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A Table in Tuscany
By Leslie Forbes
Chronicle Books - 1991
Acquacotta - Tomato and Bread Soup : page 105
I have no idea what Acquacotta (cooked water) is supposed to taste like, but this was good.
- I made a more or less full recipe, advertised to serve four. Two of us ate it for dinner and there are two more servings in the freezer.
- Instead of peeling and deseeding a bunch of tomatoes, I used some of the deseeded tomato "sauce" from the freezer that I made last summer.
- The instructions say to start the sauce in a medium saucepan. By the time you add 1 liter/quart of water this is mightily full. I didn't add that much.
- I diced a huge pile of celery, but didn't add it all. Neither of us a big celery fans, and it just seemed like toooo much. (Into the freezer for the next batch of stock.)
The results was a tasty and filling soup.
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A very nice salad. I served it on a lettuce-lined plate. The whole recipe, which should serve four, was a nice meal for two. Four only as a side or starter perhaps.
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Pollo all'Arribiata : page 123
Really yummy. I made a halfish recipe with four thighs. Chicken nice. Sauce very good. (Will use extra for lunch over a bit of pasta.)
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Salsa de Salciccie - Sausage Sauce : page 87
Nice sauce, easy to make, simple ingredients.
- Used my last bit of Hazan's Homemade Sausage from the freezer. It was 8oz, so I made about a 2/3 recipe.
- Peeled (and seeded) about 10oz of tomatoes.
- No porcini/cêpes in the store yet; used shiitakes instead.
With a chopped onion, a slog of red wine, and S&P, that's all that's need for a tasty sauce.
Recipe says it serves 6. I made 2/3, and piggies that we are, we ate it all. It would have served 3 easily; 4 might have been a bit skimpy.
Served over pici we brought home from Tuscany last fall. All the pici we had there (and brought home) appears to have been extruded rather than hand-rolled. Still, it adds a nice chew to substantial sauce.
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