Pasta Cinta Senese (Pork Ragu from Sienese Pork)
Now that you've stuffed yourself on Nutella for yesterday's Nutella celebration, Italy on a Plate has 10 other great Italian recipes for you to try. There's no Nutella recipe (I'll add Monday's roundup of recipe links to next week's post), but there are ricotta bread, plenty of pasta dishes, sea bass baked in salt, veal scaloppine, a dessert and a Carnival treat that, believe it or not, isn't fried. Eating Italy is packed with links to fabulous food and wine posts. As fall is the season for the harvest, these winter months are the season for Carnival treats and pork. This is the third week in a row where I've included Carnival treats and curing pork. Enjoy and Buon Appetito!
My Choice for 10 Best Italian Recipes from Around the Web:
Ricotta Bread - Italian Food Forever
Maccu - Sicilian Dry Fava Bean Soup and a story about dad - I Sicilian
Cappelletti with Parmesan and Breadcrumbs - Juls Kitchen
Spicy Spinach Ricotta Ravioli with Chickpea Puree - La Cucina Italiana
Pappardelle with Ragu alla Bolognese - Florentina shares her family's version of Bolognese - Ciao Florentina
Gemelli with Cauliflower and Saffron - Italicious
Branzino al Sale (Sea Bass cooked in Salt) - Memorie di Angelina
Scaloppine Pasticciate (Veal Scaloppine) - Bellalimento
Schiacciata alla Fiorentina - A Carnival sweet from Tuscany (and it isn't fried) - Tuscanycious
Orange and Rosemary Cake (Torta all' Arancia e Rosmarino) - Dulcis in Furno (In Italian and English)
Cacio e Pepe Inspired by Roma Sparita
Eating Italy:
La Tegamata - Celebration of a Family Tradition - Emiko Davies
Charcuterie in Italy: Curing 150 Pounds of Salami and Sausage in Le Marche - La Tavola Marche
It was impossible trying to pick only one or two of Jeremy's food and wine posts from his travels in Italy - Here are some of the more hunger inducing ones - Anniversary Dinner at Al Covo in Venice and Le Calandre in Padua (a 3 Michelin-starred restaurant some say is the best in Italy) and New Wave of Italian Pizza at I Tigli - Do Bianchi
Italy - A mouth watering photo essay of a food lover's trip to Italy - The Purple Foodie
Trattorie Romane - Great post about the trattorie in Rome and their picks for Top 10 Trattorie in Rome where you can get a meal of bread, primo, secondo, dessert, water & coffee for 40 euros or less (actually 11 trattorie because they add Felice a Testaccio) - Tavole Romane (in Italian but links to and gives price range for each trattoria)
Update: Tavole Romane has since published the above post in English titling it: Cheap Roman Eats and, in this new post, have added additional trattorie from the comments to the Italian post.
A Venetian Frittelle Eating Marathon - Monica takes us throught the pasticcerie of Venice on a little binge of Carnival fried treats - Monica Cesarato
A Slice of Rome: Pizza al Taglio - Tavole Romane names their top 10 places for pizza by the slice in Rome - NileGuide Rome
What Kind of Pasta is on My Plate? - This handy pasta flowchart helps you distinguish the several hundred types of pasta shapes - Charming Italy
Vino 2011 NYC - Pure Language of Wine - Joel recounts some of the most memorable wines from Italian Wine Week - Vintrospective
The Seabed Wine "Abysses - Marine Reserve of Portofino - Aging wine in the Ligurian Sea - Beautiful Liguria
Asparagus - Is it Spring Yet? - A story and a book giveaway - Elizabeth Minchilli in Rome
Culinary Workshops with the Best Italian and International Chefs - A glimpse into the Festival Identita Golose in Milan - Stile Mediterraneo
I Vini Dolci Pugliesi (Sweet Wines of Puglia) - Terronia
Amalfi - When Fate Hands You Lemons - Nice photo essay on the lemons of the Amalfi Coast - Cobalt Violet
D'Alessandro: Traditional Wines of Sicily - EatItalian
Upcoming Food and Wine Festivals in Italy:
Fiera del Cioccolato - February 4 to 13 - Florence - In Piazza Santa Croce and in an early celebration of Carnevale, the city celebrates artisanal chocolate
Cioccolosita (Chocolate Festival in Tuscany) - March 11 to 13, 2011 - The town of Monsummano Terme, near Pistoia, hosts a chocolate festival and brings chocolatiers from all over Italy with samples!
Cioccolandia (Chocolate Festival) - February 11 to 13 - Livorno in Piazza Attias and Piazza Cavour - The sixth edition of this festival celebrates chocolate in all its forms with Demonstrations, recipes and tastings
Sagra del Mandorlo in Fiore (Almond Blossom Festival) - February 2 to 11, 2011 - The town of Agrigento celebrates spring and almond blossoms with this festival featuring typical Sicilian foods
Carnevale di Venezia - February 26 to March 8, 2011 - A magical event that I would recommend attending at least once in your life, the entire city of Venice becomes a stage
CioccolaTo 2011 - March 25 - April 3 - Chocolate festival in Turin
Vinitaly 2011 - April 7 to 11, 2011 - International wine festival in Verona
Related Posts:
Taste of Napoli - Fifteen Favorite Dishes for the Food Lover in Naples
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thanks as always for the shout out and for keeping up with it all! buon appetito! e buona domenica... j
Posted by: Jeremy Parzen | February 06, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Cacio e pepe e cioccolato ... che cosa piu' si voglia?
Posted by: Paula | February 06, 2011 at 08:04 PM
I made a fundamental mistake of opening this post at lunchtime - ahh, it all sounds so wonderful! I need another hour or so to go through all of the delicious recipes, but the orange & rosemary cake really has my imagination going...think it could be fairly easy to replicate here - thanks for another fantastic week!
Posted by: Tuula | February 07, 2011 at 03:29 AM
I think my post should have read "si vorrei" ... need a grammar check.
Posted by: Paula | February 08, 2011 at 11:16 AM
You always do the most amazing round-ups of deliciousness! :-) I really love that photo of the fresh herbs at the bottom. They look SO vibrant and healthy and make me dream of summer. :-)
Posted by: Krista | February 09, 2011 at 04:44 PM
What a fantastic resource! Beautiful blog!
Cupcake
www.thefamily-table.blogspot.com
Posted by: cupcake | February 11, 2011 at 02:40 AM
Thanks all for the kind comments. I'm glad you're enjoying the roundups and the photos.
Posted by: Kathy | February 16, 2011 at 01:28 PM
I ditto all of the comments above. Beautiful blogs, indeed!
Posted by: Jozee | February 20, 2011 at 02:46 PM