Italian dishes: names and recipes

Dishes of Italian cuisine have firmly entered our lives. Many of them have earned worldwide recognition. At the same time, we must understand that Italian cuisine is not only pasta and pizza. Today we will look at interesting and delicious Italian dishes whose names are familiar to many: spaghetti, tiramisu, ravioli, lasagna, etc. Moreover, cooking them at home is not at all difficult.

Italian dishes: recipes with photos

Let's start with the bruschetta. This is a traditional Central Italian dish. We have such a dish called antipasti appetizer. It is served before main courses in order to increase appetite. A distinctive feature of a bruschetta from an ordinary toast or sandwich is that first slices of bread are dried on the grill or in a pan (of course, without butter). Ciabatta is best for snacks.

So, for cooking you will need:

• olive oil;
• garlic - 1 clove;
• spice;
• Ciabatta - 1 pc.;
• spices;
• balsamic vinegar;
• large tomato - 1 pc.

We proceed to cooking:

1. First cut the ciabatta in half, dry it on the grill (or in the oven, or in a frying pan without oil).
2. Then take the garlic, peel it and grind it on a grater (fine).
3. Grind greens too.
4. Next, rub garlic bread with a little greens. Top it with oil (olive).
5. Take a tomato, cut into small cubes, combine with chopped herbs, pour vinegar and oil, add spices and mix everything.

Then put spicy greens on toasted bread. Everything, the dish is ready, and it can be served on the table.

Ravioli

Enumerating Italian dishes (their photos are presented in the article), one cannot miss the view of ravioli. This dish is very popular in many regions of Italy. Sometimes ravioli is compared to dumplings. But there are differences between these dishes:

• Ravioli is a universal dish. It belongs to both desserts and second courses.
• The original form. Ravioli can be in the form of a crescent, circle or square.
• They can be prepared in different ways: fry, cook, etc.
• Ravioli is always eaten fresh. For the future, Italians do not procure them.
• Ravioli served with sauces, olives.
• The dough for these products should be very thin (no more than 1 mm).

Mushroom Ravioli Recipe

For cooking you will need:

• olive oil - 1 tbsp. l .;
• flour (from durum wheat) - 200 grams;
• eggs - 3 pcs. (2 for the test, 1 for the filling);
• salt;
• butter - fifty grams;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• champignons - 250 grams.

Cooking process:

1. First, sift the flour into a bowl, in the center make a small hole, beat in two eggs, pour in the butter.
2. Then salt everything and thoroughly beat the mixture, gradually add flour, while stirring. The result should be a homogeneous dough. Put it on a cutting board, which should be sprinkled with flour in advance. Knead the dough for fifteen minutes.
3. Then wrap it with cling film and refrigerate for 20 minutes.
4. Now start cooking the filling. To do this, take the mushrooms and onions, chop finely.
5. Next, melt the butter in a pan, put the mushrooms and vegetables, fry until evaporating liquid. Then let cool, salt and pepper.
6. Now go back to the test. Roll it into 2 thin seams of rectangular shape. Put the stuffing on one, and coat the empty parts with an egg, then cover everything with a second layer. Press firmly.
7. Next, cut the ravioli of the desired shape with a knife.
8. Put a pot of water on the fire, lower the finished products into it. Cook after floating for 10 minutes.

Panna cotta

Considering Italian dishes, one can not help but remember about sweet foods. Panna Cotta is a delicate dessert made from gelatin, cream, vanilla and sugar.

To prepare it you will need:

• milk and cream - one glass each;
• zest of 1 lemon;
• chocolate balls (for decoration);
• sugar - half a glass;
• vanilla sugar - one teaspoon;
• freshly frozen strawberries - 250 grams;
• gelatin - 8 grams (about 1 tablespoon).

We start cooking:

1. Soak gelatin in cold water first.
2. After it swells, put it in a water bath.
3. Next, combine cream and sugar (2 tbsp), zest and vanilla sugar. Warm the mass on fire to 80 degrees.
4. Then remove it from the heat and add the gelatin. Mix well.
5. Now take the molds and pour the mass on them. Then put it in the refrigerator for three to four hours.
6. To make the sauce, first defrost the strawberries. Then grind it with a blender. How much sugar to add? Choose for yourself, depending on how sweet your berries are. Leave a couple of spoons of sugar. Make powder out of them.
7. Now remove the desserts from the molds, turn them over on a plate, pour over the sauce, then decorate with chocolate balls and powder.

Caprese Salad

This dish got its name in honor of the island of Capri. This dish is not only tasty, but also patriotic, because each ingredient symbolizes one of the colors of the flag of Italy.

To prepare the dish we need:

• olive oil - 2 tbsp;
• balsamic vinegar - 1 tbsp;
• salt;
• basil leaves;
• Cherry - 7 pcs.;
• Mozzarella.

Cooking:

1. Rinse basil leaves, dry. Do the same with tomatoes.
2. Then cut the cherry into circles.
3. Cut fresh mozzarella into slices.
4. Now lay out the salad: first the basil in a circle, then onto the cherry leaves and cheese.
5. At the end, season the dish with salt, spices and pepper.
6. Then pour vinegar and oil. The dish is ready to eat.

Tiramisu

It is impossible to describe Italian dishes and not remember about tiramisu. This is one of the most popular desserts, not only in Italy, but throughout the world.

Translated, its name means "pull me up." Some people suggest they called it dessert because of its high calorie content.

To prepare, you need:

• sugar - 200 grams;
• Savoyardi cookies - 400 grams;
• cream (fat content 35%) - 500 ml;
• dark chocolate - 25 grams;
• Espresso coffee - 200 ml;
• mascarpone - 500 grams;
• eggs - ten pieces;
• cocoa powder;
• cognac - 30 grams.

Dessert preparation:

1. First separate the yolks from the proteins. In the future, we will not use proteins.
2. Next, beat the yolks with sugar (it should completely dissolve). Then add mascarpone to this mixture and mix (do it carefully).
3. Whip the cream separately . Then gently pour them into the cream.
4. In coffee, add sugar (1 tablespoon) and cognac.
5. Now collect the dessert. Put cream in a glass, then cookies soaked in coffee. Then add another layer of cream and cookies. The last layer should also be from the cream.
6. Garnish the dessert with chocolate chips and cocoa powder. Put the dish in the refrigerator for seven or more hours.

Meat Lasagna

If we talk about what popular Italian dishes exist, then first of all I recall lasagna. Such a dish is traditional for the city of Bologna.

To prepare, you need:

• tomato paste - 200 grams;
• sausage - 500 grams;
• greens (basil, parsley, etc.);
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• minced meat (preferably beef) - 500 grams;
• sugar - 2 tbsp;
• Parmesan cheese - 200 grams;
• lasagna plates (sheets) - 12 pcs.;
• tomatoes (mashed) - 1 can;
• fresh nutmeg;
• ricotta cheese - 500 grams;
• chopped onions - 100 grams.

We start cooking:

1. In a deep pan, place sausage, minced meat, onion, garlic. Fry until the meat turns brown.
2. Then add sugar, tomato paste, tomatoes, spices, herbs and water (half a cup). Then mix and let simmer for one hour.
3. Take the lasagna plates, put in hot water for 15 minutes.
4. Grate ricotta cheese, add ½ nutmeg, egg, greens and mix.
5. Pour 1/3 of the meat sauce into a special dish. On top of it lay 6 pieces of soaked lasagna plates.
6. Spread the cheese mixture on top. Then sprinkle 1/3 of the parmesan (grated).
7. Then repeat the same only with a different layer: meat sauce, plates (6 pcs.), Cheese sauce, parmesan.
8. Do the third layer like this: first pour the remaining meat sauce, then sprinkle everything with grated cheese.
9. Now cover the dish with foil and place in the oven for 25 minutes. After the time has passed, remove the foil and bake the same amount.

Spaghetti

Describing Italian dishes, I want to dwell on such a dish as spaghetti. They are often served with tomato sauce. Now we will look at how spaghetti is made with minced meat.

We will need the following ingredients:

• tomatoes - 250 grams;
• minced meat and spaghetti - 400 grams each;
• pepper;
• onions - 150 grams;
• salt;
• carrots - 200 grams;
• vegetable oil.

We proceed to cooking.

1. First, grate the carrots, chop the onions, cut the tomatoes into cubes.
2. Heat the pan, put the onion, fry for 5 minutes, add the carrots, fry the same amount.
3. Next, add the tomatoes. Then fry for another five minutes.
4. Then add the minced meat, pepper, salt the dish. Simmer until cooked for 30 minutes under the lid.
5. Next, cook the spaghetti to the degree of "al dente" (undigested inside). Throw it in a colander. Then add them to the minced meat, stir, then 5 minutes. Then serve.

Pizza

We described some recipes for Italian dishes, deciding to leave the last known pizza. Perhaps today everyone knows that this dish is a round open flat cake with a filling. We will look at how such a dish is made using the Margarita pizza as an example.

For this dish we need the following products:

• flour (wheat) - 450 grams;
• basil leaf - 3 pcs.;
• tomatoes (peeled) and mozzarella - 200 grams each;
• salt;
• olive oil - 100 ml;
• brewer's yeast - 30 grams.

Consider the cooking process:

1. Dice the tomatoes and mozzarella first.
2. Then sift the flour, add salt (a pinch), yeast diluted in water (250 ml), as well as olive oil (4 tbsp.)
3. Knead a uniform dough, leave to approach for an hour.
4. Then mash it, sprinkle with flour, roll and form two round layers. They must be laid out on a 24 cm baking sheet greased with olive oil. Leave for another hour.
5. Rinse greens, chop.
6. After the time has passed, put the tomatoes, mozzarella on the dough, salt on top, add a little olive oil. Put in the oven for about 15 minutes. Then remove the pizza and sprinkle with herbs.

Conclusion

Now you know what are the popular dishes of Italian cuisine. We told you the recipes for cooking them so that you can cook such dishes in your kitchen. Successful culinary experiments!