Ideas for an Inter Milan Themed Party
The obvious - if actually incorrect answer - is to order in pizza. It's quick, simple and easy to arrange, and there's nothing wrong with that! However, technically pizza is believed
to have originated in Naples (
Napoli), not Milan, although there are many pizzarias in Milan, and they are very popular.
Inter Milan Party Decorations
Decorate yourself and your room with
Inter Milan shirts, flags and scarves (see links below/right
or
search for Inter Milan kit at Kitbag.comg(512634)a(1759159))
).
If you're serving food, search for blue or black table covers, napkins, plates, cups and
cutlery on our
Football Party Decorations Page
In addition to the above ideas, anything else you can find in blue or black will help create the right atmosphere.
Food for an Inter Milan Themed Party
If you prefer some more authentic Milanese recipes, risotto is extremely popular, as are dishes cooked with veal - breaded veal cutlet is one particularly popular Milanese speciality.
As well as veal, other popular local produce to look out for includes salami, cheeses (including
gorgonzola,
Grana Padano and
mascarpone), and local mushrooms,
and we have tried to include recipes featuring many of these ingredients below. It is perhaps misleading to think of "Italian food", as many dishes popular in the area around Milan
are more closely related to the cuisines of alpine neighbours such as Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia, than they are to southern Italian cooking.
Italians in general - and the Milanese are no exception - tend to eat their evening meals late, but many enjoy aperitivo in the bars on the way home from work in the early evening.
This is not dissimilar to the Spanish tapas concept, but in Italy acts as a kind of "happy hour". When a bar is offering aperitivo, a customer orders a drink
and can then help themselves to small portions of many different dishes that are available in the venue in a "buffet" style. As long as you are ordering drinks, and the
"happy hour" is still operating, you can continue to help yourself to the food. To most Italians, this is an opportunity to relax over a drink and a small snack
on the way home from work. To us, with our football party heads on, there's an idea for a party here. Invite some friends round for the game, set up the buffet featuring
some pizzas and some of the recipes below, let people help themselves to drinks and food before the game, then again at half time, and then again after the final whistle.
Give it a try with some of these Milanese recipes:
Savoury Recipes
Risotto with Bacon & Cheese - Risotto alla pilota
Milanese Chicken in Mushroom & Ham Sauce - La Piccata Milanese
Milanese Veal Cutlet - La Cotoletta Alla Milanese
"Woodman's Mushrooms" - Pappardelle alla Boscaiola
Sweet Recipes
Milanese Biscuits - Biscottini di Milano
Drink for an Inter Milan Themed Party
Milan is situated in the Lombardy region of Italy, which produces a reasonable quantity of wines - red, white, rosé and sparkling, of which the best known internationally is probably
Lambrusco
.
