Italian food and drink

ITALIAN FOOD AND DRINK

Ingredients

30g/1oz fresh yeast½ tsp sugar

600ml/1 pint 2fl oz warm water4 tbsp olive oil, plus extra for

oiling680g/1½lb strong white flour, plus

extra for dusting2 tsp salt

2 tbsp olive oil1½ tsp coarse salt

leaves from 3-4 rosemary sprigs

FOCACCIA

Focaccia is an flat oven-baked Italian bread made with olive oil.

• Torrone is known as nougat is an concoction made from honey,sugar,egg white and toasted almonds. Torrone is usually shaped into either a rectangle tablet or a round cake. It is an traditional dessert for Christmas in Spain and there are some varieties in Italy and Latin America.

• Ingredients:• 1 2/3 pounds (700 g) honey • 1 3/4 pounds (800 g) blanched, peeled almonds • 1 3/4 pounds (800 g) sugar • 4 egg whites • Rice paper or edible wafers of the kind used for baking

TORRONE

• Prosecco is an Italian wine — generally a dry sparkling wine made from white grape. It is believed Prosecco was produced in the roman times

• A bottle of Prosecco di Conegliano spumante extra dry and a glass of prosecco frizzante, which stops forming bubbles soon after pouring.

PROSECCO

• Strega is an Italian herbal liquor produced since 1860 by the S.A distilleria Liquore in benevento,campania,Italy. Also strega is made from grain!!!

STREGA