Italy's Best Part 1



Italian food comes from a history of peasants who did not own their own land, suffered famine, agricultural disasters, population pressures, war and plague regularly. Italian foods often have a low ingredient count to focus more on the flavors and spices in foods, in other words letting the ingredients shine. Italian dishes often have 4 to 9 ingredients. Interestingly enough, pasta was not invented in Italy, but it did become a common side dish. Common Italian foods include pesto, tiramisu, caprese salad and the cannoli. Italian meals consist of 5 courses. First, the antipasti which are small dishes before the main course. Next, is the primo which is the first course and usually a pasta or gnocchi. The secondo is the main course and is usually a meat or fish. The fourth course is the formaggio which means cheese and this is the first dessert, usually a meat, cheese and fruit platter. Lastly, the fifth dish is the dolce and it's a sweet dessert with cappuccino or espresso. 

Cuisine

I made all five courses for my family and my favorite dish that I made, by far, was the Chicken with Lemon. I served this recipe as the Secondo. This recipe is courtesy of www.academiabarilla.com.


I used chicken breasts cut in half because the chicken would cook faster that way. I also believe that this chicken deserved more than a 2 star rating because it was pretty good. The taste reminded me of Chiavetta's Chicken. My family also really enjoyed this chicken as well. Another tip for cooking this chicken is to cook it in a skillet instead of a pan on the stove. It makes sense that this recipe comes from Sicily due to the abundance of citrus present there. Cannolis also originate in Sicily.  






Sources

       “Italian Recipes - Italian Food Culture - Academia Barilla.” Italian Recipes - Italian Food Culture - Academia Barilla, www.academiabarilla.com/
http://www.gov.pe.ca/photos/original/4hsask_IC_RB.pdf

Comments

  1. UnknownMay 14, 2018 at 8:37 AM

    I am Italian and it's nice reading about my ancestors' culture in cuisine. Very nice!

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  2. UnknownMay 14, 2018 at 8:39 AM

    Your blog is very informative. I love Italian food and reading about its background is really interesting. All of the food sounds so good!

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  3. UnknownMay 17, 2018 at 5:37 AM

    Cool recipe!

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