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Saturday, November 10. 2018

Poverty food: Ribollita

Many if not most classic recipes had their origins in humble peasant food.  Ribollita is a classic Tuscan peasant stew made of leftovers mostly.  No meat, beans instead.  Thickened with stale bread.


It has plenty of kale to which I am ideologically opposed, but whatever. I've made it a few times, and it is blandly good. Filling for sure. I tried it twice in Tuscany a couple of weeks ago. In Italy, lunch is typically the big meal and supper is soup or something light, but tourists like something light at lunch so I made a small study of local ribollitas.


Tasted like mine. 


The NYT has an upscale version. That's not necessary. 

Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink at 17:22 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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We make a similar stew but use cabbage, no kale. I do put some ground beef in as well. I also like to put some pearl barley in, gives it texture and will thicken it slightly. I prefer pinto beans which will also after a few hours of simmering thicken it somewhat.
#1 GoneWithTheWind on 2018-11-10 17:56 (Reply)
I love kale. Don't be so anti-trendy that you "don't like kale"!
#2 lizzy on 2018-11-10 18:34 (Reply)
Truly. Most greens are pretty good, kale being no exception, even if it is trendy. Also, it's extremely easy to grow.

We eats dozens of different easy-to-grow greens, raw in salads when they're young and boiled or in soups when they're older. They're mostly insect-resistent, moderate in their demands for water or fertilizer, and impervious to a light freeze.
#3 Texan99 on 2018-11-11 10:00 (Reply)

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