Salse: Sauces
Standbys
Bagna Caoda
The symbol of
Piemontese conviviality, and a perfect sauce for raw or cooked vegetables,
especially roast peppers.
Difficulty: Moderate
Green Sauce: Salsa Verde
Parsley-rich and perfect over boiled fish, meats or potatoes.
Difficulty:
Easy
Marinara Sauce: Salsa alla Marinara
A classic tomato sauce, with some excellent variations.
Difficulty:
Easy
Mayonnaise: Maionese
People
generally associate mayonnaise with the French, but it's popular in Italy too.
Difficulty: Easy
Neapolitan Tomato Sauce: Salsa di Pomodoro alla
Napoletana
A quick, tasty, simple tomato sauce perfect for
summer or pizza.
Difficulty: Easy
Pesto alla Genovese
Though
people commonly associate pesto with pasta, Ligurians put it to many other uses
as well.
Difficulty: Easy
Raspberry Vinegar: Aceto ai
Lamponi
Vinegar flavored with raspberries will add brightness
to a salad, and be nice with fruit as well.
Difficulty: Easy
Tomato Sauce: Pomarola
Tomato
sauce: One of the cornerstones of Italian cuisine year round, and very fine
over pasta during the summer. This particular version is Tuscan, and relatively
long-cooking.
Difficulty: Easy
Vinegar with Aromatic Herbs: Aceto alle Erbe
Aromatiche
A strongly flavored vinegar that will work nicely
with bland foods, and be handy in the kitchen too.
Difficulty:
Easy
Other Sauces
Anchovy Sauce: Salsa alle Acciughe
A tasty, creamy anchovy sauce for meats and vegetables.
Difficulty: Easy
Basil Vinegar: Aceto al
Basilico
Basil and capers add zest to this vinegar.
Difficulty: Easy
Bell Pepper Sauce: Salsa di
Peperoni
A zesty bell pepper sauce for meats, vegetables, and
fish.
Difficulty: Easy
Casino Sauce
Chef Ardo's tasty
seasoned butter, the perfect accompaniment for clams and all sorts of other
things.
Difficulty: Moderate
Cavalcanti's Sweet and Sour
Sauce
The great Neapolitan gastronome's accompaniment for fried
foods and hard boiled eggs, with a recipe for fried string beans too.
Difficulty: Moderate
Currant Sauce: Salsa di Ribes
A
current sauce that's excellent with all kinds of meats.
Difficulty:
Easy
Egg Sauce: Salsa D'Uovo
A zesty
egg sauce is the perfect foil for many vegetables (here it contrasts fennel).
Difficulty: Moderate
Garlic Sauce: Agliata
A classic
Ligurian sauce made from garlic, vinegar and bread, which works nicely on
rustic pasta or gnocchi, and is also a good antipasto spread.
Difficulty:
Easy
Garlic & Hot Pepper Vinegar: Aceto all'Aglio
e Peperoncino
A zesty garlic-and-hot-pepper vinegar that's
perfect with boiled vegetables, meats and fish.
Difficulty: Easy
Garlic Vinegar: Aceto
all'Aglio
A little garlic contributes considerably to this
vinegar, which is perfect for salads.
Difficulty: Easy
Gorgonzola Cream: Gorgonzola in
Crema
A delicate, creamy Gorgonzola dip that could also be a
nice option for seasoning meats.
Difficulty: Easy
Herb & Scallion Vinegar: Aceto alle Erbe e
Scalogno
A powerful vinegar flavored with herbs and scallions.
Difficulty: Easy
Horseradish Sauce: Salsa di Rafano
All'Aceto
A tangy horseradish to perk up boiled meats and other
bland things.
Difficulty: Easy
Hot Sauce: Salsa Alla Diavola
A zesty sauce that's perfect with boiled veggies (especially potatoes), boiled
meats or boiled fish.
Difficulty: Easy
Maitre d'Hotel Sauce: Salsa Alla Maitre
d'Hotel
Artusi's version of a classic seasoned butter for
meats.
Difficulty: Easy
Mint Sauce: Salsa di Menta
A
classic mint sauce that will work well with rich meat dishes, for example leg
of lamb.
Difficulty: Easy
Mostarda
A classic hot and
spicy condiment made with fruit -- background and several recipes.
Difficulty: Intermediate to advanced.
Mushroom Sauce: Sugo ai Funghi
A sauce that's equally good on Crostini, as an antipasto, or over pasta.
Difficulty: Easy
Onion Sauce: Salsa di Cipolle
A
zesty onion sauce for jazzing up meats or veggies.
Difficulty:
Easy
Pearà
A zesty Veronese
sauce for boiled meats.
Difficulty: Intermediate
Salsa Triestina
A an
unusual, lemony cheese sauce for meats or vegetables, from my review of La
Terra Fortunata.
Difficulty: Easy
Sauces: Salse
A collection of
seven Piemontese sauces for boiled
meats, many of which will also be wonderful with boiled vegetables,
especially potatoes.
Difficulty: Easy
Sicilian Pesto Sauce: Pesto alla
Siciliana
A pair of zesty Sicilian sauces with tomatoes,
garlic, and nuts.
Difficulty: Easy
Spicy Sauce: Salsa Piccante
A
zesty bell pepper, caper and olive sauce that will also work well with
baccalà or other mildly flavored fish.
Difficulty: Easy
Spicy Vinegar: Aceto Piccante
An
unusual curry-laced vinegar that will go well with poached fish or vegetables.
Difficulty: Easy
Truffle Sauce: Salsa Tartufata
A truffle-based sauce for meats of all kinds.
Difficulty: Easy
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