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Ravioli with Meat

A historical recipe from Practical Italian recipes for American kitchens, by Julia Lovejoy Cuniberti (1917).

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A historical recipe

Practical Italian recipes for American kitchens: Sold to aid the families of Italian soldiers, by Julia Lovejoy Cuniberti (1917). Project Gutenberg eBook #43912.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Italy

Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 2 ingredients

  1. 1 cup cooked meat
  2. 1 egg Grated cheese

Cook safely

  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. Ravioli alla Genovese 1 cup cooked meat, veal, chicken, turkey or giblets 1 small slice cooked ham 1/2 cup spinach 1 egg Grated cheese, nutmeg, salt Chop the meat and spinach fine and work to a stiff mixture with the egg.
  2. Season with cheese, nutmeg and salt to taste.
  3. Enclose in little squares of the home made paste described above, and cook and serve as in the preceding recipe for Ravioli.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Chef's knife
  • Cutting board
  • Grater
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From Practical Italian recipes for American kitchens, by Julia Lovejoy Cuniberti (1917). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #43912 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43912). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.