The Italian Pantry: 10 Ingredients, 100 Recipes – Showcasing the Best of Italian Home Cooking

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You can certainly have some Italian sausages and Salami of different kind to serve as appetizers, to add to other Italian meat recipes and for a quick meal or sandwich. S., and it’s excellent for salads or to add fine touches to any meal, including cooked vegetables and meat. Sometimes I'll only have 3 or 4 ingredients in my pasta dishes so it's super important all the ingredients are high quality.

Sage: Highly aromatic, with piney, woody notes, sage is ideal for flavoring pork, beef, poultry, lamb, tomatoes, squash, potatoes, rice, pasta and much more. Italian Soffritto is similar in name but not the same as the Spanish “ Sofrito“, in which garlic, onion, pepper, paprika are cooked in olive oil with tomatoes. Probably the most essential ingredient of Italian recipes, Olive Oil is used to for frying, baking, marinating as well as dressing salads.Since then, it has spread across the rest of Italy and to other countries around the world to become a popular holiday staple. Tomatoes: Delectable raw or cooked, tomatoes pair beautifully with so many foods and flavors: cheeses, meats, onions, garlic, peppers and herbs; pizza, pastas, salsas, salads, soups, stews — and on and on. This juicy, acidic fruit is also an important ingredient in drinks, including limoncello, the famous lemon liqueur from southern Italy.

Polenta: When it comes to polenta you can get two types fast cook polenta that's ready in 5 minutes or traditional polenta that takes around 30 minutes to cook. Guests can enjoy a round of golf at Parkstone Golf Club – one of the best-known and finest courses on the South Coast. Please note that our menus are subject to change depending on the availability and seasonality of the freshest ingredients. Before using in recipes, soak dried porcinis in hot water for about 20 minutes — and use some of the soaking water in your recipe.Extra virgin olive oil, the king of all condiments, is by all means the most easily digested vegetable fat, and therefore suitable for people of all ages.