Antipasti can be life savers.
Whether you have friends coming around or you are simply too tired to put dinner together the humble salami will save your life.
There is something about slicing salami which takes me back to my roots. After all I come from Friuli where salame, prosciutto and fresh cheese are typical produce of the area and people eat them on a daily basis.
If you get invited there by someone do not be surprised if the first thing they do is to head to their cantina or cellar, come back with a chunky long salame and start slicing like there is no tomorrow. Then just as they give you about 10 slices of thick fresh salame, red wine will start to pour to the brim. Do not ever say you are on a diet or anything like that as they will look at you wondering if you are unwell.
My dad is wise, he said to me some time ago:” If you diet too hard or get obsessed about whatever you put in your mouth then you’ll go crazy in your head”.
He is a typical guy from the area, certainly not subtle, whatever he has to say he will say. I got his point though.
Let’s celebrate food then! Take a look at my meat antipasti I did a little while back. That was a real feast that was! We had too many a few glasses of Merlot with it! Red wine goes well with meat antipasti.
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My favourite pasta is Strozzapreti!
I love all pasta & don’t have a favourite 🙂
What is your favourite type of pasta? . . . . . . lasagne
Casarecce
i do love spaghetti
Lasagne is my favourite
There’s too many too choose from but a favourite is Penne Arrabiata
My favourite type of pasta is fusilli!
LOVE LASAGNE
whole wheat fusilli
We love pasta in this house, but my favourite is Farfalle.
I like all types of pasta but particularly like spaghetti.
My favourite pasta is spaghetti
This looks so good. We were just talking about Antipasti last night. One of our friends is Italian from NY. and he said his family made Antipasti with meat, cheese, peppers. Such an awesome dish.
Thanks Linda, antipasti always go down well!
Tagletelli
Hi Alida,
I know that this is for UK only, but I just wanted to tell you that I enjoyed reading your words. Your dad sounds like he get it and I also remember my family putting out the antipasti every time we had guest or family over. My dad was the one who put all of the goodies in a platter or in dishes. It was his thing and still is even though he is 88. Never a day went by without some sort of salami with cheese or bread before our dinner. Thanks for sharing it brought back many happy memories…Have a great Sunday!
Hugs x Dottie 🙂
We Italians just love antipasti, don’t we? It is always a feast taking out all those gorgeous salami, cheese and olives..!
Spaghetti!
Spaghetti
spaghetti
Macaroni. I’m easy 🙂
Prawn and chorizo linguine
Spaghetti, Im a simple girl lol x
Spaghetti
I’m pretty boring because i love spaghetti
i like gnocchi
I’m gluten free and paleo, so I don’t eat noodles so much anymore, but I have been loving courgette noodles, lovely in a soup x
I love angel hair pasta. Recently I’ve discovered orzo pasta and am loving it!
Fusilli 🙂
Fusilli, with pesto coating it!
I love lasagne!
vegetable lasgane
Lasagne is my favourite
Farfalle
Lasagne
fusilli thankyou
Che antipasto invitante Alida, fa venire l’acquolina in bocca! In bocca al lupo a tutti i partecipanti al giveaway! Un abbraccio!
Lasagne is my favourite pasta
Spaghetti!
Homemade lasgane is my favourite way to eat pasta.
I love spaghetti bolognaise
Ravioli
Tortellini.
homemade macaroni xx lots of cheese onto and garlic bread x
Definitely Lasagne.
Spaghetti, so much slurping! 🙂
Prawn and chorizo with any pasta works grest
Fusilli!
spaghetti
Farfalle
I just love pasta, but my favourite has to be Tagliatelle
All pasta
All pasta but especially fusilli
Pesto and Tuna pasta salad (any pasta shape is fine with us!!)
I love spaghetti 🙂
Love my homemade Mac & cheese but love all types of pasta
I love tortellini such a simple and tasty meal
Linguine
Anything with lots of spice and garlic.
Lasagna but I like them all really
Love tagliatelle!
i love all pasta
Lasagne mmmmmmm
Spaghetti is my favourite
I love tortellini!
Has to be spaghetti
I like fusilli with mozzarella and aubergine
Lasagne
tagliatelli
Has to be lasagne!
Spaghetti mainly because we use it the most.
Fusilli
Carbonara
Anything pasta really, I love pasta! But I thing it would have to be lasagne!
Spaghetti
Spaghetti
I love spaghetti with king prawns, chilli, cherry tomatoes and rocket. Delicious!
All pasta is delicious, but a carbonara or a nice spag bol would be my favourite!
Spinach & cheese ravioli
Anything with cheese!!! 🙂
Tangiatelli
love Linguine
I adore spaghetti especially carbonara, or with pesto and Parmesan.
I adore lasagne delish!!!!!!
Spaghetti
Lasagne is our favourite
Tagliatelli is my favourite pasta 🙂
tagliatelle is my fave x
I love Lasagne and the flat sheets of pasta are my favourites.
My favourite type of pasta is penne
Bow Tie Pasta
Spagetti x
Spaghetti is my favourite! The board looks fantastic and wow, how appetising does your platter look?
Thank you!
Farfalle
gluten free carbonara
Spaghetti Prima Vera
Tortellini is my favourite with spinach and ricotta
Can’t beat spaghetti
spaghetti
Fusili mmmm
spaghetti is a family fav
Fusilli as it can be used with so many things x
I love Spaghetti! x
Fusilli
Lasagne is my favourite
Lasagne
Spaghetti
Fusilli all the way 😀
spaghetti
I love pasta, and my favourite is Farfalle.
I love the different filled pasta ravioli you can buy now
Ravioli
Carbonara
I love spaghetti
Linguini
Spaghetti
Tagliatelle
I absolutely love Lasagne <3
spaghetti
love lasagne
Pasta Shells i love them x
I love all pastas but favourite has to be spaghetti
Love pasta Farfali is probably my favourite
I love all types of pasta. But I love Linguine more!
Ravioli
Macaroni for me!
Spaghetti.x
Green spinach tagliatelle
linguine
Wholewheat Fuscilli
I like carbonara
i love Linguine
My favourite is Carbonara
Ravioli
SPaghetti!
Lasagne
Mine is spaghetti.
Lasagne
I don’t like pasta!
Something creamy
tagliatelle
I love baked pasta like lasagna and canneloni
sweet chilli pasta yummy
Twists
I love tagliatelle in a creamy blue cheese sauce!
I like lasagna
it would be a spaghetti carbonara x
Tagliatelle
Lasagne
I love tagliatelle, mix in some soft cheese, peas and smoked salmon, chives and salt and pepper yum
Farfalle.
Farfalle, particularly with pesto
tagliatelle
Lasagne
Tagliatelle
Macaroni is my favourite
Semolina gnocchi served in a blue cheese cream sauce
Seafood linguine
Tagliatelle
fusili 🙂
Tagletelli 🙂
I like lasagne
spaghetti
Tagliatelle 🙂
LASAGNE IS MY FAV
I love the wide strips of papardelle with a meaty slow cooked ragu!
Just love Linguine at the moment.
fusilli
Linguine
Tortellini
Linguine. Either with seafood or veg.
tortellini 🙂
Lovely Lasagne for me!
Mine has to be Lasagne 😀 xx
I love spaghetti
Ravioli
Lasagne is my favourite.
Fuseli
Tagliatelle
Tagliatelle
Tagliatelle
I love Tagliatelle
Lasagne is my one of favourite pasta. 🙂
tortellini, especially with some sort of goats cheese filling
Tagliatelle
My favourite type of pasta is ravioli.
olive oil and olives xx
Pasta shells with mince covered in hot chilli sauce…love it
Lasagne
Rigatoni
I like lasagne
I love Tagletelli
Angel hair!
farfalle
Penne
I love spaghetti
Lasagne 🙂
Angel hair pasta
Linguine
Fettuccini
It’s a toss up between Tortellini and Tagliatelle. Love them both 🙂
Lasagne
Rigatoni cooked al dente
Pasta with mushrooms in a creamy sauce.. I could eat it every day!
I love penne
I like good old fashioned spaghetti the best.
I love seafood linguine!
Spirali, it works well in a pasta salad
Tortellini
Lasagne
Rigatoni
I love Tagliatelle
Tagliatelle
I love Fusilli, I prefer to have this with my bolognaise rather than spaghetti
Spaghetti
Favourite pasta: Tagliatelle Verde, favourite sauce: Carbonara … bellissimo!
linguine
linguine for me
our favourite is Farfalle.
My favourite is fusilli 🙂
Lasagna , so many little variations to change the flavour
I love fresh penne pasta with roasted vegetables, feta and pesto – yum! (@PeanutHog)
It’s a toss up (see what I did there) with spaghetti and macaroni!
Tagletelli
fusilli for me
Tricolor Fusilli
Spaghetti especially with home made meat balls
I am a spaghetti oholic – loved it from the very first taste in my childhood x
raviloi love the little parcels with all sorts of different fillings
Penne….I know it doesn’t sound exciting, but I love making my own sauce with tom’s I’ve grown.
Penne!!
Penne with tomato and basil sauce:)
Spaghetti with a nice carbonara sauce – yummy
lasagne
Penne
Conchiglie!
my favourite pasta is free pasta 🙂
penne is my favorite
I love spaghetti but it’s so messy! Or is it just me that’s messy!
Spaghetti (Marinara)
i like it all
Lasagne
Conchiglie
Tagliatelle
A real meaty lasagna
No doubt carbonara!
I love the way rigatoni holds loads of sauce and is much easier to eat than spaghetti, etc.
Orzo or lasagna
Tricolour Tagliatelle 🙂
I like Farfalle, with an Arrabiata sauce.
Amazing recipes and lovely board. I love spaghetti.
Pappardelle
Lasagne
pappardelle
I love having fusilli cold in a salad as it mixes well with salad dressings, but I love to cook with farfalle
Spagetti is my favourite, somehow it tastes better than other pasta
SPAGHETTI
My favourite pasta is rigatoni
Fresh home made pasta is just the best
It might seem boring but I can’t help it – I just love spaghetti!
All pasta is lovely but my fave has to be tagliatelle
Penne
Tagliatelle!
Ravioli is my favourite
farfalle
Spelt pasta
My favourite pasta recipe is tagliatelle with lemon, creme fraiche + rocket 🙂
Whole wheat spaghetti!
spagetti
conchiglie, brings back memories of when I was younger my mum always used this pasta
fusilli 🙂
I love all pasta!
i love spaghetti carbonara!!!
I love fusilli.
Spagetti
spaghetti
I love it all but particularly penne.
I love all types ( apart from maccaroni ) I use pasta to make sooo many meals and have set most my familyoff liking pasta too 😛
Spaghetti !!
Tagliatelle is my favourite
penne with my famiy
tagliatelle!
Lasagne I LOVE
Tagliatelle
Linguini
gnocchi
I like tagliatelle the most
Spaghetti
spaghetti.
Tagliatelle
Fusilli but I also love spaghetti!
Gnocchi if it counts – pure comfort food 🙂
lasagne
Tricolor Tagliatelle
taglietelli
Fusilli
I love pasta 🙂
Lasagne
fusilli
Rigatoni
whole wheat fusilli
I couldn’t pick one as I like all pasta
I like linguine – I do a dish with prawns, lots of garlic and tomatoes and finished with some tarragon. Its pretty good even if I do say so myself!
i love Lasagne and spaghetti
I Love Tortelloni and any filled pasta
Ravioli xxx
Fusilli
Lasagne yum yum
Pata tubes 🙂