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    Italian Cuisine Cookbook: Modern to Classic Easy Recipes For Busy People
    Italian Cuisine Cookbook: Modern to Classic Easy Recipes For Busy People
    Italian Cuisine Cookbook: Modern to Classic Easy Recipes For Busy People
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    Italian Cuisine Cookbook: Modern to Classic Easy Recipes For Busy People

    By Sophia Mantini

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    A comprehensive easy-to-use Classic Italian Cuisine cookbook that is intuitive and produces great results - that is what Sophia Mantini set out to accomplish when preparing this unique collection of economical recipes from the Cucina school of classic Italian dishes.

    Set forth in a minimum easy-to-understand steps, the busy chef of today will marvel at the deliciousness and simplicity of this collection, which has stood the test of time in kitchens from antiquity to modern day, recipes noted for their colorful presentation and preparation as well as their superior flavors. Over 200 low-budget Italian recipes, including Pasta, Poultry, Meat, Fish, Soups, Sauces and Deserts!

    You will be impressed with not only the simplicity of ingredients, but with the economy of preparation for which this collection has withstood the test of time.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibrary House Books
    Release dateDec 19, 2017
    ISBN9781370766017
    Italian Cuisine Cookbook: Modern to Classic Easy Recipes For Busy People

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      Italian Cuisine Cookbook - Sophia Mantini

      Italian Cuisine

      Cookbook

      Modern to Classic

      Easy Recipes

      For Busy People

      Sophia Mantini

      Library House Books

      Paramount, CA

      Copyright 2018 –Sophia Mantini

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any format or by any means without written permission from the publisher.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication available at Worldcat

      Italian Cuisine Cookbook: Modern to Classic

      Easy Recipes For Busy People

      by Sophia Mantini

      Print Edition: 978-1-936828-34-0

      First Edition January 2015

      Special Library Edition

      January 2018

      INTRODUCTION

      How many of us have dreamed of casting aside everyday life and running off to a villa in Tuscany to soak up perfect sun-dappled views while the wine flows and the pasta bowl never seems to empty? Unfortunately that dream is usually rudely interrupted by the alarm clock. While we may not be able to do much about the lack of gorgeous vistas, the true flavors of Italy can be brought to life anytime the mood strikes.

      Italian food is bold and satisfying without being heavy. It’s rich and textural and uses a whole palette of flavors. Enjoying Italian cuisine is more experiential, not intellectual. It comes from a more emotional place that’s very evocative.

      And it evokes so much more than big plates of meatballs and chicken parmigiana. When Italian immigrants first arrived on American shores, they couldn’t find their trusty olive oil, dried porcinis, prosciutto, and balsamico, so they adapted to the ingredients that surrounded them, which resulted in far more meats and sausages in dishes, along with a healthy helping of garlic. And thus American-Italian food was born. But to mistake that for authentic, traditional Italian cuisine would leave your tastebuds with only half the story.

      Italian food is really a celebration of produce, and protein is a secondary thought. A typical Italian meal will start with a big plate of antipasti, which are predominantly vegetables (like pepperoncini, mushrooms, and artichoke hearts) and a selection of cured meats (like prosciutto and capicola). Then it moves on to a small pasta dish, which is followed by a light protein—perhaps a leg of lamb, simply but deliciously prepared. As the meal progresses, it gets more simple. Italian meals tend to have a reverse crescendo.

      From that initial crescendo to the last savored bite, every authentic Italian dish is built upon the most basic yet most flavorful ingredients.

      Traditional products are very important in the flavors of Italy, which, at their best, are based on seasonality and locality. Olive oil is the cornerstone of most Italian cooking (to braise, fry, and drizzle), then come the vegetables. Garlic and onion are the familiar go-to’s, but intense green vegetables are often stars on the plate. Balsamic vinegar always claims a prime spot in an Italian kitchen, and you would be hard-pressed to find a cook without a wedge of Grana Padano or Parmigiano-Reggiano within arm’s reach.

      Here are some of my favorite italian recipes culled from a variety of resources, including those passed down from generation to generation.

      Ciao!

      Sophia Mantini

      1

      BROTH OR SOUP STOCK

      (Brodo)

      To obtain good broth the meat must be put in cold water, and then allowed to boil slowly. Add to the meat some pieces of bones and soup greens as, for instance, celery, carrots and parsley. To give a brown color to the broth, some sugar, first browned at the fire, then diluted in cold water, may be added.

      While it is not considered that the broth has much nutritive power, it is excellent to promote the digestion. Nearly all the Italian soups are made on a basis of broth.

      A good recipe for substantial broth to be used for invalids is the following: Cut some beef in thin slices and place them in a large saucepan; add some salt. Pour cold water upon them, so that they are entirely covered. Cover the saucepan so that it is hermetically closed and place on the cover a receptacle containing water, which must be constantly renewed. Keep on a low fire for six hours, then on a strong [Pg 6]fire for ten minutes. Strain the liquid in cheese cloth.

      The soupstock, besides being used for soups, is a necessary ingredient in hundreds of Italian dishes.

      2

      SOUP OF CAPPELLETTI

      This Soup is called of Cappelletti or little hats on accountof the shape of the Cappelletti.

      First a thin sheet of paste is made according to the following directions:

      The best and most tender paste is made simply of eggs, flour and salt, water may be substituted for part of the eggs, for economy, or when a less rich paste is needed. Allow about a cup of flour to an egg. Put the flour on a bread board, make a hollow in the middle and break in the egg. Use any extra whites that are on hand. Knead it thoroughly, adding more flour if necessary, until you have a paste you can roll out. Roll it as thin as an eighth of an inch. A long rolling pin is necessary, but any stick, well scrubbed and sand papered, will serve in lieu of the long Italian rolling pin.

      Cut from this sheet of paste rounds measuring about three inches in diameter. In the middle of each circle place a spoonful of filling that must be made beforehand, composed of cooked meat (chicken, pork or veal) ground very fine and seasoned with grated cheese, grated lemon peel,[Pg 7]nutmeg, allspice, salt. The ground meat is to be mixed with an equal amount of curds or cottage cheese.

      When the filling is placed in the circle of paste, fold the latter over and moisten the edge of the paste with the finger dipped in water to make it stay securely closed.

      These cappelletti should be cooked in chicken or beef broth until the paste is tender, and served with this broth as a soup.

      3

      BREAD SOUP

      (Panata)

      This excellent and nutritious soup is a godsend for using the stale bread that must never again be thrown away. It is composed of bread crumbs and grated bread, eggs, grated cheese, nutmeg (in very small quantity) and salt, all mixed together and put in broth previously prepared, which must be warm at the moment of the immersion, but not at the boiling point. Then place it on a low fire and stir gently. Any vegetable left over may be added.

      4

      GNOCCHI

      This is an excellent soup, but as it requires boiled or roast breast of chicken or turkey it is[Pg 8]well to make it only when these ingredients are handy.

      Prepare a certain quantity of boiled potatoes, the mealy kind being preferred. Mash the potatoes and mix them with chicken or turkey breast well ground, grated cheese (Parmesan or Swiss), two or more yolks of eggs, salt and a small quantity of nutmeg. Pour the compound on the bread board with a quantity of flour sufficient to make a paste and roll it in little sticks as thick as the small finger. Cut the sticks in little pieces about half an inch long and put them in boiling water. Five or six minutes' cooking will be sufficient.

      5

      VEGETABLE SOUP

      (Zuppa Santé)

      Any kind of vegetables may be used for this soup: carrots, celery, cabbage, turnips, onions, potatoes, spinach, the outside leaves of lettuce or greens of any variety.

      Select three or four kind of vegetables, shred or chop coarsely cabbage or greens, and slice or cut in cubes the root vegetables. Put them over the fire with a small quantity of cooking oil or butter substitute, and let them fry until they have absorbed the fat. Then add broth and cook until the vegetables are very tender. Fry croutons of stale bread in oil and serve them in the soup.[Pg 9]

      6

      QUEEN'S SOUP

      (Zuppa Regina)

      This is made with the white meat of chicken, which is to be ground in a meat grinder together with blanched almonds (5 or 6) for one quart of chicken stock. To the meat and almond add some bread crumbs, first soaked in milk or broth, in the proportion of about one fifth of the quantity of the meat. All these ingredients are to be rubbed to a very smooth paste and hot broth is to be added to them. If you wish the soup to be richer and have a more milky consistency, use the yolk of an egg, which should be beaten, and have a few tablespoonfuls of hot broth stirred into it before adding to the soup. Do not let the soup boil after the egg is added or it will curdle.

      One slice of stale bread may be cut into cubes, fried in deep fat, and the croutons put in the soup. Send it to the table with a dish of grated cheese.

      7

      BEAN SOUP

      (Zuppa di fagiuoli)

      One cup of dried beans, kidney, navy or lima is to be soaked over night. Then boil until tender. It is preferable to put the beans to cook in cold water with a pinch of soda. When they come to boil, pour off this water and add fresh.[Pg 10]

      Chop fine ¼ onion, one clove of garlic, one sprig of parsley and one piece of celery and put them to fry in ¼ cup of oil with salt and a generous amount of pepper. When the vegetables are a delicate brown add to them two cups of the broth from the beans and 1 cup of tomatoes (canned or fresh). Let all come to a boil and pour the mixture into the

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