Authentic Italian cooking

Name: Authentic Italian cooking
Rating: 4.4 (39 reviews)

A gastronomic journey around Italy without leaving home! All you wanted to know about carbonara, pesto, parmigiana +...

Created byAmati Taste

Last updated 5/2020

English

What you'll learn

How to eat well the Italian way
Easy techniques of Mediterranean cuisine, use of alternative ingredients
5 complete menus including appetizers, first and main courses, 3 best-seller chicken dishes and 5 all-purpose sauces

Course content

5 sections • 23 lectures • 1h 42m total length

Caprese salad - Insalata Caprese4:45
INSALATA CAPRESE: a super easy dish directly from Capri Island.
Produce and presentation make the difference.
Fresh, pleasant, cannot get enough.
Veal carpaccio - Carpaccio di vitello2:25
CARPACCIO DI VITELLO: cook to impress with limited time? Here’s an idea, 5 minutes and a high-quality fresh cut of veal. It is a surprisingly easy and fresh dish from the North of Italy. No cooking is required.
Sweet and sour sardines - Sarde in saor3:07
SARDE IN SAOR: Venice, gondolas and the greatest marine republic in the history. This was a traditional dish of Venetian fishermen that helped to preserve food on board for a long period of time when at sea. A good balance of sweet and sour, acidic and subtle.
Eggplant parmigiana - Parmigiana di melanzane7:14
PARMIGIANA DI MELANZANE is one of the most popular Italian dishes worldwide. It is 100% comfort food, but you can easily serve it during a fancy dinner.
Russian salad Italian style - Insalata russa4:45
INSALATA RUSSA: Russians have nothing to do with it! By only looking at the ingredients list, it is hard to believe how delicious this dish is! Try this unboring way of serving most common vegetables.

Carbonara pasta - Spaghetti alla Carbonara5:11
SPAGHETTI ALLA CARBONARA: bacon and eggs? C’mon! You are almost in Italy! Poor ingredients – luxurious result! Enormous satisfaction!
Pesto pasta - Fusilli al pesto5:33
FUSILLI AL PESTO: a perfect example of Mediterranean cuisine – fresh, aromatic and vibrant. You will definitely going to love it!
Pasta with clams - Spaghetti alle vongole3:14
SPAGHETTI ALLE VONGOLE: the best way to describe this pasta with three main ingredients – is “less is more”. Learn how to bring together the pasta and the sauce. Discover a secret to a silky and creamy sauce with no cream.
Baked pasta - Pasta al forno8:08
PASTA AL FORNO: if you ask Italians what their favorite dish is, you will most likely hear – “baked pasta”! You can come across numerous recipes (like lasagna) with different types of pasta, sauces and ingredients. Chef Amati learned this recipe from his Grandma.
Spaghetti Amatriciana - Pasta all'Amatriciana2:46
PASTA ALL’AMATRICIANA: This dish will take you to Rome? Very rich and full of flavor as the Southern cuisine itself.

Polpette - Meatballs4:16
POLPETTE AL SUGO: you may think that you know it! But do you really?! Try the simplicity of this traditional Italian bestseller, where the flavor is well balanced and ingredients speak for themselves
Milanese veal cutlet - Costolette alla milanese4:03
COSTOLETTA ALLA MILANESE: don’t you think this is a wiener schnitzel! It is better for one reason only – it is a cutlet on a bone, that gives it more flavor.
Seabass baked in foil - Branzino al cartoccio3:20
BRANZINO AL CARTOCCIO: no special skills needed! Just a seabass, a foil and the seasoning. Not bad at all for a dish that normally costs at least 25$ in a restaurant!
Veal valdostana - Valdostana di vitello3:00
VALDOSTANA DI VITELLO originally comes from the Alps and is suitable for chilly weather. This is our idea of quality comfort food. Best with mashed potatoes on a cold rainy day.
Veal saltimbocca - Saltimbocca alla romana2:22
SALTIMBOCCA ALLA ROMANA: a super easy and super-fast recipe from XIX century. It is still served nowadays in the best Roman trattorias. But you can effortlessly replicate it at home.

Chicken Castellana - Castellana di pollo3:56
Italian and French cuisines have been in competition for ages. Try the Italian response to Cordon Blue challenge.
Sicilian orange chicken - Pollo alla siciliana6:41
Did you know that the Sicilian orange is the king of all oranges?
Delicious, full of color and flavor chicken bites. You’re gonna love it! Your kids’re gonna go crazy! (just leave out Grand Marnier)
Chicken cacciatora - Pollo alla cacciatora7:39
Melt in your mouth chicken. Suitable for: cosi dinner, country style home meal, family reunions or a special occasion like…
you simply crave it!

Foundue3:11
Perfect with:
Bruschetta (toasted bread)
Pasta
Steamed veggies
Poached eggs
Shrimps and zucchini5:40
Perfect with:
Bruschetta (toasted bread)
Pasta
On its own (as an appetized)
Raw sauce2:27
Perfect with:
Bruschetta (toasted bread)
Pasta salad
On its own (as an appetizer)
Mushroom Boscaiolo sauce3:44
Perfect with:
Bruschetta (toasted bread)
Pasta
Polenta
Amati primavera sauce5:20
Perfect with:
Bruschetta (toasted bread)
Pasta
Rice
Cous cous

Requirements

Basic kitchen equipment

Description

Do you miss your favorite Italian place around the corner?

Why not try to cook your favorite dishes at home, now that you have all that time in your hands?

Italian cuisine can seem complex (even intimidating) because of endless ingredients, techniques and preparations. But don’t worry, I will guide you every step of the way, I will show you a simple and effective methods to a great meal!

No show-off, no distractions, I will go directly to the point and help you gain confidence and the best result possible with few ingredients.

5 lessons, 15 recipes, including starters, firsts and main courses. Moreover, we have recently updated the course, adding 3 lessons on traditional Grandma's chicken and 5 all-purpose sauces.

As Master Yoda says: “Try not! Do!” :-)

Who this course is for:

Food-lovers
Coocking enthusiasts
Beginners

Authentic Italian cooking

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Course content

Appetizers5 lectures • 22min

Fisrt courses5 lectures • 25min

Main courses5 lectures • 17min

Grandma's chicken3 lectures • 18min

All purpose sauces5 lectures • 20min

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