The Cook's Decameron

A novel with two hundred Italian recipes inside it: ten friends dine together for ten days, argue about food and cooks and country, and each day's talk ends in the day's menu.

Egg Dishes

4 pages in this part of The Cook's Decameron.

Egg Dishes

No. 200. Uova ai Tartufi (Eggs with Truffles) Ingredients: Eggs, butter, cream, truffles, Veluté sauce, croûtons.

Egg Dishes: Ingredients

No. 202. Uova ripiene (Canapés of Egg) Ingredients: Eggs, butter, salt, pepper, nutmeg, cheese, parsley, mushrooms, Béchamel and Espagnole…

Egg Dishes: Parmesan

No. 203. Uova alla Fiorentina (Eggs) Ingredients: Eggs, butter, Parmesan, cream, flour, salt, pepper, curds.

Egg Dishes: Frittata

No. 205. Frittata di funghi (Mushroom Omelette) Ingredients: Mushrooms, butter, eggs, bread crumbs, Parmesan, marjoram, garlic.

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