…it into a hearty and warming one dish meal, or piatto unico, you could serve it over a steaming bed of polenta. Ingredients Serves 4-6 600g (1-1/2 lb) pork shoulder,…
Baccalà al forno con patate (Oven-Roasted Salt Cod with Potatoes)
…the Roman manner, the Venetian classic baccalà mantecato, whipped and served with polenta crostini, and last but not least, Vicenza’s baccalà alla vicentina, slow-cooked with milk and onions until it’s…
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…
Quick Note: Brandade Pancakes
…after reading some excellent chefs recommend it for, among other things, beans, broth and polenta, I decided to give it a go. Will be experimenting with various recipes and reporting…
Canederli (Tyrolean Bread Dumplings)
…won his posthumous medal and picked up his taste for polenta—which is why we ate that northern dish in our southern Italian family.) In any event, the region today still…
Pico de gallo
…corn for polenta, just to take a few examples—all come from the New World and more specifically from Mexico. (Potatoes, another New World import, are from Peru.) So it should…
Funghi trifolati (Sautéed Mushrooms)
…wonderful sauce for pasta or gnocchi or even polenta, just by itself (see this post on strozzapreti ai funghi and risotto ai funghi) or in combination with tomatoes (see this…
Zuppa di orzo (Italian Barley Soup)
Italian cuisine is known for pasta, gnocchi, risotto and polenta. More recently many people have come to know farro. But did you know that Italians also enjoy barley? Here is…
