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A
almonds:
caramel nut crunch, 234
sour grape sauce with, 265
anchovy, garlic, and caper dip with raw vegetables, 28
appetizers, 39
bruschetta with eggplant, beans, and pancetta, 45
chicken liver crostini, 41
dead ricotta in the garden, 43
fried rice balls, 46
ricotta-filled dates wrapped in prosciutto, 44
tomato tart, 40
apple(s):
cake with grappa, 211
Fabio’s cake, 208
roasted, with ricotta, hazelnuts, and chocolate, 218
Tuscan fruit mustard, 269
arborio rice coating, 276
aromatic flavored salt, 276
artichoke soup, 61
arugula salad with sundried tomatoes and mushrooms, 203
B
baked onion gratin, 197
baked stuffed tomatoes, 201
baked ziti, 88
balsamic glaze, 268
balsamic vinaigrette, 272
basic recipes, 11
arborio rice coating, 276
aromatic flavored salt, 276
baby onion sauce, 267
balsamic glaze, 268
balsamic vinaigrette, 272
béchamel sauce, 268
brown butter sage sauce, 20
caper sauce with burnt lemon, 21
cherry tomato salad with orange, cucumber, and feta, 27
chicken stock, 260
chubby veal and beef stock, 263
classic pizza, 31
chunky basil pesto, 17
dried breadcrumbs, 275
Fabio’s mom’s crème fraîche, 271
Fabio’s tomato sauce with oil and garlic, 18
fish stock, 261
fresh egg pasta dough, 12
garlic, anchovy, and caper dip with raw vegetables, 28
gelato, 228
Grandma’s meat sauce, 23
Grandma’s polenta, 16
green sauce with six herbs and hard-boiled eggs, 266
homemade ricotta, 24
infused flavored oil, 274
Italian dressing, 273
lemon dressing, 271
mayonnaise with variations, 270
meringue, 224
naked ravioli with ricotta and spinach, 29
olive, zucchini, and tomato bread topping, 26
potato-ricotta gnocchi, 14
risotto, 13
roasted lemons, 25
semolina gnocchi, 15
shellfish broth, 262
sour grape sauce with almonds, 265
sundried tomatoes, 24
Tuscan fruit mustard, 269
vegetable stock, 264
basil:
dead ricotta in the garden, 43
infused flavored oil, 274
pesto, chunky, 17
pesto gnocchi, 95
bean(s):
bruschetta with eggplant, pancetta and, 45
cannellini, and tomato soup, 55
Grandma’s cooked water, 56
and sausage stewed in tomato, 116
soup, my aunt from Siena’s, 54
twice-boiled bread and vegetable soup, 67
whatever is available vegetable soup, 58
béchamel sauce, 268
ricotta and spinach tube pasta with, 78
beef:
boiled meat with green sauce, 246
Fabio’s mom’s meatballs, 132
gnocchi with meat sauce and ricotta salata, 99
Grandma’s meat loaf, 131
Grandma’s meat sauce, 23
Italian stuffed, 122
Italian wedding soup, 64
and veal stock, chubby, 263
boiled meat with green sauce, 246
bored lamb in chianti, 118
braised goat with fennel and red onion, 127
braised lamb shanks with red wine sauce, 126
braised octopus, 155
braised veal shanks with my grandma’s gremolata, 135
sour grape sauce with almonds, 265
tomato soup, my mother’s, 68
and vegetable soup, twice-boiled, 67
breadcrumbs, dried, 275
breads, homemade:
chickpea, 277
Italian flatbread, 278
olive, 280
for sick people, 279
Tuscan, 283
broken potatoes with burnt lemon and Parmesan, 191
brown butter sage sauce, 20
bruschetta with eggplant, beans, and pancetta, 45
butter, 5
butternut squash:
-filled roasted pork loin, 125
ravioli with brown butter sage sauce, 92
C
cake:
apple, with grappa, 211
Fabio’s, 208
calamari:
seafood risotto, 105
spinach stewed, 159
cannellini bean and tomato soup, 55
caper(s):
chicken piccata, 178
garlic, and anchovy dip with raw vegetables, 28
sauce with burnt lemon, 21
tuna with tomatoes and, 147
caramelization, 4
caramel nut crunch, 234
cauliflower stewed with tomato, 196
cheese:
baked onion gratin, 197
baked stuffed tomatoes, 201
baked ziti, 88
broken potatoes with burnt lemon and Parmesan, 191
butternut squash ravioli with brown butter sage sauce, 92
cherry tomato salad with orange, cucumber, and feta, 27
chicken piccata, 178
classic pizza, 31
dead ricotta in the garden, 43
drunken spaghetti, 80
eggplant Parmesan, 248
Fabio’s mom’s meatballs, 132
Fabio’s mom’s tiramisu, 212
fluffy chestnut milk pancakes, 217
four, and sausage penne, 83
four, eggs, 250
fried rice balls, 46
gnocchi with meat sauce and ricotta salata, 99
Grandma’s meat loaf, 131
homemade ricotta, 24
leeks tucked in bed with prosciutto, 199
naked ravioli with ricotta and spinach, 29
Parmesan, 5
poached pears with ricotta and balsamic vinegar, 220
potato-ricotta gnocchi, 14
ricotta and spinach tube pasta with béchamel sauce, 78
ricotta chocolate chip fritters, 215
ricotta-filled dates wrapped in prosciutto, 44
ricotta gnocchi with squash blossoms and clams, 100
roasted apples with ricotta, hazelnuts, and chocolate, 218
stuffed zucchini, 254
cherry tomato salad with orange, cucumber, and feta, 27
chestnut milk pancakes, fluffy, 217
chicken, 167
boiled meat with green sauce, 246
drunken, 181
fried rosemary, 170
Grandma’s roasted, 177
hen with sage-garlic sauce, 169
hunter style, 174
liver crostini, 41
with marsala sauce, 173
pasta handkerchiefs with, 87
piccata, 178
stock, 260
wings, sweet and sour, 168
chickpea bread, 277
chocolate:
chip ricotta fritters, 215
gelato, 230
roasted apples with ricotta, hazelnuts and, 218
chubby veal and beef stock, 263
chunky basil pesto, 17
cioppino, seafood, 156
clams:
drowned, 60
ricotta gnocchi with squash blossoms and, 100
seafood cioppino, 156
seafood risotto, 105
classic pizza, 31
cod, stewed, in tomato sauce, 247
cooked cream with red wine syrup, 223
cookies, ugly but good, 227
crazy water, 63
cream, cooked, with red wine syrup, 223
crème fraîche, Fabio’s mom’s, 271
crostini, chicken liver, 41
D
dates, ricotta-filled, wrapped in prosciutto, 44
dead ricotta in the garden, 43
desserts, 207
apple cake with grappa, 211
basic gelato (don’t call it ice cream), 228
basic meringue, 224
caramel nut crunch, 234
chocolate gelato, 230
cooked cream with red wine syrup, 223
Fabio’s cake, 208
Fabio’s mom’s tiramisu, 212
fluffy chestnut milk pancakes, 217
grape tart, 216
lemon sorbet, 231
perfect holeless doughnuts, 233
poached pears with ricotta and balsamic vinegar, 220
ricotta chocolate chip fritters, 215
roasted apples with ricotta, hazelnuts, and chocolate, 218
strawberries with red wine, 219
ugly but good cookies, 227
dip, garlic, anchovy, and caper, with raw vegetables, 28
dirty cabbage with pork, 190
doughnuts, perfect holeless, 233
dressings, see salad dressings
dried breadcrumbs, 275
drowned clams, 60
drunk cured salmon, 143
drunken chicken, 181
drunken spaghetti, 80
duck prosciutto, whiskey, 242
E
eggplant:
bruschetta with beans, pancetta and, 45
caponata, 193
Parmesan, 248
roasted old ladies (roasted vegetables), 194
eggs, 5
four-cheese, 250
hard-boiled, green sauce with six herbs and, 266
Italian omelette, 251
pissed off, 252
equipment, 5–6
F
Fabio’s cake, 208
Fabio’s mom’s crème fraîche, 271
Fabio’s mom’s meatballs, 132
Fabio’s mom’s tiramisu, 212
Fabio’s tomato sauce with oil and garlic, 18
fennel:
braised goat with red onion and, 127
pepper crust, whole fish with, 152
feta, cherry tomato salad with orange, cucumber and, 27
fish, see seafood
fluffy chestnut milk pancakes, 217
four-cheese and sausage penne, 83
four-cheese eggs, 250
fresh egg pasta dough, 12
fried rice balls, 46
fried rosemary chicken, 170
fried seafood with herbs and burnt lemon, 142
fried squash blossoms, 190
fried veal cutlets, 128
fritters, ricotta chocolate chip, 215
G
garlic:
anchovy, and caper dip with raw vegetables, 28
bread, green soup with, 57
Fabio’s tomato sauce with oil and, 18
sage sauce, hen with, 169
spaghetti with olive oil and, 79
gelato:
basic, 228
chocolate, 230
peach and mint, 230
gnocchi:
with meat sauce and ricotta salata, 99
pesto, 95
potato-ricotta, 14
ricotta, with squash blossoms and clams, 100
with sausage and leeks, 96
semolina, 15
goat, braised, with fennel and red onion, 127
Grandma’s canned tuna, 148
Grandma’s cooked water, 56
Grandma’s meat loaf, 131
Grandma’s meat sauce, 23
Grandma’s polenta, 16
grape(s):
sauce with almonds, sour, 265
tart, 216
Tuscan fruit mustard, 269
green sauce with six herbs and hard-boiled eggs, 266
green soup with garlic bread, 57
gremolata, my grandma’s, braised veal shanks with, 135
H
hazelnuts:
caramel nut crunch, 234
roasted apples with ricotta, chocolate and, 218
ugly but good cookies, 227
hen with sage-garlic sauce, 169
homemade ricotta, 24
I
infused flavored oil, 274
Italian flatbread, 278
Italian omelette, 251
Italian stuffed beef, 122
Italian wedding soup, 64
L
lamb:
bored, in chianti, 118
ragu, Tuscan pici with, 84–86
shanks, braised, with red wine sauce, 126
leeks:
gnocchi with sausage and, 96
tucked in bed with prosciutto, 199
lemon(s):
burnt, broken potatoes with Parmesan and, 191
burnt, caper sauce with, 21
burnt, fried seafood with herbs and, 142
dressing, 271
roasted, 25
sorbet, 231
veal, pounded, 243
wine sauce, roasted mussels with, 154
lettuce and tuna salad, 203
M
marsala sauce, chicken with, 173
mayonnaise with variations, 270
meat, 115
boiled, with green sauce, 246
bored lamb in chianti, 118
braised goat with fennel and red onion, 127
braised lamb shanks with red wine sauce, 126
braised veal shanks with my grandma’s gremolata, 135
butternut squash-filled roasted pork loin, 125
Fabio’s mom’s meatballs, 132
four-cheese and sausage penne, 83
fried veal cutlets, 128
gnocchi with sausage and leeks, 96
Grandma’s meat loaf, 131
Grandma’s meat sauce, 23
Italian stuffed beef, 122
Italian wedding soup, 64
my grandma’s overcooked veal shanks, 121
nighttime pork (12-hour, slow braised pork butt), 117
pappardelle with meatball pearls, 77
pounded lemon veal, 243
sauce, gnocchi with ricotta salata and, 99
sausage and beans stewed in tomato, 116
with seven flavors, 249
tripe in tomato, 245
Tuscan pici with lamb ragu, 84–86
veal with tuna sauce, 244
see also prosciutto; sausage
meringue, basic, 224
mint and peach gelato, 230
mushroom(s):
arugula salad with sundried tomatoes and, 203
chicken hunter style, 174
chicken with marsala sauce, 173
fried fresh, 188
risotto, 102
mussels:
roasted, with lemon-wine sauce, 154
seafood cioppino, 156
seafood risotto, 105
mustard, Tuscan fruit, 269
my aunt from Siena’s bean soup, 54
my grandma’s overcooked veal shanks, 121
my mother’s tomato-bread soup, 68
N
naked ravioli with ricotta and spinach, 29
with fresh tomato sauce, 89
nighttime pork (12-hour, slow braised pork butt), 117
not-so-black squid ink risotto, 108
O
octopus, 141
braised, 155
olive, zucchini, and tomato bread topping, 26
olive(s):
bread, 280
chicken hunter style, 174
eggplant caponata, 193
stewed cod in tomato sauce, 247
olive oil, 5
infused flavored, 274
omelette, Italian, 251
onion(s):
baby, sauce, 267
drunken chicken, 181
gratin, baked, 197
red, braised goat with fennel and, 127
orange, cherry tomato salad with cucumber, feta and, 27
P
pancakes, fluffy chestnut milk, 217
pancetta:
bruschetta with eggplant, beans and, 45
risotto with shrimp and, 109
pantry, 6–7
pappardelle with meatball pearls, 77
Parmesan, 5
baked stuffed tomatoes, 201
broken potatoes with burnt lemon and, 191
chicken piccata, 178
eggplant, 248
stuffed zucchini, 254
parsley, 5
pasta, 75
baked ziti, 88
butternut squash ravioli with brown butter sage sauce, 92
cooking, 3–4
drunken spaghetti, 80
four-cheese and sausage penne, 83
fresh egg dough, 12
gnocchi with meat sauce and ricotta salata, 99
gnocchi with sausage and leeks, 96
handkerchiefs with chicken, 87
pappardelle with meatball pearls, 77
pesto gnocchi, 95
potato ravioli, 91
ricotta and spinach tube, with béchamel sauce, 78
ricotta gnocchi with squash blossoms and clams, 100
spaghetti with garlic and olive oil, 79
Tuscan pici with lamb ragu, 84–86
peach and mint gelato, 230
pear(s):
poached, with ricotta and balsamic vinegar, 220
red wine poached, salad, 202
Tuscan fruit mustard, 269
penne, four-cheese and sausage, 83
pepper, black, 5
fennel crust, whole fish with, 152
pepper stew, 255
perfect holeless doughnuts, 233
pesto:
chunky basil, 17
gnocchi, 95
pici, Tuscan, with lamb ragu, 84–86
pissed off eggs, 252
pizza, classic, 31
poached pears with ricotta and balsamic vinegar, 220
polenta, Grandma’s, 16
pork:
dirty cabbage with, 190
loin, butternut squash-filled roasted, 125
meat with seven flavors, 249
nighttime (12-hour, slow braised pork butt), 117
pots and pans, 5
potato(es):
boiled meat with green sauce, 246
broken, with burnt lemon and Parmesan, 191
dirty cabbage with pork, 190
green soup with garlic bread, 57
perfect holeless doughnuts, 233
ravioli, 91
ricotta gnocchi, 14
whatever is available vegetable soup, 58
poultry:
whiskey duck prosciutto, 242
see also chicken
pounded lemon veal, 243
prosciutto:
Italian omelette, 251
Italian stuffed beef, 122
leeks tucked in bed with, 199
ricotta-filled dates wrapped in, 44
whiskey duck, 242
pumpkin, risotto with walnuts and, 106
R
ravioli:
butternut squash, with brown butter sage sauce, 92
naked, with fresh tomato sauce, 89
naked, with ricotta and spinach, 29
potato, 91
red wine poached pear salad, 202
rice:
arborio, coating, 276
balls, fried, 46
see also risotto
ricotta:
baked stuffed tomatoes, 201
butternut squash ravioli with brown butter sage sauce, 92
chocolate chip fritters, 215
dead, in the garden, 43
-filled dates wrapped in prosciutto, 44
fluffy chestnut milk pancakes, 217
gnocchi with squash blossoms and clams, 100
homemade, 24
naked ravioli with spinach and, 29
poached pears with balsamic vinegar and, 220
potato gnocchi, 14
roasted apples with hazelnuts, chocolate and, 218
and spinach tube pasta with béchamel sauce, 78
stuffed zucchini, 254
ricotta salata, gnocchi with meat sauce and, 99
risotto, 53
basic, 13
mushroom, 102
with pumpkin and walnuts, 106
saffron, 103
seafood, 105
with shrimp and pancetta, 109
roasted apples with ricotta, hazelnuts, and chocolate, 218
roasted lemons, 25
roasted mussels with lemon-wine sauce, 154
roasted old ladies (roasted vegetables), 194
rosemary chicken, fried, 170
S
saffron risotto, 103
sage:
brown butter sauce, 20
brown butter sauce, butternut squash ravioli with, 92
garlic sauce, hen with, 169
salad dressings:
balsamic vinaigrette, 272
Italian dressing, 273
lemon, 271
salads, 187
arugula, with sundried tomatoes and mushrooms, 203
cherry tomato, with orange, cucumber, and feta, 27
red wine poached pear, 202
tuna and lettuce, 203
salmon, drunk cured, 143
salt, 3–4, 5
aromatic flavored, 276
sauces:
baby onion, 267
balsamic glaze, 268
béchamel, 268
brown butter sage, 20
caper, with burnt lemon, 21
Fabio’s mom’s crème fraîche, 271
Fabio’s tomato, with oil and garlic, 18
green, with six herbs and hard-boiled eggs, 266
Grandma’s meat, 23
mayonnaise with variations, 270
sour grape, with almonds, 265
see also salad dressings
sausage:
baked stuffed tomatoes, 201
and beans stewed in tomato, 116
boiled meat with green sauce, 246
and four-cheese penne, 83
gnocchi with leeks and, 96
pappardelle with meatball pearls, 77
stuffed zucchini, 254
seafood, 141
braised octopus, 155
cioppino, 156
crazy water, 63
drowned clams, 60
drunk cured salmon, 143
fish balls in tomato wine sauce, 153
fish stock, 261
fried, with herbs and burnt lemon, 142
Grandma’s canned tuna, 148
not-so-black squid ink risotto, 108
ricotta gnocchi with squash blossoms and clams, 100
risotto, 105
risotto with shrimp and pancetta, 109
roasted mussels with lemon-wine sauce, 154
shellfish broth, 262
spinach stewed calamari, 159
stewed cod in tomato sauce, 247
stewed swordfish, 144
tuna and lettuce salad, 203
tuna with tomatoes and capers, 147
veal with tuna sauce, 244
where is the fish? (whole fish baked in salt), 151
whole fish with fennel-pepper crust, 152
semolina gnocchi, 15
shrimp:
fried seafood with herbs and burnt lemon, 142
risotto with shrimp and pancetta, 109
seafood cioppino, 156
sorbet, lemon, 231
soups, 53
artichoke, 61
cannellini bean and tomato, 55
crazy water, 63
drowned clams, 60
Grandma’s cooked water, 56
green, with garlic bread, 57
Italian wedding, 64
my aunt from Siena’s bean, 54
my mother’s tomato-bread, 68
twice-boiled bread and vegetable, 67
whatever is available vegetable, 58
sour grape sauce with almonds, 265
spaghetti:
drunken, 80
with garlic and olive oil, 79
spinach:
Grandma’s cooked water, 56
green soup with garlic bread, 57
Italian wedding soup, 64
naked ravioli with ricotta and, 29
and ricotta tube pasta with béchamel sauce, 78
stewed calamari, 159
squash:
butternut, -filled roasted pork loin, 125
butternut, ravioli with brown butter sage sauce, 92
risotto with pumpkin and walnuts, 106
see also zucchini
squash blossoms:
fried, 190
ricotta gnocchi with clams and, 100
squid:
fried seafood with herbs and burnt lemon, 142
not-so-black squid ink risotto, 108
seafood cioppino, 156
stew, pepper, 255
stewed cod in tomato sauce, 247
stewed swordfish, 144
stock, 259
chicken, 260
fish, 261
shellfish broth, 262
vegetable, 264
strawberries with red wine, 219
stuffed zucchini, 254
sundried tomatoes, 24
sweet and sour chicken wings, 168
swordfish, stewed, 144
T
tart:
grape, 216
tomato, 40
tiramisu, Fabio’s mom’s, 212
tomato(es):
baked stuffed, 201
braised octopus, 155
bread soup, my mother’s, 68
and cannellini bean soup, 55
cauliflower stewed with, 196
cherry, salad with orange, cucumber, and feta, 27
classic pizza, 31
crazy water, 63
dead ricotta in the garden, 43
eggplant caponata, 193
eggplant Parmesan, 248
Fabio’s mom’s meatballs, 132
fried rice balls, 46
Grandma’s meat loaf, 131
Grandma’s meat sauce, 23
Italian stuffed beef, 122
my grandma’s overcooked veal shanks, 121
olive, and zucchini bread topping, 26
pappardelle with meatball pearls, 77
pissed off eggs, 252
ricotta and spinach tube pasta with béchamel sauce, 78
sauce, fresh, naked ravioli with, 89
sauce, stewed cod in, 247
sauce with oil and garlic, Fabio’s, 18
sausage and beans stewed in, 116
seafood cioppino, 156
seafood risotto, 105
shellfish broth, 262
spinach stewed calamari, 159
stewed swordfish, 144
sundried, 24
sundried, arugula salad with mushrooms and, 203
tart, 40
tripe in, 245
tuna with capers and, 147
Tuscan pici with lamb ragu, 84–86
wine sauce, fish balls in, 153
tripe in tomato, 245
tuna:
Grandma’s canned, 148
and lettuce salad, 203
sauce, veal with, 244
with tomatoes and capers, 147
Tuscan bread, 283
Tuscan fruit mustard, 269
Tuscan pici with lamb ragu, 84–86
twice-boiled bread and vegetable
soup, 67
ugly but good cookies, 227
V
veal:
and beef stock, chubby, 263
boiled meat with green sauce, 246
cutlets, fried, 128
pounded lemon, 243
shanks, braised, with my grandma’s gremolata, 135
shanks, my grandma’s overcooked, 121
with tuna sauce, 244
vegetable(s), 187
baked onion gratin, 197
baked stuffed tomatoes, 201
and bread soup, twice-boiled, 67
broken potatoes with burnt lemon and Parmesan, 191
cauliflower stewed with tomato, 196
dirty cabbage with pork, 190
eggplant caponata, 193
fried fresh mushrooms, 188
fried squash blossoms, 190
leeks tucked in bed with prosciutto, 199
raw, garlic, anchovy, and caper dip with, 28
roasted (roasted old ladies), 194
soup, whatever is available, 58
stock, 264
W
walnuts:
caramel nut crunch, 234
risotto with pumpkin and, 106
sour grape sauce with almonds, 265
whatever is available vegetable soup, 58
where is the fish? (whole fish baked in salt), 151
whiskey duck prosciutto, 242
whole fish with fennel-pepper crust, 152
Z
ziti, baked, 88
zucchini:
olive, and tomato bread topping, 26
roasted old ladies (roasted vegetables), 194
stuffed, 254