…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…
How to make béchamel sauce
…but rather as a component in baked primi like lasagne alla bolognese, cannelloni, polenta pasticciata or crespelle al forno, as well as most gratins. It is therefore an important part…
Salsicce alla romana coi broccoletti (Sausage and Broccoli Rabe)
…You can also find Italian recipes along these lines. as well as with polenta or even as a topping for pizza, but in Rome Sausage and Broccoli Rabe, at least…
