BellaOnline Forums Food and Wine Italian Food What is your favorite Italian Dish?

Are you talking about spagehetti or any pasta in general. The secret is in the sauce and the pasta should always be al dente. A good grated cheese over the top (Lucatella the best IMHO) Use only fresh ingredients..garlic, basil, bay leaf etc and even the simplest marinara sauce will make your dining experience a "10".

Stuffed pasta shells. Yum! We use the large shells (cooked al dente) and stuff them with browned ground turkey mixed with chopped spinach, fresh herbs, homemade tomato sauce, and parmesan. Then cover with more sauce and cheese; and then bake at 350 for an hour. Quick, simple and filling.

Braciole, fried eggplant, chicken Parmigiano...there isn't too many Italian dishes that I don't like.

By braciola do you mean stuffed beef rolls or simply a beef chop?

In some areas of Italy (primarily the north) a braciola is a cutlet or chop cooked on the grill. The beef rolls in northern Italy are called involtini.


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Spaghetti and meatballs from the Italian hall back home. They also had an awesome salad.

Your link to Braciole-Stuffed Beef Rolls Recipe-is how similiar to how I make mine. I watched how my grandmother make hers. That was many years ago.

My family came from the Abruzzi region and it would be interesting to know if that way of cooking braciole is common to that region or area.

Just wanted to let you know that I think your Italian Food Site is fantastic.

I have to kinda change my mind - or add to my favorites.


Chicken Picatta...........

My family is from the Abruzzi region also. And that is how my mother made braciole.
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Too ironic...My grandmother taught me the exact same way!

Thanks for the compliments.

For those unfamiliar with the Abruzzo Region it is directly east of the Lazio region--About 50 miles from Rome. Many immigrated from this area to the US.