I need a unique Italian dish

[PokerJans]

I want something that screams italy and italian culture. Preferably something you would not find very often in the USA. I have to cook dinner tonight and I really want to provide the girl with something that is authentic italian.

No pasta

[Victor]

stuffed shells.

[A S U]

make polenta

[traz]

gnocchi?

[guids]

http://www.italiansrus.com/recipes/recipes.htm

[howzit]

osso bucco WITH the marrow. (readily available at ALL italian restaurants but still awesome)

- glazed pork-tenderloin.
- home made gelato.
- cured meats or some other cool antipasta dishes.
- strip steak w/roasted peppers.
- lamb chops w/baby vegetables
- heavier white fish (cod, bass, fluke) with like a tomato-based ragu.

although if you're going to be making dinner tonight and need recommendations now to make basic italian dishes, i predict you'll be making roasted boneless chicken breasts with Prego sauce.

btw, there's no shame in that. i made something like that when i was cooking for a girl for the first time and she still slept with me. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] good luck dude. and plenty of wine should soften out the rough edges of the food.

[StevieG]

I second the polenta call.

Osso buco will not be easy since i tmay be tough for you to get a hold of veal shank, but you can call ahead to your butcher and check.

Instead yoiu may try veal saltimbocca. That will also go well with a polenta.

[citanul]

why do you want to serve her something authentically italian?

[Aces McGee]

Tripe!

-McGee

[firstyearclay]

Anything from Gia:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ei/0,,FOOD_9958,00.html

Check out Everyday Italian on foodtv. She is excellent.

A great dish would be a risotto with rock shrimp. That will get her pants off.