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- Baked Cauliflower and Potato Patties
- Birthdays and The Little Things That Please Us
- Quiche Frascataine
- Risotto alla Carbonara
- A Garland of Potatoes and Vegetables and a Good Bit of Scraping
- A Craving for Sartù – Using Leftovers Backwards
- Meatballs with Peas – Polpette con Piselli
- Rice and Lentil Fritters – Loving the Leftovers
Category Archives: Loving the Leftovers
A Craving for Sartù – Using Leftovers Backwards
Yesterday I wrote about some leftovers … see photo below:Here are the remains of what had been meatballs cooked in a tomato and pea sauce. These leftovers could have easily been used to coat a lovely plate of pasta but, … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Techniques, italian home food, Loving the Leftovers, Polpette: Meatballs as well as vegetable crocquettes, Primi (first courses - usually a pasta or risotto), Secondi (main course
Tagged breadcrumbs, carnaroli rice, dried porcini mushrooms, eggs, evoo, http://www.leschefsblancs.it/, lard, meatballs, mozzarella, parmesan, peas, pecorino, salame di felino, Sandro Masci, Sartù, tomato sauce
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Meatballs with Peas – Polpette con Piselli
There is a bit of a wink-wink, friendly, dig-in-the-ribs ‘thing’ going on amongst food bloggers based in Italy (and Rome in particular) as regards the making of meat balls … (or is it just the one word, meataball? Hmmm). ‘Rachel … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Techniques, Herbs and plants, italian home food, Loving the Leftovers, Polpette: Meatballs as well as vegetable crocquettes
Tagged Aphrodite, breadcrumbs, carrot, celery stalk, evoo, frozen peas, minced beef, minced parsely, nutmeg, onion, pecorino cheese, pork jowl, Rachel Roddy, salt and pepper, the Trojan War, tomato sauce, www.mythweb.com/encyc/entries/aphrodite.html, www.racheleats.wordpress.com
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Rice and Lentil Fritters – Loving the Leftovers
Happy New Year everyone ! … and I am hoping this is going to be a very good year for us all. The last few weeks, especialy the run up to Christmas and New Year’s Eve, saw me so engaged … Continue reading
Artichokes and Pecorino Cheese
Artichokes can be enjoyed in Rome practically all year round these days … because when they aren’t available locally, many restaurants will import them from Brittany in France. I, being a little conservative on matters of seasonality, prefer to wait … Continue reading
Posted in Artichokes - Carciofi, italian home food, Loving the Leftovers
Tagged artichokes, evoo, Italian -style breadcrumbs, lemon, pecorino romano, salt
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Yet Another Meatball Recipe: Mrs Alberta’s Polpette from Frascati
This is quite a long post. If you, dear reader, can’t be bothered with all the chit chat, do by all means go straight to the recipe, where the dotted line is. What you might like to know in advance … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Techniques, Loving the Leftovers, Polpette: Meatballs as well as vegetable crocquettes, Primi (first courses - usually a pasta or risotto), Secondi (main course
Tagged 'fare la scarpetta', cassandra Wainhouse, double concentrated tomato paste, eggs, Frascati, good quality salt, Liz Macrì Zangrilli, Massimo Ciani, nutmeg, parmesan cheese, rump steak, sel de Guérande, soffritto, stale bread, www.giardinidisole.com
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Carbonara Cauliflower Mac n’ Cheese
“Loving the Leftovers” … that is a category I added to my posts because ” l’arte del riciclo “, which translates into English as the art of using leftovers, is all about creating a FRESH dish using the remains of … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Techniques, Loving the Leftovers, Primi (first courses - usually a pasta or risotto), Secondi (main course, usually meat based)
Tagged 'riciclo' versus 'recycle', breadcrumbs, butter, carbonara egg pasta, cauliflower puré, Italian sausage, ovens, parmesan cheese, salt and pepper
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Naff can be Nice – Saffron Rice and Scallops
I don’t know how you, dear Reader, personally interpret the slang word ‘naff’ but the British-English speaking can easily agree that it has to do with all things ‘uncool’, no longer or ever fashionable, on the tacky side and generally … Continue reading
Loving the Leftovers: Pasta with Peas, Asparagus and Ricotta
When leftovers are aplenty, and size does matter after all, the ensuing and logical procedure is to finish them off in their “what-you-see-is-what-you-get” glory. When, on the other hand, one is taking stock of “bits”: bits and pieces, a little … Continue reading
Loving the Leftovers – Artichoke Omelette (Frittata di Carciofi)
It’s not unusual to have leftover artichokes at this time of year in Italy … and whilst they are good to eat the following day at room temperature, it is equally tempting to muddle them up with some eggs in … Continue reading
Posted in Loving the Leftovers, Uncategorized
Tagged artichokes, eggs, leftovers, sprig of mint
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