ITALY

5. short tubes of curved pasta, or a dish made with this
9. small dumplings made from flour, potato, or semolina, often served with a sauce.
12. an Italian coffee made by forcing steam through ground coffee beans
13. a thick Italian soup containing chopped vegetables and pasta
15. oil a cooking and salad oil that's made by pressing olives
16. a soft, white Italian cheese mostly used in salads and pizza
17. a small, affordable Italian restaurant
19. a dish of eggplant or meat slices cooked with a tomato cheese sauce
21. small, ring-shaped pasta dumplings with a meat, cheese or vegetable filling

1. Italian-style ice cream
2. an Italian dish of fried rice balls with a savoury filling
3. cotta an Italian dessert made of sweetened, thickened cream
4. pasta stretched into long, flat strips like ribbons
6. small deep-fried pastry tubes with a creamy filling of sweetened ricotta cheese
7. a baked dish with sheets of flat pasta separating layers of ground meat or vegetables in sauce - If we go to an Italian restaurant someone always orders the lasagne.
8. an Italian dessert of sponge cake soaked in coffee and brandy with powdered chocolate and mascarpone cheese
10. pasta tubes filled with a mixture of meat or vegetables and cheese
11. toasted bread and olive oil, often topped with garlic and tomato
14. fresh or dried wheat dough in many shapes such as long, thin spaghetti and short tubular macaroni
15. a braised Italian dish of cross-cut veal shanks, vegetables and white wine
18. cold savoury appetizer or starter eaten at the start of an Italian meal
20. oven-baked Italian flatbread