Pasta all'Ortolana Pasta all'Ortolana Pasta all'Ortolana is an Italian dish made by cooking various different vegetables before mixing them together with pasta ( translates "Greengrocer"). The recipe does not state a specific type of pasta, so it can be made with Fusilli, Fettuccine, Penne, Rigatoni, Farfalle or any other type of short Pasta. The vegetables used in the process are generally carrots, onions, leeks, garlic, zucchini, celery, yellow and red capsicum, cherry tomatoes and eggplants. Vegetables have to be washed and cleaned before slicing them in small strips (apart from the celery that needs to be chopped in even smaller pieces). The
Stromboli (food) capicola ham and provolone cheese covered in an Italian chili sauce on a French bread roll. Stromboli (food) Stromboli is a type of turnover filled with various Italian cheeses (typically mozzarella) and cold cuts (typically Italian meats such as salami, capocollo and bresaola) or vegetables. The dough used is either Italian bread dough or pizza dough. Stromboli was likely invented by Italian-Americans or Italian immigrants in the United States in Philadelphia, though it may have similar counterparts originating in Italy. It is believed to be named after the Italian film "Stromboli" or the island of Stromboli. A stromboli is somewhat