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.

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare

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

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare

No. 131. Soffiato di Cappone (Fowl Soufflé) Ingredients: Fowl, Béchamel, stock, semolina flour, potatoes, salt, eggs, butter, smoked tongue…

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Ingredients

No. 132. Pollo alla Fiorentina (Chicken) Ingredients: Fowl, butter, vegetables, rice or macaroni, peppercorns, stock, ham, tomatoes, bay…

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Pollastro

No. 136. Pollastro alla Lorenese (Fowl) Ingredients: Fowl, butter, parsley, lemon, small onions, bread crumbs.

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Chablis

No. 139. Cappone con Riso (Capon with Rice) Ingredients: Capon, veal forcemeat, fat bacon, stock, rice, truffles, mushrooms, fowls' liver…

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Turkey

No. 140. Dindo Arrosto alla Milanese (Roast Turkey) Ingredients: Turkey, sausage meat, prunes, chestnuts, a pear, butter, Marsala, salt…

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Pheasant

No. 142. Fagiano alla Napoletana (Pheasant) Ingredients: Pheasant, macaroni, gravy, butter, Parmesan, tomatoes.

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Pigeons

No. 147. Piccioni alla minuta (Pigeons) Ingredients: Pigeons, butter, truffles, herbs, fowls' livers, sweetbread, salt, flour, stock…

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Rabbit

No. 151. Coniglio alla Provenzale (Rabbit) Ingredients: Rabbit, flour, butter, stock, Chablis, parsley, onion, spice, mushrooms.

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Cheddar

No. 156. Barbabietola alla Parmigiana (Beetroot) Ingredients: Beetroot, white sauce, Parmesan, Cheddar.

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Cauliflower

No. 159. Cavoli fiori alla Lionese (Cauliflower) Ingredients:

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Celery

No. 164. Sedani fritti all' italiana (Celery) Ingredients: Same as No. 163, eggs, bread crumbs, tomatoes.

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Carrots

No. 167. Carote al sughillo (Carrots) Ingredients: Carrots, stock, salt, butter, sausage, pepper.

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Lettuce

No. 170. Lattughe al sugo (Lettuce) Ingredients: Lettuce, Parmesan, bacon, stock, butter, croûtons of bread, gravy.

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Potatoes

No. 174. Patate alla crema (Potatoes in cream) Ingredients: Potatoes, butter, Parmesan, white stock, cream, pepper, salt.

Fowl, Duck, Game, Hare: Insalata

No. 178. Insalata di patate (Potato salad) Ingredients: New potatoes, oil, white vinegar, onions, parsley, tarragon, chervil, celery…

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