Any Ideas of an easy italian dinner menu for 25 people?

Question

Any easy antipesto ideas welcome. and does baked Ziti really need the 3 kinds of cheese to taste right?

Answer 1

I'd go with Baked Ziti.  I use Ricotta and mozzarella.  Serve with garden salad and Crusty Italian bread.  The best thing about ziti is that you can assemble it earlier and bake it later

Answer 2

You could have a buffet kind of thing, cook a lot of pasta and make a few different sauces, people could choose what kind of sauce they wanted for their pasta.

Answer 3

Start the evening with an italian cheese plate (a bowl of small fresh mozzarella balls, a slab of gorgonzola, a hunk of real parmigiano reggiano, a chunk of fontina) crackers, fruit, and wine.

For Dinner:

Lasagna (easy b/c you can make it ahead of time and relax later, also great for large groups)

Cesar Salad

Garlic Bread

Dessert:

Tiramisu (you can make this the day before. It is a very simple dessert to make- google a recipe for it)

This meal is easy to serve to a large group and will be easy for you to prep everything ahead so that when your guests arrive you can enjoy the party with them!

Answer 4

no you don't need 3 kinds of cheese for the ziti

just use tomato sauce, ricotta & mozzarella and it will be delicious.

You can make sausage peppers and onions

salad

rolls

chicken parm

tortellini soup

Answer 5

For easy antipasto: salami, pepperoni, hot ham (cappicola), provolone, asiago cheeses: cut into cubes: add some hot and sweet peppers, cocktail onions, black and green olives: you could then put some sort of dressing to the side, either a good Italian, or oil and vinegar: have with it all a plate of cut up regular veggies: cucumbers, radishes, carrots, celery....People will love it. For the Ziti....if the 3 cheeses are Mozzarella, Ricotta, and Parmesan, You can leave out the Parm...have it on the side for people to add to their taste....Make little mini meatballs to put in the ziti, or cut up some good Italian sausage....Possibly make one tray with meat, one without.....