Mon 19 May, 2008 09:19 am
I have to go with veal piccata. Of course I love all of it, pasta, raviolis, osso bucco....drool.
Don't say pizza. I'll make another thread for that, it's not "Italian" enough.
Polenta. Don't forget Polenta. Then there's the carciofi...
Carciofi alla romana are right up there with a warm porchetta sandwich fresh cut from a just roasted pork in an alimentaria in Arezzo - in fact I got those together.
Fried whole artichoke flower (forget what you call that)
gelato from Giolitti, any of 57 kinds
torta de mele
zuccotto
pappardelle with wild boar sauce
spaghetti with clams, anchovies, garlic, chili flakes
spaghetti with baby clam shells..
suppli al telefono
pasta e fagioli
culatello di zibello (zibella?)
parmigiano reggiano
osso buco
pizza with mozzarella, gorgonzola, walnuts
and much more...
Oh, yea...
polenta with tomato/mushroom/sausage sauce
tagliatelle with Marchella Hazan's slow cooked bolognese recipe
Re: Favorite Italian Food?
Whz is pizza not Italian enough, cjhsa? Isn't Napoli in Italy?
Since at least 1490 we've got la pizza genovese. (Though I admit that la pizza napolitana is more famous. Or may be the pizza romana? Never mind.)
(you notice I didn't obey either)
That pizza with gorgonzola and walnuts was a delight in Roma. As was the pizza with wurstel (campo dei fiori) - that one was very plain but, you know, perfect.
I suppose though that Cjhsa wanted to provide room for a lot of american style pizza (and other countries' variations).
Ack, that's Marcella Hazan.
Okay. But I thought he was questiong our favourite Italian food.
Well, besides some pizza, I like cotoletta alla milanese, maccheroni con le noci, and risi e bisi best. Besides every variation of fish.
This may seem like minor point--but, what a revelation to be able to eat an artichoke whole.
There is a pizza thread all its own. as it deserves one.
I love chicken marsala...with shrooms and pasta and hot crusty bread...and chianti.
I like chicken marsala too, and shrimp marsala..
Good raviolis/tortellini. I am not a fan of gnocchi - too cloying.
I once saw a short film about oregano, called Tanto Oregano, by Les Blank (Blanc). So, that's what I think of when regarding gnocchi. Too many gnocchi...
I'm fine with a few well made gnocchi (and there are many variations) but not a bowlful.
I grew oregano in CA and could never get it to be as strong as the store bought varieties. I prefer Mexican oregano.
I might prefer it too, it's Lippia, and I gather the sonoran variety is best. That's what I use now.
On Les Blank - he's the same fellow that made "Garlic is as Good as Ten Mothers"..
cjhsa wrote:I grew oregano in CA and could never get it to be as strong as the store bought varieties. I prefer Mexican oregano.
The reason might be that "Origanum" is a native plant to Europe, the Mediterranean region and southern and central Asia.
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