For its nutritional qualities recognized by all, its simplicity, its colours and its relatively inexpensive cost (pasta is a good example), it makes unanimity.

Taking an interest in Italian cuisine is not just about cooking a pasta dish.

It is also about becoming aware of his brilliant success throughout the world, discovering Italian recipes far from preconceived ideas, as well as knowing the origin of the Italian products that we are going to prepare.

When we evoke Italian gastronomy across the planet, we could almost speak of an authentic conquest!

In fact, the spread of Italian cuisine around the world is impressive, as this example illustrates: every year 14 billion pasta dishes are cooked. If you want to try true Italian dishes at excellent prices visit At Fernando’s.

Carbonara pasta seems to be the most consumed dish in the entire planet

But be careful to put cream in this famous recipe of traditional Italian cuisine, you could offend our Italian friends.

The success of the Italian gastronomy across the planet and its incredible ascension, is related to the different waves of emigration of the Italian people:

The great emigration of 1860 to 1930, in which the Italians left in the direction of the American continent.

It is in North America, South America and Europe where we find more Italian influences in the dishes.

Expansion and influence of Italian cuisine

In the Little Italy neighbourhood of New York, there are Italian restaurants everywhere!

There are many Italian restaurants that have opened their doors beyond the borders of La Bota, to export the delicious flavours of this Mediterranean cuisine that the Spaniards like so much.

And in Europe? The success is similar:

According to Trip Advisor, Italian cuisine is the favourite cuisine of Europeans,

Where more Italian restaurants we find is in France, Germany, Belgium and England,

The Spritz cocktail, originally from Venice, was the most fashionable cocktail in Europe during the summer of 2016.

As we said earlier, the Italian Diaspora did not stop at the borders of Europe. The diffusion of your kitchen either.

In the United States and Canada, Italians have settled in specific neighborhoods.

They have taken their traditions with them, including of course “la cucina della mamma”, much to the delight of locals.

Even today, traditional American dishes sometimes have a delicious taste of Italy, such as pizza, which has earned a privileged place among the culinary customs of the Americans.

In South America, Argentina could almost ask for dual citizenship.

Italian cuisine beyond the pasta and pizza duo

Summarize the Italian cuisine with pasta and pizza, it’s a bit like summarizing Barcelona to Las Ramblas: a shame, and not very significant.

The gastronomy of the Bota de Europa sometimes suffers from some preconceived ideas, to which the Italian chefs who practice outside the Italian borders try to answer.

The Itchefs collective includes, for example, Italian chefs who work outside Italy. They want to promote Italian cuisine beyond preconceptions.

Ways to prepare Italian cheeses

The mozzarella is often tasted as a dish in itself, accompanied by balsamic vinegar.

They have even established the International Day of Italian Cuisine on January 17, to show the world that there are other Italian recipes:

• The arancini di riso, fried rice balls usually with cheese,
• The aubergine rolls with ricotta or mozzarella,
• The beef carpaccio with parmesan shavings in a Venetian bar,
• The risotto with cuttlefish ink or with mushrooms,
• The famous Burrata mozzarella, to taste simply with a splash of olive oil,
• The bruschetta, thin strips of toast with cherry tomatoes, ham …
• The panetone, a brioche with raisins to share during the holidays,
• La panacota, an Italian dessert that rivals tiramisu.

To accompany these delicious straights and take advantage of an authentic Italian meal, we can choose from the numerous Italian wines.

Italy is also the leading producer of European wine

Its sparkling wines such as Prosecco, white wine, and Lambrusco, red wine, have quite a reputation on the European continent. The Trebianno in Abruzzo would be the best Italian wine … If you like white wines, you’re sure to love it!

What you need to know before trying you cook an Italian dish?

So, before cooking one of the dishes of our top 20 of the best Italian recipes, you have to know that in Italy, even more than elsewhere, the kitchen is at the core of the home and family life.

The art of making dishes from typical Italian products is transmitted from generation to generation.

If you want to cook a pizza, whether it’s a classic margarita based on tomato sauce, basil and mozzarella, or Neapolitan pizza with oregano and Parmesan, you need to master an element: the pizza dough!

It has to be based on:

• Flour rich in gluten,
• Salt and leavening mother,
• Water,

And patience to knead the dough with love for quite some time.

There are certain ingredients practically inevitable for pizzas, pasta, risotto and typical Italian dishes.

Essential ingredients in Italian dishes.

Especially remember the tomatoes if you want to cook Italian!

So, whatever the Italian recipe we are going to cook, it is preferable to have in the fridge and in the cabinets:

• Classic Italian cheeses, such as parmesan, mozzarella, ricotta,
• Tomatoes, obviously, especially cherry tomatoes,
• Vegetables from the garden, such as aubergines and courgettes,
• The Italian charcuterie like ham, bacon or bresaola,
• Italian extra virgin olive oil,
• The eggs,
• Herbs such as basil, oregano and coriander,

The most popular meats in Italy like cow and veal.

These ingredients represent the basic Italian products that you have to have when you want to cook like in Italy.

They are found in all supermarkets but choose Italian stores!

Thus, you will be prepared to cook pasta recipes (fusili, macaroni, spaghetti …) with carbonara, bolognese or pesto (with pine nuts). But also, risottos, osso bucco and numerous antipasti recipes such as crostini or arancini.

Come to At Fernando’s and enjoy delicious dishes prepared according to the Italian tradition.