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Arrabbiata literally means 'angry' in Italian; [2] in Romanesco dialect the adjective arabbiato denotes a characteristic (in this case spiciness) pushed to excess. [1] In Rome, in fact, any food cooked in a pan with a lot of oil, garlic, and peperoncino so as to provoke a strong thirst is called "arrabbiato" (e.g. broccoli arrabbiati).
The Italian sausage was initially known as lucanica, [3] a rustic pork sausage in ancient Roman cuisine, with the first evidence dating back to the 1st century BC, when the Roman historian Marcus Terentius Varro described stuffing spiced and salted meat into pig intestines, as follows: "They call lucanica a minced meat stuffed into a casing, because our soldiers learned how to prepare it."
Ragù di salsiccia. Ragù di salsiccia is an Italian tomato-based sauce. The primary ingredients are tomato purée or chopped tomato and sausage, and additional ingredients can include onion, shallot, carrot, celery, garlic, olive oil, red wine, rosemary, bay leaf, salt, and pepper.
Pasta sauces are generally based on meats or vegetables. Horseradish is often used as a spice and condiment, known in the region as "poor man's truffle". [133] The region produces cheeses such as pecorino di Filiano, canestrato di Moliterno, pallone di Gravina, and padraccio and olive oils such as the Vulture. [134] The peperone crusco (lit.
Pasta ca nunnata is a pasta dish originating in the Sicily region of Italy prepared with newborn fish, which may be anchovies, sardines, red mullet or bream, as well as spaghetti, olive oil, garlic, parsley, white wine and black pepper.
Monsummano Terme is an comune located in the Province of Pistoia, Tuscany, central Italy.It is located in the Valdinievole, and is a popular spa resort.. It is composed of two separate nuclei: Monsummano Alto, of Etruscan origins and with a castle (probably of Lombard origins) and a line of walls, overlook the lower Monsummano, built starting from 1602 around a sanctuary commissioned by ...
Neptune's Grotto (Italian: Grotta di Nettuno; Catalan: Cova de Neptú) is a stalactite cave near the town of Alghero on the island of Sardinia, Italy. The cave was discovered by local fishermen in the 18th century and has since developed into a popular tourist attraction. [1] The grotto gets its name from the Roman god of the sea, Neptune.
Agostino Giusti (29 September 1548, Verona - March 1615, Verona) was an Italian diplomat in the service of the Medici and the Republic of Venice. He was also a ...