…in olive oil, garlic, parsley and lemon juice. Basically a kind of octopus salad, this may well have been the original version of the dish, as there are stories about…
Frittata di salsiccia, patate e funghi (Sausage, Potato and Mushroom Frittata)
…mild, Italian sausage. The potatoes should be of the yellow-fleshed, “waxy” variety, the kind you’d use for potato salad. They have more flavor and stay together as they cook. And…
Polpettone di fagiolini e patate
…traditionally includes green beans and potato along with the pasta. Then there’s green bean and potato salad, a summer staple on Italian tables. This week’s recipe for polpettone di fagiolini…
Gulasch triestino
…for warding off the winter’s cold, especially warming as a piatto unico, accompanied with steaming polenta. A salad and perhaps some fruit to follow is all you need for a…
Pasta e cavolfiore alla siciliana (Sicilian Style Pasta and Cauliflower)
…ages before it was “cool”, as a soup or in a salad, sautéed, steamed and sauced, battered and fried, pickled, gratinéed … And of course, with pasta, as in today’s…
Orata alla barese (Sea Bream Bari Style)
…me—the best part of the dish. Orata alla barese needs no accompaniment, but I like to follow it with a mixed green salad and then some fruit, for a light…
Tagliata di manzo con rucola e parmigiano
…vinaigrette or lemon juice, or God forbid soy sauce, as you will sometimes see in English language recipes. A tagliata is not, despite the superficial appearances, a steak salad! Print…
Pomodori gratinati (Gratinéed Tomatoes)
…again is mostly about the tonnato sauce— and, of course, tomato salad. But that’s really just about it. Here’s another one of those exceptional dishes that really lets tomatoes shine:…