National dishes and drinks of Italy

In our article "National dishes and drinks of Italy" we will tell you about the recipes of national dishes from Italy. Italian cuisine is interesting, thanks to originality, ease of cooking, interesting combinations of pasta, seafood, vegetables and its spicy seasonings.

Venetian risotto
The classic dish of Italy is crumbly and fragrant rice with ham and parmesan on meat broth.
Ingredients: 40 grams of oil, 150 grams of rice, clove of garlic, a glass of meat broth, one onion, 100 grams of frozen peas, 50 grams of ham, a glass of meat broth, 100 grams of Parmesan, salt and pepper to taste.

Preparation. We will heat the oil, fry onion, garlic, ham. Add raw rice, peas, salted and put out, adding a broth, you can cook it in a frying pan, but it will be better to cook in the oven. Risotto sprinkled with cheese.

Chicken soup in Italian
Soup with the addition of vegetables on chicken broth is a useful and easy first dish in Italian.
Ingredients: chicken, stalks of celery, carrots, 2 pieces of onion, coriander, 5 pieces of potatoes, juice of one lemon.

Preparation. We put coriander, celery, half of the potatoes (we clean, but do not cut) into the pot, peeled onions, carrots, chicken, poured water, boiled and cooked for one hour. Potatoes and chicken, put in different pots. We shall strain the broth, we will pour off the glass. And pour it into a container with potatoes, mash, let the rest of the broth. The remaining potatoes are cut, add to broth, cook. We cut the meat, add it to the soup and fill it with lemon juice.

Tomato soup with basil and pasta
Sophistication and freshness in combination with satiety and nutrition is a real Italian soup.
Ingredients: 5 tomatoes, 1 onion, 2 cloves of garlic, pepper, basil, salt and a can of white beans. And also olive oil, 200 grams of figured pasta.

Preparation. We will heat the oil, lay out finely chopped garlic and onions, fry. Cut tomatoes, garlic, onions, broth, beans and combine for a quarter of an hour. Let's cook the pasta, put it in the soup. Basil we will rinse, tear off the leaves, crush them and add them to the soup, salt and pepper. Cook for 5 minutes.

Braised squid
Ingredients: 1,5 kg of spinach, 1,2 kg of squid, 5 tablespoons of olive oil, 3 cloves of garlic, 500 grams of tomato, salt.

Preparation. We'll clean and wash and spin the spinach. We'll clean and wash the squid. We cut them into rings with a thickness of about 1 centimeter. We put in a pan with garlic and olive oil and leave to stand. Remove the excess liquid from the vegetables. Add them to the squid, put on the fire with the peeled and cut cubes tomatoes, add a pinch of salt. Cook for 20 minutes over low heat. We take out the garlic and serve the squid in hot form to the table.

Pork with spicy herbs
This delicious juicy meat with a delicious aroma. To the baked pork will be a perfect addition to a glass of Italian red wine.
Ingredients: 1 kilogram of pork, 3 pieces of rosemary, a teaspoon of fennel seeds, 1 lemon, 3 cloves of garlic, a pinch of clove powder, pepper, salt to taste.

Preparation. Mix the pepper, cloves, salt, fennel, lemon zest, rosemary and garlic in a bowl. We will make incisions in the meat with a depth of 1 centimeter, we will put the powder obtained there. We will rub the meat with salt, pepper and thread with threads so that the incisions do not open. Bake the meat on the grill or on the grill for 2 hours. Or bake pork on a baking sheet, around the meat we put the potatoes sprinkled with rosemary.

Pasta with tomato sauce
Italian pasta conquered the whole planet. It should be said that Italians use macaroni of the highest grade, and they certainly eat with vegetables. Probably, it was such an Italian approach that could ensure pasta success. Pasta with tomato sauce is an excellent national dish of Italy.
Ingredients: 500 grams of tomato, 500 grams of Italian spaghetti, 1 onion, 2 pieces of parsley root, 1 carrot, 1 celery, 1 clove of garlic. 200 ml of any broth, 4 tablespoons of olive oil, 1 teaspoon of flour, 2 sprigs of basil, 2 pieces of parsley root, ground red pepper, salt to taste.

Preparation. In the water, add 3 tablespoons of olive oil and boil it in pasta in 2 liters of salted water. Let's drop it in the colander. For the preparation of the sauce: all the vegetables, except tomatoes, as well as the greens are roughly cut and quenched with 1 tablespoon of olive oil for half an hour. Put in the flour, add the tomatoes cut into slices and let the broth bean. Cook on low heat until the vegetables are soft. Grind it in a food processor or we will rub the sauce through a sieve, salt it, pepper it, then, if necessary, warm it up a little, so that excess moisture evaporates. We serve cooked pasta, pour warm sauce and sprinkle it with finely chopped basil.

Roman bread
This is a very useful bread, amazingly appetizing, which you can bake yourself and indulge your family with original home-made pastries.
Ingredients: 6 glasses of flour, 50 grams of yeast, half a glass of raisins, 8 eggs, 1 tablespoon of rum, 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, 1 tablespoon of candied fruit, salt.

Preparation. Soak yeast in warm water, when the yeast is suitable, add flour, salt, eggs, and knead the dough. Then gradually introduce fruits, raisins, cinnamon, rum, do not stop to knead the dough. Let's leave the dough up (about 1 hour). Lubricate the shape of the oil, then put the dough there and bake for one hour.

Stuffed chicken breast
A very tasty combination of chicken with cheese, garlic and nuts.
Ingredients: take the chicken breast, 4 tablespoons of nuts, mayonnaise, greens and garlic. 100 grams of cheese, pepper, coriander, salt to taste.

Preparation.
We will beat off the breast, salt, pour the pepper and coriander, cover with mayonnaise and garlic. Sprinkle with herbs, cheese, nuts, roll with rolls, put into shape and bake, grease with mayonnaise.

Entrecote with mushrooms
Classic entrecote will be made from oxen. But modern cuisine offers this dish of beef, with the addition of, for example, mushrooms.
Ingredients: 1 kilogram of beef, 400 grams of mushrooms, vegetable oil, 2 onions, 1 liter of broth, 1 glass of sour cream and greens.

Preparation. Cut the meat into portions, sprinkle with flour, beat off and fry in a heavily heated frying pan. Add to the form. Fry flour, onions, salt, pour broth and sour cream and put out. Sauce we fill the meat, add the fried mushrooms and put out.

Noodles with shrimps
The noodles for cooking are taken flat and wide, but not long. But in combination with shrimp, it acquires a piquant taste.
Ingredients: 300 grams of noodles, half a liter of 20% cream, 3 cloves of garlic, 100 grams of butter, lemon, 700 grams of shrimp, salt and pepper.

Preparation. Shrimp we clean, add salt, pepper, stew in oil with garlic and lemon juice, add cream and boil. We will boil the noodles, add the water, put them to the shrimps. We serve when it boils.

Neapolitan omelette
In Italy, this dish is very popular. In the omelet we add stuffing from ham or meat, vegetables and cheese. Omelette is prepared first on the stove, then bake in the oven.
Ingredients: 1 onion, 9 eggs, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, ½ cup frozen peas, 150 grams of boiled pasta, salt, pepper, 100 grams of grated cheese.

Preparation. Eggs vzobem with salt, cut the ham, and fry the onions. Add ham, peas, pasta, 1 tablespoon of cheese, fill it with egg and cook for about 8 minutes. Sprinkle cheese and bake.

Dessert of berries and plums

Ingredients: 500 grams of fatty cream, 1 packet of vanilla sugar, 1 packet of gelatin, 50 grams of sugar, raspberries, strawberries, strawberries and other berries to taste.

Preparation. Gelatine we put in water for half an hour for swelling. Cream vzobem with vanilla sugar and sugar. Gelatin we bring to a boil, cool and enter into the cream. We will break the mixture into cups and put in the refrigerator for 3 or 4 hours. We serve dessert, decorated with jelly or fresh berries. The drink is ready!

"Uzelok" cookies
A delicious treat for the family.
Ingredients: 75 grams of margarine, 1 cup of flour, 60 grams of sugar. 1 egg, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 40 grams of powdered sugar, vegetable oil, 1 teaspoon cumin, 2 tablespoons sour cream, salt.

Preparation. We'll take margarine with sugar, add flour with baking powder, egg, cumin, sour cream and make a dough. Roll it and cut it into strips, from them we blind the nodules and fry them in oil and cover them with powder.

Apple salad with halva and nuts
A nutritious and very useful salad that will decorate any table.
Ingredients: 2 sweet and sour apples, 3 tablespoons of raisins, 3 tablespoons of cedar nuts, 100 grams of halva, whipped cream, garnet seeds.

Preparation. Clear apples, remove the core, cut into cubes. We will open halva, raisins for 5 minutes in boiling water. Mix everything, add nuts, pomegranate and decorate with cream.

Orange fruit drink
Drinks can warm in the cold, quench your thirst, awaken your appetite. A drink of oranges with cinnamon is an invigorating, healthy and tasty drink.
Ingredients: 2 oranges, 100 grams of sugar, citric acid, 1.5 cups of water, cinnamon.

Preparation. Remove the oranges from the zest, squeeze the juice. Chop the squeezes, add cinnamon, citric acid, zest, fill the sugar and cook for 10 minutes. We mix the drink with the juice, we will stand a day in the cold.

Cocktail with orange and liqueur
Sweetness, freshness, an interesting combination is a good drink for a party. We take all the ingredients in the same quantity.
Ingredients: orange juice, coffee liqueur, pineapple juice, cream, vodka.

Preparation. All the ingredients are mixed in a shaker. We serve in a glass for champagne.

Ginger tea with honey
This warming, fine drink will strengthen immunity and help cure colds.
Ingredients: 2 slices of lemon, honey, a small root of ginger.

Preparation. We cut the ginger root, fill it with boiling water and let it stand for one minute. Then put the lemon, honey and insist 10 minutes.

Chocolate profiteroles
Ingredients: 150 grams of dark chocolate, 800 grams of thick cream, powdered sugar, 4 eggs, 125 grams of sifted flour, salt, 300 ml of water, 60 grams of butter.

Preparation. Pour water into a large saucepan, put the butter and let the butter melt. A pinch of salt, add the flour. Heat the mixture over low heat, stir until until the elastic mass is obtained, continue to heat and stir for about 15 minutes.

When the water evaporates, the dough will become homogeneous. It easily lags behind the walls and bottom of the pot, we will remove it from the fire. Let's leave it cool, then add one egg at a time. Place the dough in a syringe with a large nozzle or in a culinary bag and squeeze the balls on a baking tray, oiled. Heat the oven to 180 degrees and place the profiteroles in the oven for 20 minutes. In the meantime, we'll take half the cream with sugar powder. When profiteroles cool down, fill them with a syringe cream of cream.

We'll melt the chocolate in a water bath, let it cool down, then add the rest of the thick cream and whisk. We shall dip in a chocolate cream on one and we shall combine on a flat dish profiteroles in a pyramid. We decorate with roses from whipped cream.

Coffee in Vienna
Ingredients: 2 cups of coffee, a little sugar, 300 grams of dark chocolate, a little whipped cream.

Preparation. Chocolate is consumed on a large grater, put into a saucepan. We will heat up for a couple. When the chocolate is melted, add it to the hot coffee. We mix everything with a wooden spoon. Add sugar to taste. Pour into glass, high glasses. On top decorate with whipped cold cream. We serve the table in a hot form.

Drink from orange and kiwi
Ingredients: ¾ cup of kiwi juice, 1/4 cup of orange juice, several peaches, pineapple and cherry for decoration.

Preparation. Mix kiwi juice with orange juice. Pour into a tall glass. On a thin wand we will draw cherries and fruit slices, we will lower them into a glass with a drink.

Now we know what are the national dishes and drinks of Italy. If you decide to cook dishes according to these recipes, you will fill up the number of admirers of Italian cuisine.