Fabio D'Aleo

Fabio D'Aleo

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We eat pasta or rice only once a day normally, not huge portions and with more vegetables and less fatty sauces than you are used abroad. Most people, when having pasta or risotto for lunch, then has meat or fish in the evening, or the other way round.

Pizza is something we eat every now and then (mostly in a night out with friends or family). Again, Italian pizza is not smothered in fatty cheese and often toppings are just veggies. Panini are an alternative lunch on the go, when there is no time for a sitting lunch: one Milanese “michetta al crudo” with Parma ham has:

• 50g carbs
• 20g fat
• 35g protein

That is 513 Kcal, one third less fats and one third more proteins than a Big Mac: if coupled with a steak or a chicken breast and some veggies for dinner, it's perfectly compatible with a weight loss diet.

Food Game

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Fabio D'Aleo

 

Jan 15

Apart from ratatouille, what dishes have great names?

Italy here:

Brandacujun (Shake-Bollocks) Creamed salted cod & potatoes with garlic and parsley. From Liguria.

Bastardo del Grappa (The Bastard from Grappa) A cheese from, you guessed, Monte Grappa and surrounding area

Strozzapreti alla Pastora (Priest-stranglers sheperd style): a pasta shape, in this case dressed with a white meat ragù

Minne delle Monache (Nuns' Titties) Mini-sponges filled with sweet whipped cream. From Puglia

Coglioni di mulo (Mule Testicles) A pear-shaped salami with a cube of lard in the middle. No mules were harmed in making this. From Abruzzo.

Cazzimperio (sort of Imperial Cock): celery and fennel bulbs dipped in olive oil, salt and pepper. A Roman salad

Pane Cafone (Boorish Bread): Neapolitan sourdough

Zizzona di Battipaglia (The Big Bazonga from Battipaglia): a water buffalo giant mozzarella, specialty of, you guessed again, Battipaglia.

Torta Puttana (The Whore-cake): a pudding-y cake or cake-y pudding from the Northeast

Fabio D'Aleo