Beef Tripe Milanese Style, Trippa alla Milanese (serves 4) A note on beef tripe: Beef tripe alla Milanese is one of my favorite dishes ever. My grandmother made this dish on special occasions, and I never eat it outside of my house or a family member’s house. This is because improperly cleaned or prepared tripe […]
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Aunt Marilú’s Unparalleled Portafoglios, aka Italian Chicken Cordon Bleu
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Aunt Marilú’s Unparalleled Portafoglios, aka Italian Chicken Cordon Bleu (Serves 4-6) Ingredients 6 chicken or veal cutlets 6 slices of mozzarella cheese 6 slices of ham 2 eggs 4 Tbs. Parmesan cheese 1 cup breadcrumbs Salt 3 Tbs. butter 3 Tbs. Vegetable oil Wooden toothpicks Preparation: Place a cutlet on a board; making sure that […]
Recipes from my year in Rome
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About 10 years ago I moved to Rome for a year. While there, I took a cooking lesson with a lovely young woman whose name I can’t for the life of me remember. She was fantastic, fun, and 8 months pregnant. She would pick me up in her Vespa and we would ride to the […]