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Homemade MarinaraThis is a great marinara recipe made from garden fresh tomatoes. Since I don't have those year around I adapted a recipe found with home preserved tomatoes. This is fast, flavorful and my go to tomato sauce for pasta and mozzarella sticks. |
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Sunday Sugo Rosso (Red Sauce)This recipe is adapted from one in Jeff Smith's book The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Three Ancient Cuisines published in 1989. I modified it a bit to make a richer sauce with more tomato flavor. The original contained much more chicken stock and did not include tomato sauce. I also included some additional spices. I used canned San… |
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Roasted Tomato SauceA woodsy aroma, this is an easy sauce to make. |
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Panzanella (Tuscan Bread Salad)Panzanella, a Tuscan bread salad, is a great way to use old bread and avoid cooking in hot weather at the same time. And it is so simple to make, too. |
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I mangiafagioli: Lovers of Tuscan…
Did you know that Tuscans are sometimes nicknamed "mangiafagioli" or "bean eaters"? Indeed, there are many wonderful Tuscan bean dishes like fagioli al fiasco, fagioli all'uccelletto, fagioli e tonno, not to mention those wonderful hearty soups like ribollita. But as we all know, Tuscan cooking has much, much more to offer: pappa al pomodoro, pappardelle sulla lepre, la bistecca alla fiorentina, cacciucco, fettunta, crostini, panzanella... the list is practically endless.
Here's a group dedicated to exploring all the many culinary delights of the birthplace of the Renaissance.
Here's a group dedicated to exploring all the many culinary delights of the birthplace of the Renaissance.
