Italian and Calabrese Recipes according to the tradtiton and nonna approved.
HOW TO MAKE ‘NDUJA ‘Nduja: the spicy, creamy, spreadable salami, is a distinctly Calabrian product, but only certain areas of Calabria. The most famous of these is Vibo Valentia, the home province of my Zia Agnese, who taught me this recipe. There a many uses for ‘nduja. We eat it on toasted Calabrian bread (crostini), …
Dark, porous and rough fettuccine: this is how the Struncatura (Italianized, “Stroncatura“) presents itself, a symbol of the gastronomic identity of a part of Calabria. Stroncatura, was popular among the poor people of the Calabria region. The reason Stroncatura was so inexpensive was that it was created from the sweepings on the factory floor at the …
In Italian, the word ‘boscaiola’ means woodsman or woodcutter. And this pasta alla boscaiola recipe is traditionally based on the most popular foraged food to be found in the woods, mushrooms. In the fall, pasta alla boscaiola appears on the most rustic Tuscan trattoria menus. Its name implies mushrooms are a key component, and this is my father’s favourite …