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Stracciatella with Broccoli Rabe

March 29, 2010 – 12:25 pm

Stracciatella, despite its ever-so-fancy-sounding name, is a homey, nearly effortless Italian egg-drop soup. And actually the name isn’t fancy at all — it comes from stracciato, which in Italian means “torn apart.” Why? Because little torn rags form in the hot broth when you stir in an egg, semolina, and Parmesan mixture. This version of [...]

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Broccoli Rabe Pizza

February 1, 2010 – 9:46 am

The broccoli rabe we used for this pizza was not, alas, grown locally. It’s hard to find much of anything grown locally here in the Berkshires during the deep January freeze. But! I mention it now not only because it was phenomenally delicious, but because it would probably taste just as fantastic if you have, growing in a cold frame, some frost-kissed lacinato kale, or another hearty green, in place of the broccoli rabe.

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