Gourmet Italian

photo credit: specialkrb Cooking gourmet with a simple “spaghetti ajo e ojo” is a simple, but wonderful treat!  AJO is garlic and OJO is oil.  You will sometimes see this dish called “aglio e oilio” – which means the same thing. This is actually one of the quickest, easiest and tastiest gourmet Italian dishes you [...]

photo credit: Maggie Hoffman Most Italians love fish soup.  And it really should be no surprise, because Italy has miles upon miles of shoreline and countless lakes and rivers.  There are so many variations on healthy Italian fish soups, but this one seems to be quite special.  It is called Zuppa di Pesce Castagna.  Zuppa [...]

photo credit: stu_spivack Zabaglione is a wonderful Italian dessert that is rich and custardy and has a taste of “spirits”.  There does not seem to be a consensus of opinion about the origin of this dish.  Some say Florence, some say Venice, but most agree it came about some time in the 1500′s.  The original [...]

photo credit: dags1974 When creating pasta gourmet recipes, many people think “red sauce” or cream sauce!  Pasta alla Carbonara, however, has no tomatoes or cream.  Although it may look a little dry and “plain Jane”, one bite will tell you that this is sinfully wonderful stuff! Carbonara comes from the word carbone, which means coal.  [...]

If you are searching for an authentic Italian food dish to make, you might want to try Osso Buco.  The meat is so tender and the flavor is rich and warm.  If you want the most tender Osso Buco, be sure to use veal shanks, since lamb and beef won’t give you the same result. [...]

If you are looking for a quick Italian appetizer, you must try Bagna Cauda!  Craig Claiborne once said that Bagna Cauda is one of the most “Savory, delectable, and unlikely appetizers in the world.”  Although not everyone agrees on the origin of the name, the popular take on it is that it means “hot bath”, [...]