Pork Chops Cacciatore
Ingredients Double batch basic polenta 6 ea. (1 kg) 4 cm thick boneless pork chops 1 can (28 oz) tomatoes, preferably “fire roasted” or similar 1 large carrot, peeled 1 medium onion, peeled 15 ml olive oil 15 ml butter…
Cuisines Italian
Pezzetti di Cavallo (Italian Horse and Tomato)
Pezzetti di cavallo (pieces of horse) is a dish from Italy. Ingredients 1 kg horse meat 1 L tomato sauce Onions, chopped Olive oil (extra virgin) Parsley Carrots Celery Chilli peppers 2 leaves laurel Procedure Cut the horse meat in…
Pesto II
Pesto is a sauce which is added mainly, but by no means exclusively to pasta. Pesto is purely the Italian version of this delicious sauce, with other names for the same (or similar) sauce from other countries. Another famous national…
Pasta and Bean Soup
Pasta and bean soup (pasta fagioli) is a true classical Italian peasant dish, again overcomplicated all too often by highfallutin’ chefs. But made properly, with simple ingredients, and maybe left to infuse in the pot for 24 hours, you have…
Pasta and Bean Soup (Pasta e Fagioli)
There are as many ways of preparing pasta e fagioli (or basta fazool if you come from southern Italy) as there are Italians. In 1940’s Brooklyn, all the Italians would have it every Friday night because it is meatless. Usually…
Pasta alla Gricia (Pasta with Guanciale)
Pasta alla gricia is an Italian pasta dish, typical of Rome. The preparation is very simple and quick. There are several versions of the recipe but they are all very similar. Ingredients 3 tbsp salt 400 g pasta (rigatoni or…
Olive Ascolane (Stuffed Fried Olives)
Olive ascolane is an Italian starter from Ascoli Piceno made of fried green olives, stuffed with minced meat (beef, pork and chicken liver) and spices. This recipe was contributed to ItaliansRUs.com by Phil and Jackie Cicconi. Ingredients Filling Tomato sauce…
Neapolitan Soup
This is a tasty and easy-to-make soup recipe. This page incorporates text from the public domain cookbook The Cook’s Decameron: A Study In Taste, Containing Over Two Hundred Recipes For Italian Dishes by Emily Waters. Ingredients ¼ pound (115 g)…
Neapolitan Anchovy Sauce
Neapolitan anchovy sauce is a delicious, creamy sauce, perfect for meat or vegetables. This page incorporates text from the public domain cookbook The Cook’s Decameron: A Study In Taste, Containing Over Two Hundred Recipes For Italian Dishes by Emily Waters.…
Minestrone alla Capucina
Minestra alla Capucina is an Italian recipe of soup in which Cappuccina lettuce is used. Ingredients Anchovy, scaled Butter 1 small onion, cut across 4 oz boiled rice Stock Procedure Pound anchovy. Fry it in butter with the onion and…
Marsala Chicken Scallopini
Marsala chicken scallopini is a meal in the style of Italian cuisine, with mouthwatering flavors gotten from the fortified Marsala wine. Ingredients 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts 4 tsp butter 3 tsp olive oil ½ cup dry marsala wine ½…
Latte di Suocera (Lemon Cream Liqueur)
Latte di suocera, translated as mother-in-law’s milk, is an Italian alcoholic beverage. La suocera (the mother-in-law) is as proverbial in Italy as she is anywhere else, and Italians (especially daughters-in-law) have come up with all sorts of ways to keep…