Italian Seafood for Lovers
Nothing could be more romantic than a seaside Italian dinner. There’s just nothing more serene and calm than the gentle breeze caressing and the sound of the waves crashing. The soft ocean breeze caressing your skin as you sit across that special someone, well that is just as good as it gets. What else could top that than an Italain seafood dinner? Having a seaside dinner is just amazing; you do not only feel in love, you also get to eat really good food. Now, that is the kind of date youll surely remember.
Geography would tell us that Italy has a very long coastline and borders the Adriatic Sea, Ionian Sea and Tyrrhenian Sea. Italy is even made up of other islands that are also one of the largest in the entire Mediterranean Sea. Number of tourists even flock Italy for its pristine beaches. Because Italy is pretty much sunny the entire year, its beaches are enjoyed by everyone all year out. And also because of its strategic location, fishing is a prime industry even during the olden times. This is why Italian cuisine incorporates a lot of seafood dishes, and in even a few regions, locals eat more of seafood than red meat. Because people have been looking for ways to enjoy authentic Italian dishes, seaside ristorantes and trattorias have also began serving Italian seafood dishes to those who would love to sample a piece of Italian cusine.
Italian seafood dishes are becoming more and more popular. If you are looking for a great seafood antipasti, a popular Italian choice is the salmone scottaditto” which is basically a slice of fresh salmon that is seared on a hot plate and served with some aioli and fried leeks. What scottaditto means in Italian is burn finger since a scottaditto is meant to be a finger food. Aioli is a sauce that is made by with mixing garlic and olive oil as well as egg. This dish is perfect because you get to taste the delicate flavor of the salmon with the mildly strong flavor of the garlic that becomes balanced with crisp, fried leeks.
You can also order a shrimp and beans salad with augula dish which known as gamberi alla Toscana. This dish has that signature Italian balance with the white kidney beans tasting creamy and light with the mild peppery flavor of the arugula salad being tied all together by the succulent shirmps.
A perfect main dish would be speghettini in mixed seafood tied together by tomato sauce or the spaghettini ai frutti di mare. The spaghettini, which is a kind of pasta that is similar to the spaghetti but only thinner, is cooked to an al dentetender on the outside but still with a bite to it. The tomato sauce mentioned in the dish is the traditional yet simple Italian sauce which is chopped fresh tomatoes cooked in olive oil and flavored with salt. During the actual cooking of the dish, the entire thing can be optionally seasoned with some very Italian herbs like the woodsy oregano or basil and parsley. Once you taste the dish you will surely be pleased with all the flavors being married to each other; the rich taste of the tomato sauce with the seafood and the subtle taste of the pasta as well. A definite must have in your favorite beach Italian restaurant.
Il Velluto Amarone Della Valpolicella DOC Classico Riserva 1997
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