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Cauliflower Fritter Recipe - Polpette di Cavolfiore
Italians often make meatballs, which are a perfect way to rework leftover boiled or roasted meat. In other words, they're frugal. However, in the past a large segment of the population would have found even meatballs beyond their means, and here cauliflower provides an option they would have been able to afford. The recipe is Sicilian, from Trapani.
Romagna Style Cauliflower Recipe - Cavolfiore All'uso Di Romagna
Romagna Style Cauliflower, or Cavolfiore All'uso Di Romagna: A simple, tomatoey recipe from Artusi.
Cauliflower With Bechamel Sauce Recipe - Cavolfiore Colla Balsamella
Cauliflower and white sauce are an extremely tasty combination.
Kale in a Casserole Recipe - Cavolo Nero in Casseruola - Kale Casserole
Kale in a Casserole, or Cavolo Nero in Casseruola: What does winter cold bring to mind? Cabbages, the classic winter vegetables. Though I generally associate kale with Tuscan cooking, and in particular with ribollita, a tasty bread soup that's peasant food at its best, it does also grow in other parts of Italy, including Lombardia, which is where this kale casserole hales from.
Cabbage with Chestnuts and Sausages Recipe - Cavolo con Castagne e Salsicce
Yet another cabbage recipe -- cabbage stuffed with chestnuts and sausages -- and this time quite old; it appears in a collection of Piemontese recipes from 1771.
Stuffed Savoy Cabbage Recipe - Verza Ripena - Stuffed Savoy Cabbage
This stuffed cabbage has a veal filling, and though it does require quite a bit of effort, it's well worth it if you like cabbage. In other words,a fine winter dish for cabbage lovers, and lovers of traditional recipes.
Pureed Cauliflower Recipe - Purea Di Cavolfiore - Cauliflower Puree
Cauliflower is one of the more versatile winter vegetables, in part because it is fairly neutral in flavor, and this allows people to use it in conjunction with other ingredients. Fennel, here, for example, which adds delicate nuances to this pureed cauliflower.
Fried Cauliflower - Cavolfiore Fritto
This is about as easy a winter vegetable as one could want, and will be a tasty addition to a platter of mixed fried vegetables. Fried cauliflower is also nice with a roast or stew.
Crauti, or Cappucci Acidi - Sauerkraut
Though one may associate pickled cabbage with Germany, it's also quite popular in the Alto Adige (which is ethnically Germanic), and common in a great swath that extends across Friuli Venezia Giulia and down into the Balkans. While one can buy perfectly good commercially prepared sauerkraut, with time and patience one can also make it at home.
Cooked Sauerkraut Recipe - Capuzi Garbi
Capuzzi Garbi is Friulano for pickled cabbage, or Sauerkraut: Though you may associate sauerkraut with Germany, it's also common in a great swath that extends across Friuli Venezia Giulia and down into the Balkans. Here's a classic way of cooking sauerkraut.
Sauteed Sauerkraut Recipe - Crauti Come Contorno - Sauteed Sauerkraut Recipe
Sauerkraut takes quite well to being jazzed up, and here's an idea for jazzing up sauerkraut that goes quite well with roasts or boiled meats.
Spicy Stewed Cabbage With Apples Recipe - Cavolo Con Le Mele
The Alto Adige is famed for its apple crop, and what better way to prepare apples than with red cabbage? This recipe does take some planning, because you do have to marinate the ingredients, but the actual cooking is straight-forward.
Stewed Cabbage With Apples Recipe - Cavolo Con Le Mele
The Alto Adige is famed for its apple crop, and what better way to prepare apples than with red cabbage? There are many versions of this recipe, and this one is fairly quick.
Cabbage Sardinian Style -- Cavolo Capuccio alla Sarda
Cabbage Sardinian Style, or Cavolo Capuccio alla Sarda: And what does all winter cold bring to mind? Cabbages, the classic winter vegetables. You'll find recipes featuring them scattered across the site, and here's another, from Sardinia.
Sautéed Cabbage Recipe - Cavolo Cappuccio Alla Vicentina
Sautéed cabbage is common throughout northern Italy, with many relatively minor variations on the theme. This particular sautéed cabbage recipe is from the Vicentino, in the Veneto.
Sicilian Stewed Cabbage Recipe - Cavolo Cappuccio Alla Siciliana
Though most south Italian cabbage recipes feature the flowering cabbages, south Italians do also grow and enjoy head cabbages. This very simple stewed cabbage recipe is Sicilian.
Cabbage Salad Recipe - Cappuccio in Insalata - Cabbage Salad Recipe
This simple cabbage salad from Friuli Venezia Giulia will be equally tasty with red or green cabbage, though I might choose green because it will contrast with the red of the pancetta.
Stewed Savoy Cabbage Recipe - Cavolo Verza in Umido
Though there are some elaborate cabbage recipes, many preparations are quite easy, and quite tasty too. This will work well either as a side dish with a roast or stew, or with polenta, in a vegetarian meal.
Savoy Cabbage and Sausages - Verze e Luganega
Savoy Cabbage with Sausages, or Verze e Luganega, is a classic north Italian winter dish, and though one might class it as a vegetable, it is actually a superb accompaniment to polenta. You'll find variations on this dish throughout the north; this particular interpretation is from the Veneto. Regular mild link sausages will work fine if you don't have Luganega sausage.
Savoy Cabbage with Walnuts and Onions Recipe - Verza Con Noci e Cipolle
Savoy cabbage is a wonderfully versatile vegetable, and works beautifully with onions and walnuts in this Piemontese vegetarian entrée or side dish.
Savoy Cabbage Rollups Stuffed with Duck Breast - Involtini di Verza All'Anatra
Rollups, or involtini, are usually meat-based, with vegetable filling. This Piemontese recipe instead has one use cabbage leaves as the base, and roll them up around bits of boned duck.
Sicilian-Style Broccoli Recipe - Broccoletti alla Siciliana
This very traditional Sicilian broccoli dish can be either a side dish or a pasta sauce. In the past, when the poor could grow their broccoli, but had to buy the pasta, the greens predominated over the pasta when the recipe was used as a sauce. It's also a nice accompaniment to a roast or stew.
Italian Curried Cauliflower Recipe - Cavolfiore al Curry
Curry isn't too common in Italy, but you do occasionally encounter it, and it is a very welcome addition to this cauliflower recipe. You can also easily make this into a tasty pasta sauce.
Tyrolean Savoy Cabbage Recipe - Cavolo Verza alla Tirolese
This Tyrolean savoy cabbage recipe may strike you as rather Germanic, and you'd not be far off: Up until World War I the northern half of the Val D'Adige was an Austrian province. The victorious Italians annexed everything up to the Passo del Brennero to obtain a defensible border. Returning to the recipe, it's quite easy to do and quite nice too.
Aunt Adriana's Stuffed Cabbage Leaves
Wife Elisabetta's Aunt Adriana makes these stuffed Savoy cabbage leaves for Christmas Dinner.