Minestra of Rice and Turnips

October 23rd, 2006

Ingredients:  Rice, turnips, butter, gravy, tomatoes.

Cut three or four young turnips into slices and put them on a dish,
strew a little salt over them, cover them with another dish, and
let them stand for about two hours until the water has run out of
them.  Then drain the slices, put them in a frying-pan and fry them
slightly in butter.  Add some good gravy and mashed-up tomatoes,
and after having cooked this for a few minutes pour it into good
boiling stock.  Add three ounces of well-washed rice, and boil for
half-an-hour.

Minestra loses its flavour if it is boiled too long.  In Lombardy,
however, rice, macaroni, &c., are rarely boiled enough for English
tastes.

A Condiment for Seasoning Minestre

October 23rd, 2006

Ingredients:  Onions, celery, carrots, butter, salt, stock,
tomatoes, mushrooms.

Cut up an onion, a stick of celery, and a carrot; fry them in
butter and salt; add a few bits of cooked ham and veal cut up, two
mushrooms, and the pulp of a tomato.  Cook for a quarter of an
hour, and add a little stock occasionally to keep it moist.  Pass
through a sieve, and use for seasoning minestre, macaroni, rice,
&c.  It should be added when the dish is nearly cooked.

Minestra alla Casalinga

October 23rd, 2006

Ingredients:  Onions, celery, carrots, butter, salt, stock,
tomatoes, mushrooms.

Cut up an onion, a stick of celery, and a carrot; fry them in
butter and salt; add a few bits of cooked ham and veal cut up, two
mushrooms, and the pulp of a tomato.  Cook for a quarter of an
hour, and add a little stock occasionally to keep it moist.  Pass
through a sieve, and use for seasoning minestre, macaroni, rice,
&c.  It should be added when the dish is nearly cooked.

A Condiment for Seasoning Minestre

October 23rd, 2006

Ingredients:  Onions, celery, carrots, butter, salt, stock,
tomatoes, mushrooms.

Cut up an onion, a stick of celery, and a carrot; fry them in
butter and salt; add a few bits of cooked ham and veal cut up, two
mushrooms, and the pulp of a tomato.  Cook for a quarter of an
hour, and add a little stock occasionally to keep it moist.  Pass
through a sieve, and use for seasoning minestre, macaroni, rice,
&c.  It should be added when the dish is nearly cooked.