I landed in a small city in the western United States 3 years ago with my luggage.My American friend picked me up and took me to her favorite Italian restaurant, which was elegantly decorated and had a great atmosphere.Unfortunately, I didn’t know much about Italian cuisine at the time. I didn’t look at the menu. I was still in jet lag, so I ordered a pasta like my American friend.Then...then...it was a tragedy.I don’t like the heavy creamy taste, but this pasta uses a lot of cream and cheese. It is uncomfortable to eat...
I believe that many of my classmates are just like me, because they do n’t know Italian cuisine, so they are confused when ordering. Went to a very good Italian restaurant, but because I didn't know the words on the menu or didn't know the taste of Italian food, I couldn't enjoy it very well. Sometimes, I randomly click to one who is still appetite, but helpless not familiar with words, next time I go again and forget the name. For a foodie who likes to try new varieties, this problem has troubled me for a long time. So, take this opportunity to learn Italian cuisine with everyone and solve the problem of being dizzy when you see the menu!
The most common Italian food isspaghetti和pizza. Everyone is familiar with Pizza. Let's start with pasta and talk about this Italian dish. According to my understanding, spaghetti can be said to be Italian rice. In China, we have glutinous rice, millet, barley, black rice, Thai rice and so on. Italians have also invented many shapes of pasta. Otherwise, would n’t it be boring to eat the same noodles all the time? Today, I will introduce four common basic spaghetti.
Fettuccine Lasagna
pronunciation: /ˌfɛtʊ'tʃini/
As the name suggests, this noodle is very wide and thin, each one is about 6.5mm wide. The most common dishes in North American restaurants areFettuccine Alfredo(Alfredo lasagna). Alfredo is an Italian restaurant in Rome. In 1914, the owner of the restaurant, Di Lelio, invented the dish. This restaurant still exists today. It is worth mentioning that Fettuccine Alfredo is just the name of this dish in the United States, in Italy and elsewhere in Europe, called Fettuccine al burro.
Fettuccine AlfredoIs characterized by havingVery rich milk flavor. The juice head is all made of cream and butter. Heat and add a lot of Parmesan (Italian cheese). After melting, the cheese is intertwined with butter and butter to form a very rich milk flavor. If you like cheese and milk flavor, Fettuccine Alfredo is a good choice for basic pasta.
Spaghetti fettuccine
pronunciation: /spə'getɪ/
Everyone is familiar with this pasta. Pizza Hut's Italian meat sauce noodles are made with this pasta. Spaghetti can be served with a lot of different sauces, and here is the grand recommendation of Kung Pao Spagehetti of California Pizza Kitchen. Yes, you read that right, Gongbao pasta! This is not an Italian cuisine, but if you are not used to other dishes, there is absolutely nothing wrong with ordering this dish. Because this sauce is too different from the traditional pasta, different chefs will play differently, there are some differences, but in general it can satisfy a Chinese stomach. When ordering, you can choose vegan, chicken, beef or shrimp.
Stuffed Pasta
Everyone is familiar with the pasta above. The Pizza Hut's Italian meat sauce noodles are made with this kind of pasta. Spaghetti can be mixed with many different sauces, and the Italians have also invented some connotative pasta. The logic of inventing dumplings is the same as that of our ancestors who were tired of eating noodles, and there is stuffed pasta in pasta. If you do n’t know what ’s in the bag, and you just meet something you do n’t like, this meal will be very tragedy.
Most stuffed pasta is filled with cheese and meat, sometimes with various vegetables.
Ravioli tortellini
Pronunciation: /ˌrævɪ'oli/
Ravioli is called tortellini in Chinese, and looks similar to dumplings, but most are square. Ravioli comes from the Italian riavvolgere, which means to wrap up and is quite appropriate. The filling of Ravioli is generally composed of cheese, meat (beef or other meat) and vegetables.Of course, it also has its own changes. For example, the filling of Ravioli from California Pizza Kitchen is composed of 4 kinds of cheese: Asiago, Mascarpone, Ricotta and Parmesan.I have no research on cheese, nor do I like cheese.So, if you do the same and don't like to eat cheese alone, Ravioli should be cautious, because he is essentially a tortellini covered with cheese.Before ordering, it is best to ask the waiter what the Ravioli of this restaurant fills in.
Ravioli's way of eating is mainly with various sauces. There is a lot of knowledge about this pasta sauce, and I will talk about it later. In fact, it's just like we dip the sauce when we eat dumplings.
Tortellini Italian 馄饨
Pronunciation: / ˌtɔrtlˈini /
Another type of stuffed pasta that is common in North America is Tortellini, but it is a bit smaller than Ravioli. It is about the same size as a Shanghai magpie and actually looks similar to a maggot. Tortellini's fillings also have many variations, but the most classic ones are one of Parma ham, bruschetta, or minced turkey breast, plus eggs, parmesan cheese, and nutmeg. The most common way of eating Tortellini is to cook it in chicken stock or clear broth, and eat it with the soup. I think he can be kindly called Italian soup.
Another important part of pasta is hisSauce, Want to know the raw materials of various sauces and how to eat, and listen to the next time decomposition.
Text: Xiaomi
Edit: Shao Yi
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