Ok, so we’re going to milk the Rome thing for one more post. We’ll get back to cooking soon! Here’s a peak at some of the delicious bites we had in Rome. We didn’t take pictures of *everything,* but rest assured that it was all delicious!
We’ll start with breakfast. This is what we ate every morning – a croissant (usually filled with chocolate) and a cup of cappuccino. Mas typical!
Or perhaps an espresso. Buono.
And now we’ll skip straight to dessert: pistachio gelato!
Or perhaps you prefer coconut and mango gelato?
Or maybe a tiramisu if you’re feeling down?
Ok fine, a chocolate and pistachio crepe!
Let’s switch to pizza. Only half a pizza for you! This one has anchovies and capers.
The Italians eat their pizza with a knife and fork. They are so civilized!
This is a pepperoni pizza with arugula. Although, there is no pepperoni in Italy…they call it “American spicy sausage.”
This is an aerial view of the pizza oven that made that last pizza. Cool, huh?
Here’s a charcuterie plate: a couple different salamis, cheeses, olive, sundried tomatoes, and eggplant.
This is a chickpea soup. It was awesome! Chickpea in Italian is “cece” (pronounced che-che)
This is risotto with asparagus pesto, mussels, and dried tuna flake. It was also awesome! We ended up taking it home because we were too full, and then we ate the leftovers on the side of the road on our way to St. Peter’s Basilica. It was the fanciest picnic lunch ever!
Sometimes simple food is the best. This is cheese and spinach ravioli with a creamy tomato sauce.
A “Roman style” artichoke (because that’s a thing).
Puntarelle Salad – a roman green served raw and dressed in anchovy
Some fancy appetizers: fried squash blossom and a fried risotto ball. Because after you’ve gone to the trouble of making risotto, you might as well take it one step further and fry it! The fried Risotto ball is called “Suppli al Telefono,” because when you break one in half, the cheesiness causes little strings between the halves that look like telephone lines.
And lastly, Pasta Amatriciana. I know you’ve seen this before, but it wouldn’t be Rome without another bowl of it!
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