Call it verdure Italiano! An Italian chef opened a vegan and vegetarian eatery in Park Slope that puts a healthy twist on some of her favorite red-sauce staples. The menu items at La Vellutata do not all come straight from Italy, but that doesn’t stop the cook from drawing inspiration from some of her home country’s signature foods, she said.

“People ask, ‘why isn’t it full Italian?’ But in Italy, I don’t only eat pizza and pasta. It’s internatio­nal,” said Elisa Mazzucato, who moved to New York from her native Venice last year to open the casual-takeout restaurant. “And I like Italian food, but I like healthier versions.”