Italian Food

What this quiz asks

• Which Italian city is considered the birthplace of pizza as we know it?
• The dish shown is spaghetti. What does the word 'spaghetti' mean in Italian?
• According to tradition, pizza Margherita was named after whom?
• Which kind of rice is classically used to make risotto?
• Select ALL of these that are stuffed pasta.
• Gnocchi are small dumplings most commonly made from flour and which other ingredient?
• A traditional Neapolitan pizza bakes in only about 60 to 90 seconds.
• In Bologna, ragù alla bolognese is traditionally served with which pasta instead of spaghetti?
• In Italy, does the word 'peperoni' mean a spicy salami?
• Polenta, a staple of northern Italy, is made from which ingredient?
• Order these courses of a traditional Italian meal, from first to last.
• Compared with typical ice cream, Italian gelato is usually what?
• A breaded veal chop fried in butter is known in Italy as cotoletta alla what?
• Arancini, fried balls of stuffed rice, are a classic snack from which Italian island?
• Which pastry is a crisp fried tube filled with sweet ricotta cream?
• Prosciutto di Parma may only be cured with sea salt, with no added preservatives.
• Which cured pork cheek is the traditional meat in carbonara and amatriciana?
• Which region is home to Parma ham, Parmigiano Reggiano and traditional balsamic vinegar of Modena?
• In what year did Pellegrino Artusi publish his famous cookbook 'Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well'?
• Select ALL of these toppings that go on a classic pizza marinara.