Just Like Mama Used to Make Recipes and Traditions from an Italian Kitchen

by Antinozzi, Lella; Leeuwenberg, Floris

• ISBN13: 9781844034291
• ISBN10: 1844034291
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-01
• Publisher: Cassell Illustrated

Summary

Sumptuous, little-known regional Italian recipes, an atmospheric photo-journey to the soul of Italy, and a celebration of a mother's culinary legacy, are all rolled up into one fantastic cookbook that reads like a cultural history or biography. Savor wonderful Southern Italian specialties handed down for generations, like homemade Pasta and Pizza, Fig Jam, Codfish in Crazy Water, Sea Salad, Feast Day Ragout in Meat Sauce, Grandmother's Butter Cake and rich, chocolate-y Christmas Snake. A feast for the eyes, belly, and soul, it's the perfect gift for anyone in love with Italy or Italian cuisine.

Table of Contents

Introduction	11	(2)
Three generations in the kitchen	13	(10)
The characters	14	(6)
The places	20	(3)
Why were they always in the kitchen?	23	(30)
Peeled tomatoes	25	(2)
Homemade pasta	27	(3)
Green pasta	30	(1)
Red pasta	30	(1)
Bread, pizzas, and pies	31	(15)
Handmade pizza dough	32	(3)
Pizza dough made with a food processor	35	(1)
Tomato and anchovy pizza	35	(1)
Pizza with sausage and cime di rapa	36	(1)
Pizza and greens	37	(1)
Fried pizza	38	(1)
Calzone	38	(2)
Renato's casatiello	40	(3)
Mamma Rossella's bread	43	(3)
Huge homemade buffets	46	(1)
Crespelle and taralli	43	(1)
Crespelle	43	(2)
Yeasted taralli	45	(1)
Twisted taralli with fennel seeds	45	(1)
Fruit and vegetable preserves	46	(3)
Artichokes preserved in oil	46	(2)
Oil with basil	48	(1)
Bell peppers preserved in oil	48	(1)
Apple and rose preserve	49	(1)
Jellies and fruit preserves	49	(4)
Apple and rose preserve	49	(2)
Fig jelly	51	(1)
Peaches in syrup	51	(2)
Antipasti	53	(12)
Stuffed round chile peppers	55	(1)
Bell pepper, olive, and anchovy salad	55	(1)
New Year mazzabuotti	56	(2)
Easter antizo: hard-cooked eggs and charcuterie	58	(1)
Seafood salad	58	(2)
Scapece	60	(5)
Eggplants in scapece (with mint)	60	(2)
Mozzarella and eggplant kabobs	62	(1)
Anchovies in scapece (with oregano)	62	(2)
Four seasons salad	64	(1)
Traditional one-dish meals	65	(16)
Minestrone	67	(2)
Beans, celery, and tomatoes	69	(1)
Offal soup	70	(1)
Fava bean and chicory soup	71	(2)
Chickpeas and taglierini	73	(2)
Lentil and turnip top soup	75	(1)
Mussel and tomato soup	75	(2)
Polenta with black broccoli	77	(1)
Beans and bitter curly endives	78	(3)
Pasta	81	(22)
Ziti, ragu, and the feast-day meal	83	(5)
Ragu	83	(1)
Il ragu della festa di ferragosto	84	(1)
The feast-day lunch	84	(3)
Zia Carmela's ziti	87	(1)
Fusilli, spaghetti, and more...	88	(6)
Spirals with eggs and cheese	88	(2)
Spaghetti with olive oil, garlic, chile, and anchovies	90	(1)
Vermicelli with clams	91	(1)
Linguine with baby squid and artichoke hearts	91	(2)
Cold pasta alla sorrentina	93	(1)
Rigatoni with tuna and peas	93	(1)
Dishes using egg pasta	94	(3)
Cannelloni with chard in cep sauce	95	(1)
Eggplant agnolotti with tomatoes and basil	96	(1)
Tagliolini, fettuccine, and tagliatelle	97	(6)
Tagliolini souffle	97	(2)
Lemon tagliolini	99	(1)
Mamma Rossella's orange fettuccine	100	(3)
Meat dishes	103	(18)
Kid with eggs and cheese	104	(1)
Roast lamb with potatoes	105	(1)
Lamb and tomato casserole	105	(1)
Stuffed pork	106	(2)
Roast pork in milk	108	(1)
Pork liver kabobs	108	(1)
Chicken breasts with white wine	109	(1)
Chicken legs with Marsala	109	(2)
Braised chicken with bell peppers and tomatoes	111	(1)
Dina's pot roast chicken	111	(1)
Braised turkey with onions	112	(1)
Turkey rolls stuffed with artichokes	112	(2)
Roast beef with mushroom gravy	114	(1)
Rolled beef stuffed with spinach	115	(2)
Veal rolls with lemon	117	(1)
Mamma's saltimbocca	117	(1)
Beef stew with brandy, eggplants, and mushrooms	118	(1)
Meatloaf with ricotta	118	(1)
Two entrees in one: pennette in ragu followed by braised beef	119	(2)
Fish dishes	121	(20)
Anchovies	122	(3)
Golden fried anchovies	122	(2)
Anchovies in scapece, country style	124	(1)
Anchovies with oregano	124	(1)
Octopus	125	(6)
Baby octopus salad	125	(2)
Octopus fish cakes	127	(1)
Fried squid	128	(1)
Stuffed squid	129	(2)
Salt cod	131	(1)
Salt cod with olives and capers	131	(1)
Capitone and other eels	132	(2)
Christmas Eve	132	(1)
Christmas capitone	133	(1)
Fried eels with vinegar	133	(1)
Red mullet, striped bream, and more	134	(7)
Grouper baked in a crust of salt	135	(1)
Broiled red mullet fisherman's style	135	(1)
Striped bream in crazy water	136	(1)
Red mullet baked in paper	136	(2)
Trout with herbs	138	(3)
Vegetables	141	(25)
Asparagus and pea bake	143	(1)
Swiss chard or spinach omelet	143	(2)
Chicory with chile	145	(1)
Cauliflower with olives	145	(1)
Ciambotta	146	(1)
Stuffed artichokes	147	(2)
Golden fried artichokes	149	(1)
Bean salad	149	(1)
Mushroom pie	150	(1)
Eggplants with tomatoes and red wine	151	(1)
Stuffed cabbage leaves	151	(1)
Green beans in cheese sauce	152	(1)
Fennel pie	152	(2)
Potato and onion pie	154	(1)
Stuffed eggplants	154	(1)
Stuffed bell pepper and tuna rolls	155	(1)
Potatoes baked in ash	156	(2)
Peas with ham	158	(1)
Roast bell pepper salad	158	(1)
Potato croquettes with cheese and salami	159	(1)
Tomatoes stuffed with ricotta and pine nuts	159	(2)
Grilled zucchini with mint	161	(1)
Zucchini with eggs and cheese	161	(1)
Large zucchini croquettes	162	(1)
Tomatoes stuffed with peas and mozzarella	163	(3)
Desserts, cakes, and cookies	166	(20)
Christmas cakes and cookies	167	(11)
Struffoli	168	(1)
Honeyed dough balls	168	(1)
Sosamielli	169	(1)
Honey and hazelnut cookies	169	(2)
Hazelnut, honey and chocolate serpent	171	(1)
Birthday cake	172	(1)
Orange cake	173	(2)
Gloves	175	(2)
An Easter cake	177	(1)
Pizza casata	177	(1)
Ciambelloni, cakes, and desserts	178	(8)
Coffee cake	178	(1)
Mascarpone cake	179	(1)
Persimmon cake	179	(2)
A simple ring-shaped cake	181	(2)
Freselle	183	(1)
Toasted roly poly cake	183	(1)
My apple cake	184	(2)
Chestnuts	186	(1)
Chestnut podding	186