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Bistecca alla Fiorentina
Calzone
Caponata
Carta de Musica
Fegato alla Veneziana
Fettucine al Burro
Fonduta
Osso Buco
Pesto
Ragu
Bistecca
alla Fiorentina
A thick, choice steak cut from the local Chianina cattle, charcoal broiled and flavored with olive oil, salt and pepper.
Calzone
Deep-fried, crescent-shaped dough stuffed (usually) with ham-flecked mozzarella cheese.
Caponata
Chopped vegetables such as eggplant (the most essential ingredient), tomatoes, onions, green peppers, olives, and celery individually cooked in olive oil, then combined.
Carta
de Musica
Literally, music paper. It's a thin, crisp, circular flatbread. Also called pane carasau by inlanders and pane fresa by coastal denizens.
Fegato alla Veneziana
Though meat dishes are a minority in Venice, one is world famous: Fegato alla Veneziana, tissue-thin calves' liver slices sauteed with onions
Fettuccine al Burro
Also known as Fettuccine Alfredo or alla Romana. Flat ribbon-shaped pasta is tossed, generally, with cream, butter and cheese, then given a good sprinkling of freshly ground peppercorns.
Fonduta
It's made by melting Fontina cheese (from the neighboring Val d'Aosta region) with milk, butter and eggs. The cook tops the resulting "fondue" with sliced white truffles.
Osso Buco
A veal shank braised with tomato, onion, stock and wine, then topped with Gremolata, a garnish made with parsley, garlic and lemon rind. The choicest morsel in Osso Buco ("hole in bone") is the cooked marrow clinging to the hollow of the bone.
Pesto
The region of Liguria is the birthplace of pesto, that fragrant, thick, green sauce that is now prepared by cooks around the world. Pesto is made by pounding its ingredients together with a pestle (hence, the name) in a mortar. The essential ingredients are basil, garlic, Parmesan and Sardinian ewe's milk cheeses, along with pine nuts and olive oil.
Ragu
Pork is the chief meat ingredient in the famed sauce. It is a thick, rich, and complex tomato sauce ideally suited for pasta. It is often called "Bolognese sauce", named after the region's leading city.
Italian cuisine is only a generalized concept embracing the country's 20 distinct regional cuisines. Each area has it own cooking style and personality.
To truly know Italian cuisine, you must know its regional cuisines.
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Emilia Romagna & Bologna
Latium & Rome
Liguria & Genoa
Lombard & Milan
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