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Acqua Pazza is a classic Italian recipe, healthy and tasty! This cooking method is originating of Southern-Italy and commonly attributed to the Neapolitan cuisine. The traditional recipe wants the fish cooked whole with simple ingredients, whereas the contemporary way prefers to stew fillets of fish along with a delicious fish stock prepared with the bones and the head of the fish. Here both recipes and the origin of Acqua Pazza!
The Hungarian goulash recipe is one of the most typical dishes of East Europe. About goulash I have a precise view, the first time I went in Hungary. It was the December of 1992, and I was traveling along with my parents. I remember distinctly two things: the freezing cold that wrapped Budapest in the Christmas time, and a hot, flavorful, hearty, stew came to my rescue! The goulash recipe has an ancient and fascinating story, started with the migration of the cows between the Hungarian steppe and the main East-European markets. A country recipe become a masterpiece of the comfort food culture! Here the history and the recipe.
This beef stock with chicken and vegetables is an essential preparation to make several dishes of the Emilian traditional cuisine, as Bolognese cutlet, or tortellini, or Zuppa Imperiale. Preparing a fabulous meat stock as tradition wants is very easy, but needs a very gently cooking for several hours. Every member of my generation can recall from his childhood a big, heavy pot, slowly bubbling, hours, and hours, and hours! Like many traditional recipes, every family has their own way to prepare the meat stock. Here, I’ll share with you my family recipe!
Shrimp stock is one of the basic preparation I love keep on hand. A basic recipe useful in plenty of preparation: in my freezer can’t miss a jar and a ice cubes tray of shrimp stock. Here I decided to reveal my family recipe! Shrimp shell give a particular flavor to this broth. Lemon, vegetables and spices help to give bold taste.
