True Taste of Italy

Drowned Potatoes

If you are looking for a great side dish for any beef, chicken, or turkey dish, you will love these Drowned Potatoes (Patate Affotgate). This recipe gets its name because the potatoes are completely covered with water drung cooking, thus “drowned.”

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Italian Fried Vegetables

Italian Fried Vegetables also known as Fritto Misto di Verdure is a recipe using a variety of vegetables bathed in a creamy batter and fried to golden brown perfection. These are so delicious that even our children devour them without realizing what they are eating. You can use many different vegetables, but we typically use eggplant, zucchini, broccoli florets, and cauliflower florets.

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Roasted Potatoes Recipe

Roasted potatoes are called Patate Arrosto in Italian. Whatever you call them, they are delicious. The outside is a bit crunchy with a soft center that is full of flavor due to the olive oil and rosemary used in this recipe. This is a very common dish that mamma makes especially when she is preparing Italian meatballs (polpette), Italian meatloaf (polpettone), Oven-baked Chicken (Pollo al Forno), or Pork Roast (Arrosto di Maiale).

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Italian Stuffed Tomatoes

Pomodori Ripieni or Italian Stuffed Tomatoes is a traditional Roman dish. It does take some time to prepare, but the end result is well worth the time and effort. This recipe will require 3 major steps. First, you will need to make a basic red sauce. Second, you will need to make the rice stuffing. Third, you will need to bake the tomatoes with the rice stuffing inside.

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