意大利美食傳奇(一).

　　悠久的歷史、厚重的文化、一流的美酒和讓人垂涎的美食....這一切都能在一個國家找到，那就是——意大利。其中意大利美食是意大利文化不可或缺的一部分，在全世界飲食文化中，意大利美食都占有舉足輕重的地位。

　　1. Pizza

　　1：披薩

　　The modern day pizza&aposs birthplace was Naples, Italy. The original and most popular variety is Margherita, which has only tomato, mozzarella, and basil. These colors represent the Italian flagcolors and legend says this pizza was served to Queen Margherita of Savoy. Pizza was a peasant food, yet the Queen loved it and continued to enjoy it despite the backlash she received from others in the royal circle. The pizza was later named after her and is a popular pizza variety served around the world. If you have a chance to sample a Margherita pizza, Naples is dinitely the place -- with tomatoes grown in the volcanic ash of nearby Pompeii, the taste is spectacular and unlike pizza I have tried anywhere else in Italy or around the world.

　　披薩的發(fā)源地是意大利的那不勒斯。最純正，也是最有名的披薩是瑪加列披薩，它的配料只有番茄醬、馬蘇里拉奶酪和羅勒葉。這三個原料的顏色代表著意大利國旗的三個顏色。傳說意大利女皇瑪加列曾經(jīng)要求品嘗這一款披薩，當時，披薩是底層的食物，女皇嘗了后卻很喜歡，不管皇族里其他人的異議，經(jīng)常吃披薩。后來這款披薩也就以瑪加列皇后的名字而命名了，慢慢地，瑪加列披薩成為了世界上最受歡迎的一款披薩。如果你有機會到意大利品嘗瑪加列披薩，那不勒斯絕對是最好的地方，那里的西紅柿是龐培附近的火山灰里長出來的，味道極其特別，意大利別處的西紅柿醬絕對不能和這里的媲美的。

　　2. Gelato

　　2.冰激凌

　　Gelato is Italy&aposs version of ice cream. It contains many of the same ingredients as other frozen dairy desserts, but has a lower butterfat and sugar content. It is made and frozen in small batches versus the process of making most commercial ice creams in the United States. It lacks the amount of "air" seen in ice cream, giving it a more intense flavor. Another difference is how long it can keep -- gelato only stays fresh for a couple days.

　　意大利版本的冰激凌的配方和別處買到的的冰激凌配方大體相同，不同的是，意大利冰激凌含有更低的脂肪和糖。和冰激凌工業(yè)超級大國美國相比，意大利的冰激凌產(chǎn)量更小，冰激凌里面的空氣更小，所以吃起來覺得奶味更濃郁。還有一點不同的就是，意大利冰淇淋的保鮮期很短，只有短短的幾天。

　　Gelato dates back to ancient Roman and Egyptian frozen desserts made from ice and snow. It later appeared in Florence and the Florentine cook, Bernardo Buontalenti, is the one who is credited with creating modern ice cream in 1565. Gelato itself did not become popular until the 1900&aposs after the first mobile gelato cart was created.

　　意大利冰激凌的歷史可以追溯到古羅馬時期，當時，古埃及人將冰和雪制成甜點。這個技術很快傳到弗洛倫薩。弗洛倫薩的大廚Bernardo Buontalenti也因為在1565年開發(fā)了現(xiàn)代冰激凌而名聲大振。然而意大利式冰激凌直到1900年，隨著第一輛冰激凌車的問世才漸漸變得受歡迎。