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 ? sauerkraut brussel sprouts broccoli black cabbage

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? pumpkin broccoli brussel sprouts sauerkraut

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? curry saffron turmeric 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? stale bread soaked in milk/water and squeezed flour Bread crumbs ground bread

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? thyme oregan basil majoram

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? sardines anchovies olives 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? ricotta pecorino stracchino mascarpone

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? stockfish sardines shellfish tunafish

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 brown sugar maple syrup honey