• Fresh pasta
• Famous wines

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Prodotti famosi dellItalia Centrale

• Lazio
• Vegetarian food
• Sheep and goat milk cheeses
• Artichokes
• Green peas
• Toscana
• Ribollito
• Zabaglione
• Chianti

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LItalia del Sud

• The real Italian food
• Prodotti tipici
• Dried pasta
• Tomatoes, eggplant
• Olive oil
• Mozzarella di bufala, provola
• Peperoncino-spiced meat, salami
• Pizza
• Fish, seafood

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Piatti famosi del Sud

• Campania
• Pizza Pizza Margherita
• Insalata caprese
• Pasta ai frutti di mare, ai quattro formaggi...
• Different stews

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• Sicilia
• Pasta alla siciliana
• Famous lemons
• La granita
• Ricotta

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Da bere

• Red and white wines
• Grappa liquor from rests of grapes, north Italy
  
• Limoncello lemon liqueur, Capri
• Amaretto

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Caffè

• Espresso
• Doppio, macchiato
• Cappuccino
• Caffè latte
• Latte macchiato
• Caffè mocca

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Buon Appetito!