A photo quiz : Twelve of the best, Italian food and drink.

Another in our light-hearted series of photo quizzes. A clue is given with each photo. Some are easy some more difficult. Let’s see how well you know Italy and its wonderful gastronomy!

Answers at the bottom of the page.

 tira

“Pick me up” with loads of delicious marscapone cheese

chian
Traditionally sold in squat bottle enclosed in a straw base called a ‘fiasco’

putt
The smell of it cooking used to attract clients looking for more than a meal

foc
Bread, similar in style to pizza dough often topped with with onion, cheese or meat

salt

Roman specialty, veal lined or topped with prosciutto and fresh sage

bruschetta-slice1

 Toasted bread rubbed with garlic, topped with tomatoes, olive oil, salt, pepper etc.

panna

 ‘Cooked cream’ dessert

strega
The ‘witch’ with approximately 70 herbal ingredients

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Light potato ‘dumplings’ made with potato, egg yolks and flour

Parma-Ham-Landscape-Lres
The very best ‘prosciutto crudo’, personally nothing like as good as wonderful Spanish ‘jabugo’….

parmigiano-reggiano
A hard, salty cow’s milk cheese, personally much better than insipid Spanish copies……

cannoli 3

A ‘little tube’ from Sicily, fried with a sweet, creamy filling usually made with ricotta.

 

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Answers:
Tiramisu/Chianti/Spaghetti Puttanesca/Focaccia/Saltimbocca/Bruschetta/Panna Cotta/Strega/Gnocchi/Parma Ham/ Parmigiano Reggiano/Cannoli