Assuming you like Italian food.......

[newyawker99]

What is your favorite Italian meal?

I would have to say that mine is lasagna. :D

[Don_G]

1. Mine Too

There used to be a restaurant here that had the best Lasagna I've ever had, NYC included.

Unfortunately, the older Italian woman who made it passed away and they closed not too long afterwards.

[Ivory_Tower]

2. Gnocci

or Gnocchi if you prefer.

And of course, my Mom's homemade gnocchi, meatballs, and sauce were the best I've ever tasted.

And it's best to start the meal with Italian Wedding Soup. Again, my Mom's homemade soup was the best.

I'm still trying to duplicate the recipes, with only minor success.

Awww...now you've made me hungry....

[MaineDem]

3. Oh wow, so many!

I had this chicken with garlic and wine in Boston a little while ago that was to die for!

Also, I love spaghetti carbonara and cannolis. And lasagna.

:)

[trof]

4. You assume correctly

so you haven't made an ass out of u and me.
hee
Probably Fettucine Alfredo is my all time fave.
Like Penne a la Arabiatta too.
Love those little hot peppers in the sauce.

on edit: and a caesar salad and some hot garlic bread and I'm your man!

[TheYellowDog]

19. Well

I always hated that saying wwhen you assume you make an ass out of you and me because actually, when you assume, you're only making an ass out of you.

[neuvocat]

5. Chicken Caccitore because its easy to make.

Take some chicken breasts and marinate in italian dressing for at least two hours then sear in Olive Oil until done. Next throw in a generous helping of vegetables (mushrooms, red onions, bell peppers, etc.)

When its cooked long enough, take a jar of Prego or some sort of marinara sauce and add then simmer for a short period. Sprinkle with permesan cheese when served on the plate.

Simple to make and amazingly good!

[newyawker99]

18. Yummmmmmmm.....that sounds sooooo good!

*getting very hungry*

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. Gnocchi

Anything with Pesto
Bracchiole

[trof]

10. Tried spinach pesto?

Good.

[Brucey]

7. Simple

Spaghetti and Italian spicy meatballs.

[FarLeftRage]

8. Being an Italian-American...

My fave is fetticine or linguine in alfredo or white clam sauce.
Buono Appetito!!

[supernova]

9. Osso Bucco

or Veal piccata. :9 :9

I've given up pasta the past year.

[trof]

11. the Atkins diet

I know the symptoms.
Only too well.

[supernova]

12. Yesp

and I'm 30 lbs lighter than last year! Yea Me! :D

I eat pasta occasionally as a treat, since I'm where I want to be weight-wise, but I don't base my diet on it anymore. I feel so much better!

[HawkerHurricane]

13. Spaghetti with meat sauce

The best stuff I ever had was at the Navy exchange in Subic Bay, Phillipines.

[catpower2000]

14. Pasta Carbonara nt

[JitterbugPerfume]

15. my own

home made spaghetti sauce, simmeed all day

lotsa garlic

[Mr. McD]

16. Muffaletta Sandwich

3 large garlic cloves, crushed
1 cup chopped green olives stuffed with pimientos
1 cup pitted and chopped "black-ripe" olives or Calamatas
1/2 cup roasted sweet red peppers, chopped
1 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1/3pound salami
1/2 pound provolone cheese
1/2 pound mild cheese
1/3 pound mortadella
1/3 pound prosciutto

Take one loaf fresh Italian bread (one big round for a traditional Muffaletta or individual sub loaves for smaller sandwiches). Cut the loaf (or loaves) in half, and scoop out a little of the inside to make some room. Make the olive salad by combining the olives and roasted pepper, garlic and vinegar. Drizzle some of the olive oil and juice from the olive salad on each side of the open loaf - use plenty. On the bottom, place some salami, olive salad, provolone, mild cheese, and mordatella. Top with the other half loaf. Slice into wedges (or eat the individual loaves).

[fishnfla]

17. I like a nice antipasta tray

yup.

[Duncan Grant]

20. Risotto!

Any kind of risotto! yum. :kick:

[greatauntoftriplets]

21. Chicken or veal marsala.

Or any number of wondrous dishes that I have had in Italy and they never quite seem to replicate here. Scampi alla griglia comes to mind immediately. The scampi there were different from what passes for scampi in my Midwestern neck of the woods.

I spent 10 days in Venice in the fall of 1991, and had a very interesting Chinese dinner -- cooked in olive oil. Gave the spices a very different flavor. Hey, I love Chinese and felt like something different.

[Rowdyboy]

22. Seafood lasagne

with white sauce

[opiate69]

23. My favorite

Veal Scallopinis, rolled with prosciutto, then fried in butter. Served with spaghetti aoili.

[xJlM]

24. Linguini and roasted garlic

With a little basil and lots of Romano cheese. If you have a nice salad first, and top it off with some fresh-brewed iced tea, you're talking a quick, easy meal that's pretty healthy for you (as long as you don't go too overboard with the Romano).

[SOteric]

25. Pasta Fagioli, Tagliolini allo Stracchino e Porcini,

Risotto Mantecato, Riso Corallo, Sgonfiotti Dolci con Aranciata...and maybe a little pizza margherita...

[Mandate My Ass]

26. A big plate of # 8 spaghetti

covered in gravy that has cooked all day with pork and beef and veal and topped with a mound of freshly grated romano cheese. On the side must be a salad of romaine and iceberg lettuce, cucumbers and onions with wine vinegar and olive oil. Although my granny, (God rest her soul) who made the most decadent homemade ravioli that the world ever knew, would care to differ...I stick with this traditional menu.

[SmileyBoy]

27. Fettucine Alfredo!!!

With garlic cheez bread. *droooooooooool*

[Sancho Panza]

28. angel hair pasta with...

a garlic-laden marinara sauce and sweet Italian sausage.

Tomorrow I could come up with another favorite. :-)

[GOPisEvil]

29. Simple...any pasta tossed with butter and sage...

:9

[Kat45]

30. Lasagna. For dessert, ricotta pie--but not in the same meal--

that would be way too much of a good thing, lasting in the stomach for hours and hours.

[Nikia]

31. I like Italian food

Sometimes I wish that I was at least a little bit Italian instead of everything else. There are so many delicious dishes. I don't like ricotta cheese but everything else is good. I'll have to go with Chicken Marsala as my favorite.

[Pert_UK]

32. Mixed cured hams/sausages + cheeses, olives + bread

The best starter (appetiser) ever.

P.

[Shakeydave]

33. Veal Saltimmbocca!

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:1D5ZPxUP9gkC:

[rucky]

37. Tell Me More!

Can't say ive seen that one on the menu at the Olive Garden... Then again, I get my italian on the inside. Recipe, anyone?

[wyldwolf]

34. My wife is Italian...

...I eat Italian several times a week.

[BritishHuman]

35. Pizza!

Duh.

Or if we rule out pizza, then cingiale cacciatore. I had it in a little restaurant on holiday in Italy once, absolutely heavenly - cingiale is wild boar.

[philosophie_en_rose]

36. Crispy, Carbs, and Cream Sauce - I can't resist.

I love chicken parmigiana and pasta with alfredo sauce.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

38. My Aunt's Sicilian pizza

:9 Yum.

[newyawker99]

39. Yummmmmmmm!!! Pizza!!

:9 :9 :9 :9

[scarlet_owl]

40. Pesto on pasta!

[DinahMoeHum]

41. Mixed seafood fra diavolo. . .

...various hot and cold antipasti with a Campari and soda aperitif...
...Cannoli and other Italian pastries...

:bounce:

[noiretextatique]

42. spaghetti alla carbonara

pasta e fagioli and ravioli. i used the get the best rotisserie chicken in rome...and the best pizza one earth in naples.

[maveric]

43. Veal cutlets with mushroom sauce and ziti.

One of the many great things about living in the Boston area is that you can get "real" veal cutlets just about anywhere that serves italian.
Out here in SoCal you cant get them. And if you do the veal is usually cooked improperly and tough.

[corarose]

44. Chicken Visuvio(?)

I also love Lasagna.

[Rhiannon12866]

45. Most anything. I like pasta, pizza, eggplant parmesan, but

my most favorite is pasta with pesto sauce, made with fresh basil, that I make myself. It is just pure heaven...O8)