¿Do you know the most typical dishes of Italian gastronomy? If every time you go to an Italian restaurant for lunch or dinner you stick to the famous pizza or its traditional pasta, today we want to present you with other options full of flavor, colors and tradition.
The Italian one is a varied and Mediterranean cuisine that has many elaborations that are worth trying. Take note of the following suggestions for your next departure.
Dare to know what are the most typical dishes of the country of the boot and scrub them without reservation.
Lasagna
Lasagna is one of the typical dishes of Italy that has had a powerful in the world.
This dish is prepared by interspersing square sheets of pasta, meat and bechamel sauce. There are also other versions that are prepared with tuna or chicken, or in which the pasta is exchanged for vegetables.
In addition, it is added grated mozzarella cheese to gratify when baking.
It is recommended to order it accompanied by a delicious Caesar salad and bread.
Bruschetta
If you want to try a delicious and versatile dish, bruschetta is an excellent option.
The recipe consists of slices of toast covered with extra virgin olive oil, ground paprika and garlic.
Its popularity has allowed various adaptations of this recipe to exist.
Therefore you can find bruschettas with tomato, mozzarella cheese, artichokes, dried tomato, pecorino cheese, meat, basil, sausages or beans. Or interesting combinations of the previous ones.
Stuffed cuttings
The stuffed cuttlefish are an exquisiteness that you find among the typical dishes of Italy.
These relatives of the mollusks fill with prawn mixtures with Parmesan cheese or egg with capers, cheese and garlic.
What is certain is that, again, cheese is not lacking in this recipe.
They are fried in bacon oil so that they absorb their flavor. They are also sprayed with lemon juice and olive oil to accentuate their flavors.
Grissinis
Grissinis cannot be missed when serving appetizers, brunch or salty snacks.
They are crisp sticks prepared with a dough of wheat flour. Tires are made with the dough and baked until golden.
They are eaten with creams, spread cheese, sauces, sausages, pates, jam and antipastos.
They can be prepared with a natural flavor or add ingredients such as oregano, Parmesan cheese, dried tomato, olives, onion or paprika to the mixture.
Risotto
The risotto is another of the iconic dishes that are part of Italian gastronomy and that surely you have already tried in many places. But if you have the opportunity to try it in a good Italian restaurant, do not miss it.
Its main ingredients are rice and Parmesan cheese, which gives it an excellent flavor.
From its cooking you get a plate with a creamy consistency.
Risotto is not only made with Parmesan cheese. Other types of cheese can be added, in addition to garlic, olive oil, chunky onion, vegetables, mushrooms, white wine or seafood.
This recipe is ideal to eat like a main dish or as a garnish for chicken, vegetables and beef.
Faina with meat and aubergine
Continuing with the important role that pizza has as one of the typical dishes of Italy, we find delicious versions of this dish, like the fainá.
Instead of using the classic wheat flour dough, is prepared with chickpea flour. Season with salt and pepper.
Although there is freedom to add the ingredients you want, the classic combination includes beef and aubergines.
Carpaccio
Carpaccio cannot be missing from the list of typical Italian dishes. This elaboration is simplicity made flavor.
This dish consists of salmon or raw laminated beef. It is marinated with a mixture of olive oil and lemon juice, although vinegar can also be used.
It is served with basil, Parmesan cheese, onion slices, salt and pepper.
It can be eaten as a main dish, although it is preferable to enjoy a good carpaccio as an entree.
Ravioli
Ravioli are a type of stuffed pasta very popular throughout Italy.
They are generally square in shape, but can also have other shapes. Its pasta is characterized by carrying plenty of water and little egg. Although their name means “folded”, they are currently prepared with two layers: a base on which the filling is placed and a second upper layer to close the raviolus.
The filling is practically free, but the most traditional are beef, sausage, Parmesan cheese or egg. Those that are filled with ricotta and spinach (typical of the Romagna, Marche, Tuscany and Lazio area) are very popular.
You can find them in almost all Italian food restaurants in a wide variety of sauces.
Agnolotti
Agnolotti are a relevant type of pasta within typical Italian dishes.
They are said to be cousins of the ravioli, thanks to the fact that both are filled and have a similar square shape.
They are filled with beef or pork. Otherwise, they would be ravioli. In addition, they are usually prepared with a single piece of pasta that folds until closed, unlike the two layers of the raviolo.
In addition to meat, the filling can incorporate cabbage, sage, rosemary, Parmesan cheese, garlic, salt and pepper.
They are typical of Piedmont, therefore, the most traditional you can try are the “agnolotti a la Piedmontese.
They are usually served during the festivities, such as Christmas.
Minestrone
Another popular typical Italian dishes is minestrone soup.
Is a broth prepared with a wide variety of vegetables (sometimes also pasta and legumes). It is a thick soup perfect as a main course.
Some of the ingredients added to this recipe are zucchini, diced potatoes, celery, beans, onions, tomato, carrot, basil, and beans.
There are restaurants where they are add bacon, beef, ham, chicken, or bacon. And of course, sprinkled cheese.
Arancini
The popular arancini cannot be missing from the list, served as snacks at meetings and celebrations.
This traditional Italian elaboration is about delicious balls prepared with a mixture of pork, rice, egg, onion, Parmesan cheese and the indispensable saffron. You can also add aubergine or pistachios.
They are filled with peas, cooked ham, mozzarella cheese or tomato sauce. Depending on the restaurant, you can order them fried or baked.
Octopus in purgatory
The octopus in purgatory is a delight in Italian cuisine. It is a typical dish from the Molise area, a region bathed by the Adriatic, which has large fish dishes.
Octopus tentacles are cooked in one casserole with a stew full of flavor.
The stew is made up of white wine, chilli, onion and red pepper. Sometimes this octopus recipe has an intense and interesting spicy flavor thanks to the more use coming from the chilli.
Capresse salad
The capresse salad is fresh and delicious. Also, it is so popular that its place has no discussion among the typical dishes of Italy.
Prepares with sliced tomato, basil leaves, mozzarella cheese sliced, olive oil and salt. Oregano and balsamic vinegar can also be added. Due to its simplicity, high quality ingredients are necessary to enjoy a supreme capresse salad.
Not only is it delicious and fresh, it’s full of color (casually those of the Italian flag) and it is perfect to eat at any time of the day.
Ossobuco
Another typical of Italy, specifically Milan, is the ossobuco, exported worldwide.
It is prepared with beef with its bone. Cooked in a pot with an onion stew, bay leaf, carrot, garlic, tomato, rosemary, pepper, and salt.
Ossobuco meat is cooked until smooth and juicy.
This plate served with rice, stewed potatoes, risotto, or pasta.
Meatballs
If you had to choose which is the most typical dish in Italy, The meatballs would undoubtedly struggle to win the job.
Meatballs are meat balls that are about half a fist of meat.
Cooked at steam, fried or stewed in a saucepan with tomato sauce.
In some regions the meatballs are filled, while in others it is essential to accompany them with a little Parmesan cheese.
Pasta to the carbonara
Pasta is a representative element of Italian gastronomy and one of the country’s indigenous combinations is carbonara.
Its traditional recipe is prepare with egg, pecorino cheese, guanciale, salt and pepper.
Currently, elements have been included in the recipe such as bacon, Parmesan cheese, cream and olive oil. But in good Italian, you will never try these versions.
Focaccia
Sure at some point you’ve heard of focaccia. Well, it is one of the most typical dishes in Italy.
It is a popular bread with a dough similar to that used to prepare pizzas, but it is thicker and no tomato sauce is added.
In order to provide flavor, the focaccia dough has olive oil, rosemary and salt.
It can also be accompanied with vegetables, meats, herbs and sausages. A famous combination is that of roast beef with arugula.
It is perfect for eating at any time of the day, either as an appetizer or as a main course.
Porchetta
Another of our recommendations among the typical Italian dishes that you cannot miss is the porchetta.
It consists of a rolled prepared with boneless pork. It is marinated with herbs, salt, pepper and garlic.
It is cooked in the oven, allowing it to have a crisp layer on the outside and be juicy on the inside.
The porchetta is sliced and served as an appetizer or paninis filler.
Parmigiana
The parmigiana di melanzane or aubergines parmesan is a dish from the south of the country.
The dish consists of breaded aubergine discs that are placed in layers in a bowl together with tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese. Sometimes the sauce can carry minced beef and get a stronger dish that closely resembles lasagna.
Gnocchis
Another typical recipe from Italy that has gone around the world is gnocchis.
They are made with potatoes as a puree to which egg and flour are added until the necessary texture is achieved to model small pieces that are then cooked for a short time.
They are usually served in tomato sauce, gorgonzola cheese or sage.
Pizza
And we have left the star plate for last. Within the gastronomy of Italy and its more typical dishes we could not leave pizza, icon of the icons of Italian cuisine.
It consists of a base prepared with a dough of wheat flour. It is given a characteristic circular shape. Tomato and cheese sauce are spread before adding the other ingredients.
The pizza classic is the daisy, but there are a variety of ingredient combinations worth enjoying. Another of the best known is the pizza from pepperoni.
These can include different types of cheese, mushrooms, vegetables, fish, meat, seafood, fruit, and pickles.