Antipasto
Antipasto misto with bruschette
Antipasto ( Italian for "before the meal", plural antipasti ) is the Italian name for " starter ". The antipasti of Italian cuisine consist of small dishes as a prelude to a multi-course menu. Typical are air-dried cold cuts such as ham or salami , accompanied by fried vegetables pickled in olive oil such as aubergines , zucchini , peppers , mushrooms or fresh vegetables or fruit, marinated fish and seafood as well as spicy, toasted bread slices.
In Italian restaurants, it is customary to present prepared antipasti in a display case, from which the guest can put together a selection according to their taste.
List of some antipasti
- Bruschetta - toasted bread with diced tomatoes or an olive or liver paste
- Mozzarella
- Caprese - mozzarella on tomatoes with fresh basil
- Fiori di Zucca or Sciurilli - fried zucchini flowers
- Peperonata - fried or boiled pepper strips marinated with olive oil , lemon and garlic
- Tartine or Stuzzichini - appetizers
- Supplì or arancini - deep fried stuffed rice balls
- Prosciutto e melone - Parma ham with honeydew melon
- Cold cuts such as Parma ham , salami , cooked ham , coppa or bresaola
- Carpaccio - wafer-thin slices of raw beef fillet with grated Parmesan cheese , olive oil and balsamic vinegar
- Vitello tonnato - boiled and sliced veal with a tuna sauce
- Frutti di mare - seafood , raw and / or cooked
- Tonno affumicato - smoked tuna
- Sard in saòr - Marinated sardines
- Pesce Spada affumicato - smoked swordfish
- Baccalà - breaded stockfish
- Cocktail di gamberetti - shrimp cocktail
- Cozze gratinate - gratinated mussels
- Sauté di vongole veraci - sauté of clams
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