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- From: amanda@gate.net
- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- Subject: Acquacotta (Tuscan Soup)
- Date: 5 Feb 1995 19:34:54 -0700
- Organization: gate.net
- Message-ID: <3h41se$1da@mack.rt66.com>
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- ACQUACOTTA (Tuscan Soup)
-
- 1 oz. dried porcini mushrooms
- 2 medium carrots, scraped
- 2 large celery stalks
- 1 medium red onion, cleaned
- 1 small clove garlic, peeled
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 1/2 pounds ripe fresh tomatoes, or 1 1/2 pounds canned
- tomatoes, pref.
- Italian, imported, drained.
- 1 Tabl. tomato paste, pref. imported Italian
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Pinch hot red pepper flakes
- 2 qts. cold water
- 2 extra large eggs
- 8 Tabl. freshly grated Parmigiano
-
- Plus
-
- 2 cups croutons, small bread pieces fried in olive oil, or 8
- slices Tuscan bread,toasted
-
- Soak the mushrooms in a bowl of lukewarm water for 1/2
- hour. Drain and be sure that no sand remains attached
- to the stems. Finely chop carrots, celery, onion, garlic
- and the soaked mushrooms all together on a board.
- Heat the oil in a heavy casserole over medium heat.
- When the oil is warm, add the chopped ingredients and
- saute for 10 minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon as
- needed. Meanwhile, pass the tomatoes through a food
- mill, using the disc with the smallest holes, into a small
- bowl. Add the strained tomatoes along with the tomato
- paste, then salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes. Let simmer
- for 15 minutes, mixing every so often. Add the cold water,
- mix very well, and when the broth returns to a boil, let
- simmer for 55 minutes. Place the two eggs in a crockery
- or china soup tureen and mix them very well with the
- Parmigiano. When the soup is ready, ladle it into the
- tureen, and using a wooden spoon, mix each addition
- very well with the egg-cheese combination, in order to avoid
- curdling. When the both is very smooth and the eggs
- completely amalgamated, add the croutons and serve
- immediately. If using bread slices instead, place a slice in
- each bowl and ladle the broth over it.
-
- Serve immediately.
-
- Yield: 8-10 servings
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