Italy
5 topics — topics in this category.
Pizza Margherita
Naples' most famous gift to the world: a blistered wood-fired crust with San Marzano tomato, fior di latte mozzarella, fresh basil and olive oil — the colors of the Italian flag. Ingredients: pizza dough (flour, water, y…
Risotto alla Milanese
Milan's golden saffron risotto: creamy Carnaroli rice, slowly stirred with butter, white wine, broth and Parmigiano, tinted gold by saffron. Ingredients: Carnaroli rice, saffron threads, onion, butter, dry white wine, ho…
Osso Buco
Milanese braised veal shanks, slow-cooked until the meat falls from the bone and the marrow is spooned from the center. Ingredients: veal shanks, flour, onion, carrot, celery, white wine, tomato paste, broth, bay leaf, l…
Spaghetti alla Carbonara
Rome's most debated pasta: spaghetti glossed with a silky, pepper-flecked sauce of egg yolk, Pecorino Romano and crisp guanciale — never cream. Ingredients: spaghetti, guanciale (cured pork cheek), egg yolks, Pecorino Ro…
Tiramisu
The Veneto's cloud of coffee and mascarpone: espresso-soaked ladyfingers layered with a zabaglione-whipped mascarpone cream and dusted with cocoa. Ingredients: savoiardi ladyfingers, strong espresso, mascarpone, eggs, su…
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