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I would have said Carbonara with pancetta. (or coal miner's spaghetti) but now it has to be Bagna Cauda. That stuff is addictive.
I also adore piccata dishes. Otherwise many of the Italian dishes are too heavy for me with all the red sauces and pasta. I favor the citrus/herby/seafood side of Italian cuisine.
But my favorite is something else that his mom makes: instead of eggplant parmesan, she makes zucchini parmesan. The zucchini slices are lightly breaded and fried and then... oh god, I'm drooling. It's incredible. I've had it for dinner... and then, the next day, for breakfast... and lunch. It's that good.
I would have said Carbonara with pancetta. (or coal miner's spaghetti) but now it has to be Bagna Cauda. That stuff is addictive.
I also adore piccata dishes. Otherwise many of the Italian dishes are too heavy for me with all the red sauces and pasta. I favor the citrus/herby/seafood side of Italian cuisine.
Me, too. I just don't like the red sauces that much.
I think the title of this thread should be "What's Your Favorite American Food Somewhat Inspired by Italian Cuisine" !!
I come from an Italian-American family and most of the dishes my family would make you never see in an "Italian" restaurant. My favorite would be my mom's porchetta. It wasn't like the porchetta you see on the cooking shows on TV, but was a whole pork shoulder roast. She would marinate it in red wine overnight before cooking it, and would stuff it with garlic and finoch (a variety of fennel that my aunt in Massachusetts grew in her garden. It was dried, and when I was a kid, she mailed my mom about 10 lbs of the stuff in a paper bag. My mom used that same batch for about 15 yrs! ) I also miss the traditional Christmas dishes my aunts would make for Christmas eve dinner...cappeletti soup and all kinds of fish and seafood. My mom would bake pannetone bread for breakfast on Christmas morning. They're all gone now, and the next generation just doesn't cook like that anymore.
Italian sausages (I prefer the hot)
Washed (not peeled) quartered potatoes
Quartered onions
Quartered red and green peppers (seeded)
Several halved garlic cloves
Toss it all in a baking pan, drizzle with a little olive oil and (optional) some red pepper flakes, oregano, rosemary or whatever else appeals (but don't add salt). Cover the pan and pop it into a 350 oven for an hour. Remove from oven, stir it up and put back in for another 15 minutes uncovered.
I enjoy it with some apple sauce on the side. Super easy and wonderfully tasty!
I think the title of this thread should be "What's Your Favorite American Food Somewhat Inspired by Italian Cuisine" !!
I come from an Italian-American family and most of the dishes my family would make you never see in an "Italian" restaurant. My favorite would be my mom's porchetta. It wasn't like the porchetta you see on the cooking shows on TV, but was a whole pork shoulder roast. She would marinate it in red wine overnight before cooking it, and would stuff it with garlic and finoch (a variety of fennel that my aunt in Massachusetts grew in her garden. It was dried, and when I was a kid, she mailed my mom about 10 lbs of the stuff in a paper bag. My mom used that same batch for about 15 yrs! ) I also miss the traditional Christmas dishes my aunts would make for Christmas eve dinner...cappeletti soup and all kinds of fish and seafood. My mom would bake pannetone bread for breakfast on Christmas morning. They're all gone now, and the next generation just doesn't cook like that anymore.
I remember the X-Mas eve fish meals. Tuna fish w/ sauce over spaghetti, cod salad, cod soup, stuffed squid, whiting fish, um probably more. My mother used to make homemade zapalas (not sure of spelling) with white raisins before the feast. Wow, where they something.
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One of the most delicious, memorable meals of my life. Six, huge and broiled.
