Simple Italian Cookery

Italian home cooking explained to Americans in 1912, every dish still carrying its own name: Brodo di Carne, Minestrone alla Milanese, Zuppa di Merluzzo.

Rice, Etc.

15 recipes in this part of Simple Italian Cookery.

Rice with Peas

1/2 cup of rice Grated Parmesan cheese 2 tablespoons of butter 1 small onion Chop the onion up fine and put it into the saucepan with…

Rice with Butter and Cheese (Riso in Bianco)

Take one-half cup of rice. Boil in salted water. After twenty minutes of boiling take off the fire and drain. Then put the rice back into a…

Rice with Tomatoes

Boil a cup of rice soft in hot water. Shake it now and then, but do not stir it. Drain it, add a little milk in which a beaten egg has been…

Risotto with Ham

Cut into small pieces one ounce of raw ham, fat and lean. Chop up fine a small piece of onion, and put it with the ham into a frying-pan…

Rice With Mushrooms

10 mushrooms if canned, or 5 or 6 if fresh ones 3/4 of a cup of rice Chop up a little onion, parsley, celery, and carrot together, and put…

Polenta (Indian Meal)

3/4 of a cup of yellow Indian meal (fine) 3 cups of water Put the water into a granite or iron saucepan, add salt. When it begins to boil…

Polenta Fritters

Put one pinch of salt and one tablespoon of sugar into a cup of milk, and put it on to boil. As soon as it boils pour in, little by little…

Chicken with Polenta

Take a small chicken; clean and prepare it. Take a slice of ham fat four fingers wide and one finger long (or one tablespoon of good lard)…

Polenta Pasticciata

3/4 of a cup of Indian meal 1 quart of milk Boil the milk, and add the Indian meal, a little at a time, when milk is boiling, stirring…

Meat Sauce (Take a small piece of beef)

Take a small piece of beef, a small piece of ham, fat and lean, one tablespoon of butter, a small piece of onion, a small piece of carrot…

Bechamel Sauce

Take one tablespoon of flour, and one tablespoon of butter. Put them into a saucepan and stir with a wooden spoon until they have become a…

Polenta Cake (Migliaccio di Farina Gialla)

2 cups of coarse Indian meal 1/2 cup of raisins 1/2 teaspoon of salt 3 teaspoons of sugar (granulated) 3 tablespoons of lard Mix the salt…

Gnocchi of Farina (Gnocchi di Semolina)

1 pint of milk 1 egg 1/2 cup farina Butter and cheese Put the milk on, and when it boils add salt. Take a wooden spoon and, stirring…

Gnocchi of Potato

Take six medium-sized potatoes and put them on to boil in their skins. When they are done, peel them and pass them through a fine colander…

Gnocchi of Milk--a Dessert

I cup of milk I level tablespoon of powdered starch 2 or 3 drops of vanilla extract 2 yolks of eggs 2 tablespoons of sugar Put all these…

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