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Penne al la vodka is always good and chicken parmisean. Cannoli's are an awesome dessert. Now I'm hungry! lol
Oh boy. I'm Italian... where should I start?
Are you looking for appetizers? main courses? desserts?
Seriously... I could spend an hour on this. :-P
@TinyTina: Lol, well mainly appetizer and main course. I don't think I'll have a cookie bar because most of my FI's fam is diabetic... so no one would eat it :P
I was thinking of either something like meats and cheeses and breads for an appetizer? But since I've had that for just dinner before, idk. I haven't been to a wedding in years, and when I did my cousin had no food, just cake. I've also heard that Italians have a wedding soup? Maybe use that as an appetizer?
I'm thinking very traditional/old fashioned style.
Can I just add that I LOVE Italian food! Whatever you serve, I'm sure your reception food will be delicious.
Appetizers:
Main Course:
Appetizers: Antipasto-stuffed mushrooms, salami, cheese, pickled peppers, olives. Also could do calamari, bushetta, prosciutto wrapped asparagus.
The Italian wedding soup is a beef broth with small meatballs, pasta and spinach-one of my favorite soups.
Dinner: chicken parmigiana is always good, chicken Marsala, you could go with any grilled meat or fish and I know you said no pasta, but a side of pasta would work nicely. As would broccoli rabe or braised Italian greens.
You could do skewers of tomatos, fresh mozzarella, basil, and bv as an appetizer. along with maybe steamed muscles or roasted artichoke hearts or something?
for entrees chicken parm, chicken scallopinne or marsala... of course any variety of lasagna or cannaloni, etc. mm
check out Giadas recipes for ideas
http://www.foodnetwork.com/everyday-italian/recipes/index.html
Here grilled chicken with a basil sauce sounded good. Pair it with a caprese salad and saffron orzo.
I think so much of what we eat as Italitan food in the US, isnt really italian food, just braded and fried and topped with cheese. Real Italian food pays homage to quality ingredients and it doesnt have to be heavy and greasy.
@TinyTina: Wow!! That all sounds soooo good!! It's going to be difficult picking just a few of those! Does any other brides have more suggestions? I'm compiling a list to show my FI.
@mousegirl: I'm not against the pasta itself, I Love pasta, I just wasn't sure about having a red sauce at my wedding (I'm a lil bit of a clutz, hehe) But I am still going to try a few, I might go with Chicken Parmasiana, or Chicken Marsala.
@lefeymw: I agree it doesn't have to be heavy or greasy, I love to cook so finding fresh high quality ingrediants is something I love to do. (Does any one else have fun shopping to make a great meal? lol)
@CorgiTales: How did you know I Love artichokes? I never thought that that was an Italian food! Hmm, maybe I should combine stuffed mushrooms, artichoke hearts, prosciutto melon, olives,rustic breads, and antipasto as a buffet style appetizers?
We had our reception at an Italian restaurant--it's more "modern Italian" though. Here is a link to their menu for ideas. Page 15 is where the appetizer stuff is.
http://trevisiorestaurant.com/pdfs/2010/Catering_Menus8_10.pdf
Good luck!
@LadySapphire: I totally understand not wanting a red sauce. You could try a pasta primavera, which a garlic and olive oil sauce or a white sauce like alfredo. My Dad's favorite is clams in a white wine sauce. All very Italian-like, and slightly less messy! :) Oh, and I agree with CorgiTales, marinated artichokes would be awesome! As would the mozzarella and basil salad. You could also go with an eggplant parm, or a stuffed eggplant. Good luck!
I understand about the red sauce too. I am having I talian food at my reception and my mom is making me and my groom cute aprons to wear during eating (still kinda unsure about having pictures taken in an apron though :/)
@brenna1035:I kinda like the apron idea! We're having our reception at an Italian restaurant too and while I'm not against red sauce completely, I'm against the actual spaghetti noodle. My FI has requested that we do gnocci with the vodka sauce and we get to pick one more pasta dish. Regardless of what I pick, it will definitely be a short noodle. :)
PLEASE have risotto.
and what about italian wedding soup? seems appropriate lol
I just have to say that I didn't take a lunch today, and this thread is EVIL!! LOL!
@brenna1035: Don't worry too much about pictures taken in the apron. Usually the photographer takes their meal break at dinner time since people don't really want pictures of guests stuffing their faces!
All this Italian food is making me hungry!
Ok, so I've never eaten gelato. Can anyone tell me what it's like? I'm considering having some at my wedding to go with the cake. What do you bees think?
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Ok, bees, My theme 'Italian Wedding' and I would like to have Italian foods there, like rustic breads and stuff. I'm trying to stay away from the spaghetti, can you suggest traditional Italian foods? Shout out to any Italian brides or anyone who has been to Italy? :)