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- Frascati Mutton Stew – Spezzatino di Castrato e Piselli al Frascati DOCG
- 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
Tag Archives: soffritto
Frascati Mutton Stew – Spezzatino di Castrato e Piselli al Frascati DOCG
I bought some mutton at the Mercato Contadino of Ariccia some time ago on a Sunday morning. The Azienda Agricola Fratelli Frasca farm is not far from Anzio and is called ‘Il Vecchio Ovile’, which translates as ‘The Old Sheep … Continue reading
Posted in Basic Techniques, Herbs and plants, italian home food, Secondi (main course, usually meat based)
Tagged cassandra Wainhouse, dry mint 'mentuccia', fennel seeds, flour, Frascati DOCG Fontana Candida, fresh peas, garlic, guanciale, Italian Brandy, Maria Regina Bortolato 'Erba Regina', mash potato, Mercato Contadino dei Castelli, mutton, nutmeg, onion, Quattrociocchi Evoo, soffritto, sugar, www.ilvecchiovile.it
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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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Lamon bean and pork rind stew – Fagioli con le Cotiche
Beans are good for the heart, and a bean is a bean is a bean, isn’t that so? The Lamon beans were a first for me and when the grocer recommended them as being special, I was drawn to nodding … Continue reading
Posted in Contorni and/or side dishes, Uncategorized
Tagged carrot, celery, evoo, fagioli con le cotiche, guanciale, lamon beans, onion, peppercorns. pork jowl, soffritto, tomato paste
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Ossobuco the Roman Way – Ossobuco alla romana
Ossobuco is known the world over by lovers of Italian food as hailing from the North of Italy. Correct. I have written about ossobuco in two other posts (see bottom of page). What I am writing about today is the … Continue reading
Sheepish in Meatloaf Battle or … Cottage Pie à l’Italienne
This was sunset over Rome less than two weeks ago, the sky lighting up with crazy colours that just beggared to be oooh and aaahed over. Quite quite stunning, it had me in transports of delight over the wonder that … Continue reading
Mushroom soup for parties
Mushroom soup doesn’t sound particularly enticing for a dinner party except for when the weather is really cold and wet and it takes forever to get warmed up once one has reached the sanctuary of a warm room, away from … Continue reading
Fish cooked in crazy water – Pezzogna all’acqua pazza
“Pezzogna all’acqua pazza” I had to look up the name for this fish in English, and apparently it corresponds to ‘red sea bream’. It is also called ‘pagello’ or ‘occhialone’ in Italian but we who live in or around Rome, … Continue reading
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