Gourmet Italian Gift Basket

Looking for food gift basket ideas
with an Italian flavor?

Make your own gourmet Italian Gift Basket and create the perfect solution for that hard-to-buy for person.

Italian food gift baskets full of wonderful AROMATIC Italian herbs, breads, olives and cheeses will make superb gift ideas for a discerning chef or anyone who wants to experiment with Italian food recipes.

Check out these delectable ready made baskets (click on the pics for more info and pricing) and then scroll down to get tons of fantastic ideas and tips on how to create your own stunning masterpieces!


Mmmmm, gourmet pizza, rich creamy pasta, deliciously salty olives, who doesn’t LOVE Italian food?

Combine a beautiful picnic basket, a bottle of wine and a range of Italian food gifts personally selected by you and you’re on to a winning combination.

You could even experiment and try making some of the food gifts yourself!

With so many different food treats to choose from here is a list to give you an idea of what's available.

Top 15 treats to include in an Italian Gift Basket

1. Biscotti
   
   
2. Dried pasta

3. Green or black olives

4. Marinated artichoke hearts

5. Cheese provolone, Parmigiano or Pecorino.

6. Breadsticks or Flatbreads

7. Salami

8. Anchovies
   
9. Caponata
   
   
10. Pesto
    
    
11. Sun dried tomatoes.

12. Aged balsamic vinegar

13. Red wine vinegar

14. Olive Oil
    
    
15. Homemade spaghetti sauce

Classic Pasta Theme
Start with a pasta bowl or colander lined with a kitchen cloth or an apron. Include all the goodies you think would make a great pasta. Start with dried pasta, Italian tomato pasta sauce (make your own if you have time it’s easy and delicious!) olives and parmesan cheese. You could even add a wooden spoon and a stylish pepper grinder.

Place your gifts in the container starting with the largest at the back and tuck the smaller things in the front making sure that everything faces the front. Use the cellophane wrap from the gift wrapping ideas page and leave the cellophane long enough to fan out at the top. Add a gorgeous bow and some curly ribbon in a color to match your gifts.

Lay your gifts down on top of the cloth with the labels facing up and use the cellophane wrapping technique to finish off. Add a beautiful bow to complete the look. Follow the instructions for how to tie a bow if you need help with this step.

Picnic for Two Theme
Start with a picnic basket that’s large enough to hold a cheeseboard. Place enough scrunched paper in the bottom so that when you put your gifts in the basket they will be sitting level with the top of the basket, you don’t want them to disappear inside!

Fold a tablecloth so that it covers the paper and hangs neatly just over the sides of the basket then place your cheeseboard on top.

Use a selection of gourmet Italian cheeses such as Pecorino or provolone, a jar of black or green olives, a jar of anti pasta or pesto (or both!) bread sticks or make your own yummy foccacia bread (choose from two varieties on the Italian bread recipes page) a cheese knife and a delicious bottle of Italian white wine.

Arrange your gifts attractively on top of the cheeseboard.

Make sure you have enough gifts in your basket to fit tightly together, this will help things from moving around too much and reduce the possibility of anything becoming broken or damaged.

You can use the same cellophane wrap as for the classic pasta theme basket or just tie your bow to the handle of your Italian gift basket leaving the tails long.

Grab a picnic rug, a couple of glasses and head for the great outdoors!

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