In Calabria Pasta e piselli (Pasta and peas) is made with tomatoes and is a soup. The peas are the star of the show in this dish and like many minestre is put together with a few simple ingredients which when cooked together are bursting with flavor. Ingredients for about 2 generous portions:: ~2 tsp
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Riso e Patate is one of my all-time favorite minestre. I love it so much that to savor it I eat it with a fork even though it is a soup. Like most minestre it is quick and easy to make and is another delicious comfort food. To make this savory dish you need… Ingredients
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Brodo (literally broth or soup) is one of those comfort foods…hot and tasty…ideal on cold days and a perfect meal! My mother would often make brodo on a Saturday night for dinner. This was sometimes chicken based and other times beef based. Brodo is multi-purpose. She would make it whenever someone wasn’t feeling well, or even just
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In Calabria, a minestra is a soup. It’s a hearty soup, thick in consistency, more like a stew. A minestra is a first course dish. Minestre are typically uncomplicated and often made with peak season vegetables. I will be posting many minestre recipes because vegetables are more prevalent in Italian cuisine, particularly Calabrese cuisine, than most people think.  As I’ve
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