STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Relying on one’s track record, Easter traditions in the borough may incorporate kielbasa and babka, colourful eggs and scorching cross buns or a Russian round bread recognized as kulich. At the Italian-American feast, delicacies include pizza rustica, Columba di Pasqua (bread in a cross form) with a magnificent antipasto or baccala dish to begin and a stuffed bread or a Pastiera (spaghetti pie) in amongst. And a single well-known spot to locate all of that is Pastosa in West Brighton.
As the keep costs into the Easter weekend, just take a peek at The Dish as proprietor Vincent D’Antuono serves up some of the deliciousness in a dwell-recorded broadcast from the retail store at 764 Forest Avenue.
Possibly you can title all of the dishes featured in the broadcast, recorded are living from the fast paced store. Test your Staten Island Italian American food items acumen with the following images and a quick description of prep tips, courtesy of the D’Antuono sons Michael and Vincent and dad, Vincent Sr.
Vin Jr. D’Antuono (Staten Island Progress/Pamela Silvestri)
Responses are at the end of this discussion, so really do not (or do) peek for hints. Or just enjoy The Dish in its entirety, a 17-minute dialogue catching up in the cheese department with all that yum.
Ok, in this article goes the obstacle…
Query 1: What are these treats identified also as “honey balls”? (Staten Island Progress/Pamela Silvestri)
Query 1: The very little sprinkles increase toothsomeness to a challenging-fried, crisp dough basted and pleasantly soaked with honey. Serve it with oranges at dessert to cease the hunger right after a enormous meal. What are these items?
Dilemma 2: This egg-, cheese- and meat-centered appetizer is a rich springtime tradition that appears in specialty retailers through Lent. (Staten Island Progress/Pamela Silvestri)
Thoughts 2 Prep Tip: Serve it incredibly hot or area temperature. What’s this goodness named?
Problem 3: This fish is packed in salt and picket crates, a item of Italy or Portugal, ordinarily. (Staten Island Progress/Pamela Silvestri) Workers-Shot
Query 3 Prep Idea: This fish requires a little energy with a a few-working day approach of washing and rehydrating the flesh. Continual adjustments of drinking water (about just about every 8 hrs) is a ought to. Soon after all that prep function, a prepare dinner can convert it into fried fish with capers, olives and tomatoes or Livornese-model, the two excellent with creamy polenta. Can you name that foods?
Michael, still left, and Vincent Sr. D’Antuono (Staten Island Progress/Pamela Silvestri)
Pastosa of West Brighton can be observed at 764 Forest Ave., 718-420-9000. The store requires pre-orders but section of the Staten Island holiday break tradition usually means queuing up exterior the retail store and chatting it up with fellow patrons in line.
The shop carries around 300 cheeses in the stock. (Staten Island Progress/Pamela Silvestri)
Solutions: 1.) Struffole or struffli 2.) Pizza rustica (though it’s not a pizza in the common feeling) and 3.) Baccala or salted cod fish
Pamela SIlvestri is Advance Foodstuff Editor. She can be arrived at at silvestri@siadvance.com.