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Italian popular chili recipes
Tetrazzini is an
American dish, but named
after the famous Italian opera star Luisa Tetrazzini.
It usually consists of white meat like chicken, cooked with mushrooms, onions
and carrots in a butter
or cream and parmesan sauce.
It is served over spaghetti
or pasta. Almonds and
parmesan cheese are favorites as toppings.
The dish may be enhanced with sherry or wine.
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Chicken
Tetrazzini
Cooking
90 minutes, serve 6 |
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1 ˝ kg
chicken, chopped
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350 g
spaghetti
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2 tbsp
butter
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200 g
bacon, shredded
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1 large
onion, chopped
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˝ red
pepper, diced
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˝ green
pepper, diced
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200 g
grated cheese
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150 g
button mushrooms,
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salt and
pepper to taste
Method
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Put
chicken, salt and pepper in a saucepan
and top with water. Simmer over moderate heat
for about 1 1/2 hours till chicken is very tender.
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Drain
out chicken pieces and reserve stock.
Bone chicken and dice the meat.
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Put
spaghetti into reserved chicken stock
and cook till tender.
Drain out.
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Melt
butter and fry bacon till lightly browned. Add onion and continue
frying till browned.
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Add
peppers, cheese and mushrooms. Mix well.
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Put in
diced chicken and spaghetti and
stir well to mix thoroughly.
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Cook
over low heat till very hot.
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Dish out
and serve hot.
In Italian cuisine, an antipasto
is the equivalent of
hors d'oeuvre, meaning “before the meal” . This may
consists of savory cold food such as cheeses
and raw or marinated
vegetables, or cold cuts and cured meats.
You may
want to try this antipasto
which is essentially salad base with pepper as one of the
main
ingredients:
Peperonata Italia -
Stewed peppers with tomatoes
cooking time 30 minutes, serve 6
Ingredients
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5 tbsp olive oil for frying
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1 large onion, diced
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1 clove garlic, sliced
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5 bay leaves
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500 g red peppers, diced
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500 g green peppers, diced
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seasoning: salt, pepper,
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750 g tomatoes, peeled and quartered
Method
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Fry onion, garlic and bay leaves over
moderate heat till golden.
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Add red peppers and green peppers, seasoning, continue for 10 minutes.
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Add tomatoes, reduce heat
and simmer till peppers
and tomatoes are tender but firm.
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Dish out and serve hot, as an
accompaniment
to stewed chicken, or
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Serve cold, as an
antipasto.
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Green tomato pickle
Make 35 jars, Cooking 30 minutes
Ingredients
- 5 kg green tomatoes, sliced
- 4.5 liters vinegar
- 2 kg sugar
- 18 onions, sliced
- 18 green peppers, sliced
- 3 tbsp mustard, French style
- 2 tbsp ginger, allspice and
turmeric
- handful celery seed, mustard seed and whole
cloves
Method
- Sprinkle the sliced vegetables with salt. Let stand 60 minutes. Drain.
- Cook in half of vinegar till boils.
- Pour off that vinegar and add sugar and spices to other half of vinegar.
- Put in tomatoes, onions and peppers and cook until tender.
- Make between 36 - 40 half pint jars.
Spicy fry macaroni or spaghetti
Cooking time
20 minutes, serve 4
Ingredients
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300 g macaroni or spaghetti
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100 g fresh shrimps, peeled or
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100 g chicken meat or beef
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1 cup bean sprouts or shredded carrots or cabbage
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2 stalks green vegetables
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1 red chili, sliced
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1 big onion, sliced
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1 tbsp chopped garlic
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2 tbsp peanut oil
Gravy:
Method
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Prepare the macaroni or spaghetti
the usual way.
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Sauté garlic till fragrant.
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Add onion, meat and vegetable
and fry for another 3 minutes..
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Add macaroni or spaghetti, fry
over high heat and mix well.
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Add gravy, bring to boil.
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Add the bean sprouts. Serve hot.
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