Italian Dinner Party

If you love Italian food and you are a good cook, this is a great dinner party theme. If you are not a good cook, you can have the dinner prepared by a caterer or a restaurant.

Sunday is a good day to invite friends and family to your Italian dinner party. Set your time for about one in the afternoon and this will give your guests time to enjoy the food and to mingle.

Your focus for this particular dinner party will be on the food and not on the decorations. Your guests should feel comfortable and relaxed. Your table can be set with your everyday dishes on a plain white linen tablecloth. You should invite the number of people who can comfortably sit around your dining table. If you have the room, you can set up a series of tables.

Italians enjoy wine with their meals. You can serve a simple wine on this occasion. For guests who do not drink alcohol, you should have sodas and bottled water available.

There are usually three courses and a dessert course on the menu. Your meal starts with an antipasto made up of meats such as ham, salami, and prosicutto, marinated vegetables, cheeses such as provolone and mozzarella, and roasted red peppers. Your antipasto can be served on a tray or mixed together in a bowl with an Italian dressing.

The second course is an Italian soup. You should serve the soup in small bowls so that your guests do not get too full and cannot enjoy the rest of the meal.

The third course is your main pasta and tomato sauce dish. This can be homemade ravioli, lasagna, or manicotti served with a meat sauce. It can include meatballs, if you so desire. To accompany your main dish, you should serve vegetables such as artichokes, salads, or string beans or sweet potatoes.

Your dessert can be simple. You can serve fresh fruit that is in season, figs, cakes, cookies, or an Italian pastry. You should plan to serve your dessert at least an hour after the main course. This will allow your guests time to digest the main meal.

An Italian dinner party is about the people and the food. Your party should be filled with lots of conversation and laughter.

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