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Simple Italian Cookery

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Recipes from Simple Italian Cookery, by Antonia Isola, 1912. This is the first Italian cookbook published in the United States.

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  • MEAT SAUCE

    Posted on Friday February 1st, 2008 at 08:00 in

    Put into a saucepan one pound of beef and one-half an onion chopped up with three ounces of lard, some parsley, salt, pepper, one clove, and a very small slice of ham. Fry these over a hot fire for a few moments, moving them continually, and when the...

  • TOMATO SAUCE NO. 2

    Posted on Thursday September 27th, 2007 at 13:39 in

    Mince one-quarter of an onion, one-half a stalk of celery, a few leaves of sweet basil, and a bunch of parsley up fine. Add one-half cup of olive-oil, a pinch of salt and one of pepper, and cut eight or nine tomatoes into slices. Boil until the sauce...

  • ROUX FOR SAUCES

    Posted on Thursday September 27th, 2007 at 13:38 in

    Roux is necessary to thicken and give body to sauces. Put one tablespoon of flour and one of butter into a saucepan and cook until the flour has lost any raw taste. Then put the saucepan on the back of the stove and add slowly the stock or milk, one...

  • MILK OF ALMOND ICE

    Posted on Tuesday March 27th, 2007 at 13:40

    Take one half pound of almonds. Remove the shells and skins, and put them into a large receptacle of cold water. Add three bitter almonds to the number. Remove them from the water, and pound them up in a bowl, adding from time to time a little water....

  • HOT WINE

    Posted on Tuesday March 27th, 2007 at 13:40 in

    Put into the saucepan one pint of red or white wine, the first preferred. Add two heaping tablespoons of sugar, a piece of rind of lemon or orange, and a small stick of cinnamon. Put it onto the fire and stir until the sugar is dissolved. When the wi...

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