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- Faking Fish – Il Pesce Finto
- Hounded by the Whore – Pasta alla Puttanesca
- The Trick of Chicken and the Brick
- A Cautionary Tale of Seafood Gnocchi with Clams and Mussels
- The Makeover with Uriah Heep Ingredients: Egg Pasta with Courgettes and Tomatoes
- A dinner with Friends from the Salento (Puglia)
- False Economy and Wild Asparagus
- Little Easter – Pasquetta
Category Archives: Polpette: Meatballs as well as vegetable crocquettes
On a Silver Plate – Cream, Cognac and Posh Polpette
The thing with meatballs is that you either love them or sneer away from them if you’re not Italian. I’ve yet to met an Italian who doesn’t like his or her ‘polpette’ (‘little pulps’ is the literal translation of meatballs … Continue reading
Stuffed courgettes – zucchine ripiene
Another way to render the courgette more appetising (see previous post on boring courgettes) is to stuff it, in other words, to use the courgette as a casement, as an ‘excuse’ to savour whatever else you are going to eat … Continue reading
Aubergine sandwiches with meatballs and mint leaves
There is no wow factor to this recipe. It’s very plain, it’s easy to make, it can be eaten at room temperature and it’s just the sort of dish to prepare in advance when you’re looking forward to a summer … Continue reading
Pannicolo – The Diaphragm
I am becoming a little more adventurous with my cuts of meat. During the very long spell of snow we had last February, it wasn’t only polenta and spare rib sauce that I resorted to. I actually cooked tripe for … Continue reading
Meatballs that are cooked the ‘damp’ way – Polpette in Umido
If there are two words that unleash terror in any Italian over the age of 70, say, they would be “corrente” (draft, an air current) followed very closely by “umido” meaning damp. They are invested with quasi supernatural powers to … Continue reading
