Thursday, March 20, 2014

Enjoy The Great Taste Of An Italian Food In Tempe

By Linda Cantrell


In almost every city in the U. S., you can find a place to experience Italian food. Tempe is not an exemption, having a long list of restaurants that offer authentic Italian cuisines. If you try to travel to and experience Italian food in Tempe, you will never fail to find a quality restaurant that offers superb and authentic dishes.

Over time, many chefs around the world have become masters of recipes formerly known to people from Italy. This has also seen great improvement to original recipes making it for foreigners to learn. It is thus not a surprise to see people from different countries embracing Italian dishes.

One outstanding aspect that makes delicacies from Italy very attractive to many people is that they are truly healthy. The ingredients consist of fresh vegetables, whole grains and healthy spices. Olive oil, which is famous in the Mediterranean region, is also commonly used when preparing Italian cuisines. Eating such healthy foods has proven to help people avoid depression, obesity and even control blood sugar level.

A unique thing about the foods is the outstanding aroma only common in Italy. You will get into a restaurant and you could easily tell the nature of dishes here by the scent of cheese, tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, and wines coming from different directions. Their menu offers different foods of high quality to give a satisfactory eating experience.

One can hardly resist the tasty tomato and cheeses of an Italy recipes, the breads and pasta, and the rich aroma of its olive oil. A traditional meal in Italy has five courses: the antipasto (which means before the meal); the primo or the first course; the secondo or the main course; the contorno, which is composed of vegetables and served with the main course; and the dolce or sweet, which is the dessert.

Before you treat yourself to a full course meal in any restaurant, it is wise to know what to expect beforehand. Usually, the antipasto comprises of simple appetizers served before a meal. You can have bits of bread accompanied by herbs, tomatoes, cheese, spicy luncheon meat and olives. This combination can pass for the equivalent of Italian bruschetta andcapicollo. Nervetti and insalata caperes (beef fried in onions and salad respectively), falls in this cuorse.

The primo is heavier than the first course and it includes pasta, risotto, and soup and broth. Pasta include cappellini, gnocchi, lasagne, linguine, macaroni, vermicelli, ziti, orzo, and cannelloni; and pasta dishes include baked ziti, carbonara, ravioli with marinara, trotelloni or so. Rice dish or risotto includes Riso alla Toscana, Risotto al Barolo, and Risotto alla zucca. Popular soup include Garmugia, Minestrone, Pasta e Fagioli, Strataciella, Grine sauce, Acquacotta and Bagna Cauda.

The main meal, secondo, is an assortment of various meat and fish dishes. To lovers of fish, this is good news as there are various choices to spoil yourself to. They include Baccala, Carpaccio Pesce and Buidda. If these are not your favourites, you can treat yourself to Mordatella, Osso Buco or Salame which are tasty meet dishes. To balance the proteins taken in the secondo, vegetables served. This forms the contorni. It comprises of legume dishes, mushrooms, eggplant, and other healthy vegetables.

Dolce, the last course, is served in style. Sweet assorted delicacies like aceto dolce, fruit di bosco, anisett and macedoniaare served. This crowns the entire meal and leaves you fully satisfied and longing for a return to the restaurant.




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