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.

Vegetables

12 recipes in this part of Simple Italian Cookery.

Lima Beans with Ham

Take three-quarters of a pound of lima beans, very tender young ones. Put them in boiling water for about five minutes to whiten them. Then…

Fried Squash, Parsnips, Celery, and Mushrooms

Take two small squash, the smallest size possible; cut off the two ends, divide them in two, and slice them in fine slices lengthwise. Put…

Fried Pumpkin

Take a slice of pumpkin, remove the rind and the seeds. Cut it into strips as for French fried potatoes, only finer. Roll in flour and dip…

Spinach Souffle

Wash the spinach in several waters, put it in a covered saucepan on a good fire. Stir now and then to prevent burning, and after fifteen…

Spinach in a Mold with Mushrooms

Boil the spinach for a few moments, drain, squeeze out the water, then pound it well, and pass it through a fine colander. Put it into a…

Flan of Vegetables

Wash, chop up fine, and boil several vegetables, a potato, some spinach, a carrot, and a small beet, etc., then boil them again in a…

Lettuce in the Oven

Take several young lettuces, wash them and remove their wilted leaves, tie the tops together, and lay the lettuces side by side in a…

Celery Fried

Cut off the green leaves, and cut the stalks of the celery in pieces about an inch long. Wash them and then put them into boiling water for…

Celery with Tomato Sauce

Cut off the green leaves, clean and wash the celery stalks, and then throw them into boiling water and boil fast for twenty minutes. Drain…

Tomatoes with Eggs

Choose round tomatoes of about equal size and peel them. Cut off their tops, take out their insides, and drop a raw egg into each…

Tomato Pudding

Scald, peel, and slice eight tomatoes. Squeeze out three-quarters of their juice into a bowl through cheese cloth, and put it to one side…

Fried Bread with Raisins

Take some rather stale bread, cut it into slices, removing the crust. Fry the bread in lard, and then arrange it on a platter; meanwhile…

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