Italian Cookbooks: My Calabria: Rustic Family Cooking from Italy's Undiscovered South

by Matt
(Pasta Recipes Made Easy)

My Calabria is a warm and personal cookbook about a region of Italy (the 'toe' of the boot) that is often (wrongly) overlooked in the rush for tourists to get to Tuscany and the Amalfi Coast.

It takes you on a journey of this beautiful coastline and you'll make your way through dishes that chances are you will never have heard of or tried unless you've eaten in a restaurant with a specifically Calabrian chef.

The Calabrians have their own version of lasagna for example, called sagne chine, they cook up a mean sausage and broccoli rabe (leafy broccoli), and their pipi 'mpajanati sweet pepper fritters are to die-for.

You'll learn about Calabrese meats such as soppressatta and salsiccia, cheese such as caciocavallo and pastas like egg-free scialatielli. There is also a calorifically enticing chapter on preserves that features fresh fig jam and a dangerously moreish mandarin orange liqueur.

With its vivid photos of food and the area, alongside the authors' chatty tone of voice, you should love this charming rustic release.

Check out our full Italian Cookbooks Guide.

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