Any1 help..??.who knows any Italian starters, mains & desserts??? this is for my work! :) any names would help

Question

I am looking for

- 3 Italian starters

- 3 Italian Main courses

- 3 Italian desserts

Does anyone perhaps have an insight on some popular ones?

or some even not very well known but really nice dishes that i could use in my project for college :)

any suggestions would help!

Thanks x

Answer 1

Italian starters are called "antipasti" and they can be almost anything. A plate with cheeses, meats and olives could be one. My favorite is the caprese salad-slice mozzarella, basil, sliced tomato, olive oil and salt. most Italian restaurants have something called a fritto misto- this is a mixture of fried little appetizers like mozzarella, fries, rice balls, fried dough balls with seaweed, and all other sorts of fried goodies.

The next course was always a pasta. Any pasta will do.

Then meats- steak and potatoes, fish, etc

Then a salad would come- it was weird to me to have salad after all this heavy food- but very refreshing.

Desserts- gelato, tiramisu, chocolate lava cake- these are all that I remember having.

You probably wont be able to replicate this, but hopefully you can gather some inspiration.

Answer 2

Chicken cacciatore!

Answer 3

Hi!

I'm italian....!!!!!!!!!!! =)

main course :tortellini

-http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tortellini

dessert: -tiramisu(it's very good!)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiramisu

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pastiera

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pastiera

STARTES

(antipasti)

bruschette:bread with oil extravergine

tomatoes and rosmarine

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruschetta

Bye! kisses from italy

Answer 4

Tiramisu for dessert

Answer 5

fried zucchini, stuffed mushrooms, calimari

chicken parmesan, chicken alfredo, lasagna

tiramisu

Answer 6

Here are some suggestions.  All of the links to recipes are recipes that I use and make often.  

Main courses:

Chicken Saltimbocca- chicken cutlet with prosciutto and sage in a wine sauce  Here's a good recipe:  http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/...  There is no need to do the deep frying of the sage leaves- just leave that part out.

Veal Marsala- veal cutlet, sauteed in marsala wine with mushrooms or Veal Piccata- veal cutlet, sauteed in white wine with lemon, butter and capers

Shrimp Scampi -garlic, oil & white wine sauce, served over angel hair pasta  Here's a good and very easy recipe:  http://www.recipezaar.com/41992

Pasta- Lasagne or spagetti & meatballs or Pasta Carbonara I use this recipe except I use a half a pound of this spaghetti instead of the rigatone.  It is more authentic with the spaghetti. or Baked Ziti http://www.recipezaar.com/94978

Appetizers:

Bruschetta http://www.recipezaar.com/44232

caprese salad- mozzerella with tomatoes & basil

stuffed mushrooms

stuffed artichokes

antipasti platter- assorted meats (prosciutto, sopersata, salami, mortadella) assorted cheeses (Parmigiano-Reggiano, provolone, asiago) roasted red peppers, marinated artichoke hearts, olives

arancini - Italian stuffed rice balls http://www.italianfoodforever.com/iff/ne...

Desserts:

tiramisu

biscotti

pana cotta

gelato

cannoli

This is a good Italian recipe website.  It will give you lots of ideas.  I have made several of the recipes on this site and enjoyed them.  http://www.italianfoodforever.com/iff/re...