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Antipasti

  • Pinzimonio

    In Italy if you want to start a meal on a lighter, vegetarian note, you might try Pinzimonio, a selection of seasonal raw vegetables with an olive oil dipping sauced with spices and garlic.

    English Name: Pinzimonio · Course: Antipasto · Author

  • Polpo con Patate

    Polpo con Patate is a Ligurian specialty antipasto that combines tender, long-cooked octopus with boiled potatoes and the region’s fine olive oil.

    English Name: Octopus with potatoes and olive oil · Course: antipasti / appetizers · Author

  • Rossetti con carciofi

    Rosetti con carciofi is an antipasto dish of steamed tiny fish and raw slivers of artichoke drizzled with olive oil.

    English Name: Tiny fish with artichokes · Course: Antipasti · Author

  • Sgabei

    Sgabei is a fried bread found in the Magra valley of the Lunigiana and used as an accompaniment to meats and cheeses of an antipasto misto in the Lunigiana historic territory and the Emilia Romagna region.

    English Name: Fried bread · Course: antipasti / appetizers · Author

  • Supplì

    Supplì are what we might call “rice balls”, an unromantic name for this antipasto or street food commonly found in Rome and on the island of Sicily.

    English Name: Deep fried rice balls · Course: antipasti / appetizers / street food · Author

  • Taglieri di salumi

    A plate of cold cuts, taglieri di salumi, can be a fine regional start to a meal as an antipasto. You can order one to share before your meal.

    English Name: Cold Cut Assortment · Course: antipasti / appetizers · Author

  • Tiella

    Tiella is a mostly vegetable casserole that becomes portable when made with a crust.

    English Name: Tiella · Course: Antipasto or Street Food · Author

  • Tonno di Coniglio

    An antipasto that might surprise you, rabbit prepared in the style of tuna.

    English Name: Rabbit, tuna style · Course: Antipasto · Author

  • Torta d'erbe

    Torta d’erbe is a vegetable pie served as part of an antipasti plate or as a bar snack in Italy. They are especially popular in La Lunigiana, a historic territory in northern Tuscany.

    English Name: Vegetable Pie · Course: Appetizer, snack, street food · Author

  • Vitello Tonnato

    English Name: Veal with tuna sauce · Course: Antipasto, but sometimes a main course · Author