Country
What Italy cooks with
68 ingredients from the guide appear in the 63 catalogued dishes of Italy, in Europe. The most typical come first: used here often, and less so elsewhere.
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Most typical of Italy
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Every ingredient in Italy’s dishes

Almond
2 dishes here

Baker's yeast
1 dish here

Basil
3 dishes here

Béchamel
1 dish here

Besan
1 dish here

Black pepper
3 dishes here

Bread
8 dishes here

Broth
4 dishes here

Butter
6 dishes here

Caper
1 dish here

Carrot
1 dish here

Cheese
3 dishes here

Chili pepper
1 dish here

Chocolate
1 dish here

Cocoa powder
1 dish here

Cod
1 dish here

Edible mushroom
2 dishes here

Egg
7 dishes here

European anchovy
1 dish here

European perch
1 dish here

Fettuccine
1 dish here

Fig
1 dish here

Flour
3 dishes here

Fontina PDO
1 dish here

Garlic
3 dishes here

Globe artichoke
1 dish here

Goat meat
1 dish here

Gorgonzola
1 dish here

Grape
1 dish here

Guanciale
2 dishes here

Honey
1 dish here

Macaroni
1 dish here

Marmalade
1 dish here

Mint
1 dish here

Mozzarella
5 dishes here

Mussel
1 dish here

Olive
2 dishes here

Olive oil
2 dishes here

Onion
5 dishes here

Oregano
1 dish here

Pancetta
1 dish here

Parmesan
4 dishes here

Pasta
7 dishes here

Pearl barley
1 dish here

Pecorino
2 dishes here

Pecorino Romano PDO
1 dish here

Pesto
1 dish here

Pork
3 dishes here

Potato
1 dish here

Puff pastry
1 dish here

Raisin
1 dish here

Rice
1 dish here

Salami
1 dish here

Sardine
2 dishes here

Semolina
1 dish here

Sheep meat
1 dish here

Spaghetti
3 dishes here

Stockfish
1 dish here

Sugar
1 dish here

Sunflower oil
1 dish here

Table salt
5 dishes here

Tomato
1 dish here

Tomato sauce
9 dishes here

Tuna
1 dish here

Veal
1 dish here

Water
2 dishes here

Wheat
1 dish here

White wine
1 dish here
Photo credits for this page (68)
Mozzarella: Popo le Chien · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tomato sauce: Dennis Klein klein2 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pecorino: Superbass · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sardine: pelican from Tokyo, Japan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Parmesan: Mario M. Lommersum · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pasta: David Adam Kess · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Spaghetti: Tim Reckmann from Hamm, Deutschland · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bread: Bake Across Europe · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Basil: Paul Goyette · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Broth: Mariuszjbie · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Butter: Jacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Almond: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Baker's yeast: ElinorD · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Béchamel: Jacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Besan: AlexanderVanLoon · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Caper: James F. Carter · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Carrot: MOs810 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chili pepper: Takeaway · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Chocolate: Mx. Granger · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cocoa powder: blair · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Cod: Tiia Monto · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Egg: Flixtey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
European anchovy: Paul Asman and Jill Lenoble · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
European perch: Lauri Rantala from Espoo, Finland · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fettuccine: LPLT · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fig: BenAveling · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Flour: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Fontina PDO: Dominik Hundhammer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Garlic: Ivar Leidus · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Globe artichoke: Hans Hillewaert · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Goat meat: Biswarup Ganguly · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Gorgonzola: Ramagliolo9 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Grape: Famartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Macaroni: Popo le Chien · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Marmalade: Miansari66 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Mint: Commonists · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Mussel: DaBler · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Olive: Juan Emilio Prades Bel · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Olive oil: Jacek Halicki · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Oregano: Henna · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pancetta: istolethetv from Hong Kong, China · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pearl barley: Johann Jaritz · CC BY-SA 3.0 at · Wikimedia Commons
Pecorino Romano PDO: Deanna from Chicago 'burbs · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pesto: Ɱ · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Pork: Father.Jack from Coventry, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Potato: McKay Savage from London, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Puff pastry: Moonsun1981 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Rice: Musclewingz Yueyua · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Salami: André Karwath aka Aka · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
Semolina: Sanjay ach · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sheep meat: Tvabutzku1234 · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Stockfish: Havang(nl) · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sugar: Lauri Andler (Phantom) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Sunflower oil: Retired electrician · CC0 1.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Table salt: Dubravko Sorić SoraZG on Flickr · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Tuna: George Alexander Ishida Newman from Japan · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Veal: Jeff Kubina · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Water: Forbes Johnston from Winchester, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wheat: User:Bluemoose · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
White wine: Shixart1985 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons