Tag Archive for: European Cuisine

Italy – Panzanella (Bread and Tomato Salad)

Panzanella is considered to be a very important dish as it is about 500 years old. The original idea was to give people something they can easily afford for the whole week with minimum ingredients. Panzanella is an Italian word and consists of two meanings separately. This dish is considered to be originated in Tuscany Italy.

The United Kingdom, England – Sweet Dessert Banoffee Pie

Banoffee Pie is another type of delightfully sweet dessert. It is firstly made by a British Chef whose name is Ian Dowding, who firstly discovered this dessert probably in 1971. The word Banoffee has come from two words which are Banana and Toffee

France – Ratatouille

Ratatouille is an classic French dish which originated in the city of Nice. This dish was basically made by farmers in the earlier times when their crops of vegetables ripened all at once and they needed to use them early. Ratatouille is a French word and has different meanings when split up. Rata in French means “Stew” and Touille means “To Stir”.

Italy – Panna Cotta

Panna Cotta is a dessert made by boiling heavy cream and adding stuff like sugar, vanilla extract and gelatin. The best thing about this dessert is that it can be made with any flavor so there are thousands of its variations and another good factor about it is that it goes well with everything. Panna Cotta is an Italian word which when translated into English means “Cooked Cream”. Panna Cotta is said to be originated in the region of Piedmont which is near the border of France. It is said that there has been no signs of Panna cotta before 1960’s and, it was after the 2000’s in 2001 it was listed in the traditional foods of its region. There are many similar dishes like Panna Cotta.

Italy – Bistecca Alla Fiorentina

Bistecca Alla Fiorentina is a special Tuscan T- bone steak whose meat is gathered from a special breed of cow known as Chianina cow. The beauty of this steak is its appearance as it attracts people towards it. It is more like a celebratory dish as it has a quite bit of history behind it. The first Bistecca steak was made in the year 1565 during the celebrations in the honor of San Lorenzo at the time of the Medici. Fiorentina steak is one of the best steaks in the world in terms of flavor and also the outcome after cooking it.

Turkey – Traditional Dondurma (Sweet Creamy Mastic Ice-Cream)

Dondurma means ”freezing in Turkish”, which is the most famous dessert in Turkey. You have never heard of eating ice cream with a fork and knife. Dondurma is the only ice cream that is eaten by fork and knife.

Serbia – Karadjordje’s steak

A favorite in Serbia and around the world. Karadjordje’s steak, or popularly “maiden’s dream”, is a dish that was created spontaneously but managed to win many hearts. There are several variations in the preparation of Karadjord’s steak. Here’s one of them!

Northern America, United Kingdom – Traditional Chicken Pot Pie

Pot Pie is a special and popular recipe in the whole world. It is very famous among the people of Europe. Basically, this dish was firstly introduced in North America.

United States of America – Sweet and delicious French Toast

French toast is a type of breakfast recipe. Here the word toast means that properly cook of bread slice from pan or toaster from both sides. There are different claims about the origin of French Toasts but the main source of information is that French Toast comes from Roman Empire. Basically, French Toast is called “Pain Perdu” in French, which means lost bread, while in some Roman languages it is called Pan Dulcis. It becomes popular day by day from the earlier 15th century.

French – Confit De Canard With Watercress Salad

Confit De Canard is one of the finest cuisines in the whole of the France. It is said to be originated in the region of Gascony. This dish is basically an dish with duck as its main protein and this duck is made with a special method of preservation which is also called confit method. Confit De Canard is a French word so when translated into English it means “Duck Confit”