| Italian cuisine is one of the most popular culinary | | | | sauce. The heavy white sauce does a good job |
| art forms in the world. These flavourful dishes | | | | of sticking to the fettuccine resulting in a creamy |
| have often graced the tables of many homes and | | | | and flavourful pasta dish. This is popular dish with |
| restaurants all over the world. Naturally, the best | | | | both locals and tourists. |
| place to sample authentic Italian cuisine is in Italy | | | | 6. Pasta Primavera - This is a vegetarian pasta |
| and a holiday to the country will not be complete | | | | dish usually prepared with springtime vegetables. |
| without sampling some of the best dishes in the | | | | Although authentic pasta primavera is usually |
| region. | | | | vegetarian, there are some variants that use |
| 1. Pizza - This is a contemporary Italian dish that | | | | shrimp or meat. |
| was invented out of necessity in times of war, | | | | 7. Veal Marsala - This dish is composed of veal |
| where Italian peasants would bake whatever | | | | cooked in Marsala wine sauce. This delicious dish is |
| vegetables and bits of meat they had on a piece | | | | usually served with scallions and mushrooms. |
| of dough. Today, this popular dish has made its | | | | 8. Shrimp fra Diavolo - This is a spicy dish aptly |
| way all over the world but is at its best in Italy. | | | | named. Diavolo is the Italian word for devil and |
| 2. Lasagna - This is a classic Italian dish. Usually, | | | | this dish is prepared with a lot of crushed pepper. |
| ground beef, an assortment of cheeses and | | | | This dish is rather spicy but is extremely delicious. |
| some sausages are used in making lasagna. Some | | | | 9. Chicken Saltimbocca - This is usually made with |
| lasagna dishes are prepared using tomato sauce in | | | | chicken, mozzarella cheese, spinach, and prosciutto |
| a process very similar to preparing spaghetti with | | | | ham. |
| tomato sauce. | | | | 10. Spaghetti Bolognaise - This is a classic Italian |
| 3. Chicken Parmigiana - This is another classic | | | | dish and it is one of the most popular and |
| Italian dish. It is similar to a sandwich and can be | | | | recognisable Italian dishes in the world. This is a |
| made by deep frying pieces of bead and chicken | | | | simple and affordable dish made out of spaghetti |
| topped with melted cheese. | | | | noodles, tomatoes, beef and an assortment of |
| 4. Linguini - Italians make the best linguini and this | | | | other ingredients. Most Spaghetti dishes are |
| dish is served with a clam sauce made out of | | | | prepared with ground beef, meatballs, |
| fresh clams, garlic and olive oil. | | | | mushrooms, broccoli and an assortment of |
| 5. Fettuccine Alfredo - Fettuccine are long, wide | | | | sausages. |
| noodles and aflredo is a type of white cream | | | | |