Traditional Italian Food Ingredients

To make traditional Italian food, one should know all Italian ingredients and Spices very well. From roasts to risotto, pasta to preserves, soups to sauces, Italian food is popular around the world, but the important thing is finding the right balance of ingredients to create yummy delicious food.

Olive Oil Italian ingredients

Here are some traditional Italian food ingredients which make yummy delicious Italian food.
Olive Oil – Most of the Italian food is cooked with it. It gives traditional Italian flavour to food. It comes in four varieties.

• Extra virgin olive oil
• Virgin olive-oil
• Pure olive-oil
• Pomace olive-oil

Also, there are infused gourmet olive oils available in the market which is infused with garlic, chilli flakes, onion, truffle essence etc

Italian Cheeses

Bocconcini Cheese: It is a type of mozzarella cheese only, which is soft and unripened. It is used in Italian salads and original Italian pizzas.

Mozzarella Cheese – It is a stretched curd cheese. It is used in many Italian foods and is known for its melting qualities.

Parmigiano Reggiano and Grana di Padano: They are grainily aged cheeses with a sharp flavour and hard texture. They both are excellent grating cheeses for pasta and risotto and also very good table cheeses. Freshly grated Parmesan is better than the store-bought grated product, which is a dairy product, but not real Parmesan.

Olives are a very healthy

Olives – Olives are a very healthy Italian ingredient. It is very good for health, especially for heart and cholesterol levels. Olives are used in Pasta, Anti-pasta, Panini, Pizzas, Salads and Wraps etc.

Sun-Dried Tomato – Sun-dried tomatoes are used in many Italian dishes. They are marinated in garlic, herbs, and spices and are used to make pizza, pasta, salads, and dressings.
Prosciutto – Prosciutto is an aged, salt-cured, air-dried Italian ham, which is usually sliced very thin and served in antipasti or Panini.

Pesto Sauce – Pesto sauce is made by blending fresh basil leaves, pine nuts, hard table cheese such as Parmigiano Reggiano, garlic and lemon juice. It is an excellent sauce for cooking any Mediterranean food – pizza, pasta, salads, panini, on top of fish fillets, lamb chops encrusted in pesto, and so much more.

Capicollo – Capicollo is a kind of cured Italian ham. It can be mild or hot. The hot variety is simply brushed with hot chilli paste on the outside. Capicollo is very good for Italian panini and pizza as well as for antipasta.

There are essential ingredients that every Italian kitchen should have, like basil and garlic. The most important ingredient is creativity.

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