Italian Cabbage: Savoy, Kale, Cauliflower, Etc.
Aunt Adriana's Stuffed Cabbage
Leaves
Her secret ingredient is... soy sauce.
Difficulty: Easy
Cabbage Casserole
Rich &
tasty: The perfect use for leftover boiled cabbage and leftover boiled meat!
Difficulty: Moderate
Cabbage with Chestnuts and Sausages: Cavolo con
Castagne e Salsicce
Cabbage stuffed with sausages and
chestnuts to keep the winter out. Something that will also work with Brussels
sprouts.
Difficulty: Moderate
Curried Cauliflower
Curry is
fairly rare in Italy, but you do come across it, especially with cauliflower.
This can also be made into a tasty pasta sauce.
Difficulty: Easy
Cauliflower Frittata
Cauliflower
works very well in a frittata. The recipe is drawn from Artusi.
Difficulty:
Moderate
Cauliflower With Bechamel
Sauce
Cauliflower takes very well to being cooked with a white
sauce.
Difficulty: Easy
Caulflower Sformato: Sformato Di
Cavolfiore
This is very delicate.
Difficulty:
Easy
Fiery Broccoli Rabe (Rape Nfucate) and
Focaccia
Puglian winter fare, and a classic Christmas dish
too.
Difficulty: Easy
Fried Cauliflower
Very tasty
with a stew or roast, and also in a platter of mixed fried
foods.
Difficulty: Easy
Cauliflower Fritters, or Polpette di Cavolfiore
Tasty fritters that will be nice as a side dish or in a
platter of mixed fried foods.
Kale in a Casserole: Cavolo Nero in
Casseruola
A rich, savory stewed black kale casserole from
Lombardia.
Difficulty: Moderate
Romagna Style
Cauliflower
Cauliflower with tomato sauce, a tasty, quick
recipe drawn from Artusi.
Difficulty: Easy
Sardinian Cabbage: Cavolo Capuccio alla
Sarda
Simple but hearty.
Difficulty: Easy
Sauerkraut: Capuzi Garbi
You
may associate this vegetable with Germany, but it's popular in Friuli too. How
to prepare it if you have it, and how to start from scratch too.
Difficulty: Easy
Savoy Cabbage Flan with Pecorino Romano and
Guanciale
A simple antipasto that will be quite nice in the
winter months.
Difficulty: Easy
Sauteed Broccoli Rabe: Broccoli Rabe
Strascinati
The traditional beginning of the Neapolitan
Christmas Eve dinner, and a tasty too.
Difficulty: Easy
Stuffed Cabbage Leaves:
Rambascìci
Though one might expect richer fare for
Christmas Day, these stuffed cabbage leaves were one of the standard dishes
among the Italians living in Dalmatia, perhaps because they were introduced by
those who fought the Turks in the mountains.
Difficulty:
Intermediate-advanced
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