Think of Italy and your taste buds crave for the yummy pizza and luscious pasta — especially when the pizza is served hot from the oven and is topped with a variety of vegetables, seafood, meat and cheese.Pizza is,as most of us know, the speciality of Southern Italy.If you are planning to host an Italian dinner party this week, then you need to know about the Southern Italian menu so that you can throw the most splendid party right at your home.
When you see spicy red pepper, fresh fruits and vegetables with a combination of meat and fish, then it’s definitely the Southern Italian food. All the essential ingredients of Italian food like olive oil,wines and cheese are in abundance in Southern Italy.The Southern Italy cuisine is known for its strong flavors. Here are at least five delicious and sumptuous dishes of Southern Italy that stimulate your taste buds:
Limoncello and Delizie al Limone of Campania: Campania is known for one of the finest and refined cuisines.The pizza and limoncello of Campania are so appealing to the people all over the world. The limoncello is a lemon infused digestive liquor which can also be used in cooking.And when you want to relax what could be better than a glass full of well chilled limoncello. Delizie al Limone is another great recipe of Southern Italy.People who are fond of sea food would love octopus prepared in a variety of ways and this is also a Campanian speciality.You will also relish the spaghetti with a tomato-based fish sauce and specialities prepared using the buffalo milk mozzarella.
Rosticceria, fried appetizers and arancini of Sicily:Arancini is a popular food in Sicily .These are rice balls filled with ground beef, tomato sauce and a few green peas. They are deep-fried and serve as an excellent appetizer to pizza.
Nduja spreadable sausage of Calabria: This is made of meat and is available in various flavours like nduja-filled arancini, ‘nduja bruschetta or even pasta or gnocchi in a ‘nduja sauceou. And believe me once you taste it, you will get hooked to it.You will be obsessed to have more.
The Pane di Matera of Basilicata: This is a bread made of durum wheat and is a characteristic food of Matera. It has a thick crust but is very soft within. And of course the spicy red pepper with a combination of vegetables found in Basilicata is worth mentioning.
Brodetto and cured meatsof Abruzzo and Molise: Abruzzo and Molise are famous for their cured spicy meats, lamb, mutton, and pasta. “Brodetto” is the principal dish of Abruzzo. And what more , the fiery Peperoncino is used to flavour these dishes. Food festivals are a unique sight at Abruzzo.Their non-stop eating and drinking event is called La Panarda. Believe it or not, it serves people 30-50 courses of food and can last for a day or even longer!
Eating the Italian way is alluring because though their cuisine is simple, yet it is rich with a variety of flavours.
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