Italian Cuisine is particulary rich and variegated thanks to the influences of different cultural traditions: Greek, Etruscan, Roman and Arab...
Also the gastronomic tradition of Lazio presents some of this aspects, for example: artichokes "alla giudia" come from the Jewish ghetto; the spaghetti "all'amatriciana" arrive from Amatrice, a country that once belonged to the province of the Aquila, in Abruzzo, Italy; even the famous "gnocchi alla romana" perhaps come from Piedmont.

The first dishes offer a vaste range of pastas: "the fettuccine alla romana", with meat sauce of tomato, ham and mushrooms; the "bucatini" (and spaghetti)" all'amatriciana" with bacon and paprika; the spaghetti "alla carrettiera" with tuna, mushrooms and tomato; another famous recipe is the spaghetti "alla carbonara" with bacon, pecorino cheese and red of egg; or the simple pasta "ajo and ojo" (garlic and olive oil).

The second dishes include "coda alla vaccinara", in which the tail, is cooked with flavored meat sauce with raisin, pine-seeds, bitter chocolate and pieces of celery. The rost lamb or lamb "alla cacciatora" is served with a sauce made of: garlic, rosemary, white wine, anchovy and paprika; the "salti in bocca", are slices of meat with sage and ham rolled up; the "mixed fried" is composed of slices of meat, cutlet of lamb and vegetables.

Vegetables: besides the artichokes, prepared "alla romana", that is stuffed with aromas, otherwise accompanied by peas, or served "alla giudia", broccoli, peas and faves are very used too. The famous "misticanza" is a mixed salad composed by wild leaves.
We cannot forget the "puntarelle", bitter chicory dressed with garlic, olive oil and anchovies.

The Italian Cusine and the Roman one, thanks to passion which is the most important feature of the Italian Culinary Art, and it is the reason that makes the italian cuisine appreciated and recognized all over the world.
If you want to have more informations we suggest the Italian Culinary Art Course offered by the Italian Language School Scuola Leonardo in collaboration with GustoLab a bar cafeteria where exclusive cooking courses are organised.

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