Italian Home Cooking – Sample Menu

“Simple and Delicious” is the concept of Italian Home Cooking, something busy housewives have invented in everyday life.
In each lesson, students can learn 4-5 recipes of appetizer, first dish, second dish, side dish and dessert, using rich seasonal ingredients.
Here are some sample menu.

1-week Course – Sample Menu

1-week Course

  • Appetizer
  • First Dish
  • Second Dish and Side Dish
  • Dessert
Sample #1
    • Red and Yellow Pepper Crostini
    • Parmesan Cheese Risotto
    • Chicken of the Palio
    • Apple Fritters
Sample #2
  • Pigeon “Crostini”
  • Spaghetti with Basil Pesto (“genovese”)
  • Roast Spare-Ribs and Potatoes
  • Tuscan-style Ring Cake with Anise Liqueur
Sample #3
  • Double Tomato Bruschetta
  • Pumpkin Soup
  • Mix fry, Chicken-Rabbit-Vegetable
  • Crème Caramel
Sample #4
  • Clam “Crostini”
  • Dried Mullet Roe Spaghetti
  • Sicilian Style Mackerel
  • Fruit Dessert

4-week Course – Sample Menu

Week #1

Antipasto (Appetizer)
  • Mix-Vegetable Crostini
  • Eggplant Carpaccio
  • Tuscan Crostini
  • Carrot, Apple and Cheese salad
Primo Piatto（First dish）
  • Carbonara
  • Carrot and Shallot Risotto
  • Tuscan Minestrone
  • Classic Lasagna
Secondo Piatto e Contorno（Second Dish and Side Dish）
  • Stuffed Turkey with Spinach
  • Florence-Style Stewed Plucks with Potato
  • Cabbage Fagottini
  • Salad Mix
Dessert
  • Ricotta Cheese Cake
  • Fruit Roll
  • Yukki Apple Tart
  • Classic Tiramisu

Week #2

Antipasto (Appetizer)
  • Marinated Sardines
  • Black Cabbage Crostini
  • Tomato in oven
  • Little Cup Salad
Primo Piatto（First dish）
  • Cuttlefish Ink Risotto
  • Vegetarian Pasta
  • Nude Ravioli
  • Lemon-flavored Risotto
Secondo Piatto e Contorno（Second Dish and Side Dish）
  • Sword Fish Rolls with Mini Tomato
  • Potato Marinara Soup
  • Pork with Apples
  • Mini-rolls with Artichokes
Dessert
  • Marmalade Crostata
  • Biscotti
  • Apple Walnut Pie
  • Florence-Style Chestnut Cake

Week #3

Antipasto (Appetizer)
  • Mushroom Crostini
  • Coccoli
  • Octopus Salad
  • Tomato in oven
Primo Piatto (First Dish）
  • Leek Onion Soup
  • Pasta with Artichokes
  • Grosseto-Style Tagliatelle
  • Pasta and Broccoli
Secondo Piatto e Contorno（Second Dish and Side Dish）
  • Red Pepper-Flavored Pork
  • Chicken with Vegetable
  • Sardine Quiche
  • Mini-rolls with Apples
Dessert
  • Rice Cake
  • Brutti E Buoni
  • Pineapple Cake
  • Orange-Flavored Carrot Cake

Week #4

Antipasto (Appetizer)
  • Seasoned Dry Tomato
  • Porrata
  • Artichoke Carpaccio
  • Steamed Mussels
Primo Piatto（First Dish）
  • Green Rice
  • Mushroom Risotto
  • Tortiglioni with Meat Sauce
  • Polenta
Secondo Piatto e Contorno（Second Dish and Side Dish）
  • Ossobuco (Braised Cross-Cut Veal Shanks)
  • Braised Chicken and Vegetable with White Sauce
  • Meat Balls with Mushroom
  • Inzimino
Dessert
  • Hazelnut Cake
  • Crispy Apple Cake
  • Pear Pie
  • Apples in Cup
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