Beef Carpaccio: The Original Recipe

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Beef Carpaccio: The Original Recipe

Beef carpaccio—known to Italians simply as carpaccio—is one of the most famous of Italian antipasti. But the version most people are familiar with—thin beef slices macerated in olive oil and lemon, adorned with arugula and shavings of Parmesan cheese— is actually rather closer to another dish, carne cruda all’Albese, a Piedmontese dish. … Read More

Sformato di tonno (Baked Tuna Sformato)

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Baked Tuna Sformato

A sformato (the word literally means ‘unmolded’) is something like a soufflĂ© without the puff: the main ingredient is mixed with a very stiff bĂ©chamel sauce and eggs, then baked in a mold until set. But since the eggs are left whole rather than separated and the whites whipped, a sformato only … Read More