"Mutton stew in the style of Florence." Mutton and pork stewed in tomato sauce with vegetables, thickened with beans or pasta and topped with fried breadcrumbs.
A name in Abruzzo for the big-scale atherine, a type of atherine similar to the sand smelt. A marine fish, usually deep-fried, it is a small, silvery fish similar to the argentine. When tiny it is treated in the same way as whitebait. This fish grows up to 12 cm.
"Husband blinders". A pasta dish with a sauce made with lots of garlic and chilli flakes and tomatoes.
Chickpea (US: garbanzo bean). In central Italy they are often flavoured with rosemary and served as a vegetable or soup.
"Chickpeas and oil." Chickpeas (US: garbanzo beans) stewed with olive oil and onions and garlic, traditionally served around Christmas time in Calabria.
Chickpeas (US: garbanzo beans) served on fried bread and coated with a sauce of olive oil with onions flavoured with rosemary.
