Italian regional dishes

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1. If you go to Florence you will find ribollita in almost every restaurant menu. What is the main ingredient of this healthy and nutritious vegetable soup ? black cabbage broccoli sauerkraut brussel sprouts

2. Jota is another very nutritious soup that is eaten in Trieste and its surroundings. I assure you it is delicious, just don't be scared by its main ingredient that is which of these? broccoli pumpkin sauerkraut brussel sprouts

3. In Milan of course you need to try "Risotto alla milanese". It is a rice dish that owes its intense color to which spice? saffron turmeric curry nutmeg

4. Panzanella is a salad dish that every Roman housewife knows. What is the ingredient that makes it typical? ground bread bread crumbs stale bread soaked in water and squeezed flour

5. Canederli are a typical dish in Trentino-Alto Adige. The most common kind look like meatballs, their main ingredient however is not meat but which of these? ground bread Bread crumbs stale bread soaked in milk/water and squeezed flour

6. In Genova and surrounding area the sauce mostly used on pasta is pesto. There are many varieties of pesto all over Italy but which is the spice used for the Genovese one? basil majoram oregan thyme

7. Bagna caoda is the typical dish in Piedmont. It consists of a hot sauce where raw, boiled or roasted vegetables are dipped, in a way not dissimilar to fondue. Among its ingredients, there is a kind of fish, which one? anchovies olives sardines tunafish

8. Every Italian restaurant offers tiramisù on its menu, so this dessert has become rather popular. Do you know which kind of cheese goes into its preparation? pecorino ricotta mascarpone stracchino

9. Not far from Treviso, where tiramisù is said to originate, lies the beautiful Vicenza. After visiting its many splendid palaces you will need to recover your strength with a dish of "bacalà alla vicentina". Funny thing, although Vicenza is not a sea city, this dish involves a kind of fish, which one? tunafish shellfish stockfish sardines

10. One more dessert to finish. "Sebadas" are typical of Sardinia and consist in a kind of crepe filled with pecorin cheese and sweetened with which of these? white sugar honey maple syrup brown sugar