String Beans and Squashes Sauté
A historical recipe from The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well, by Maria Gentile (1919).
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A historical recipe
The Italian Cook Book The Art of Eating Well; Practical Recipes of the Italian Cuisine, Pastries, Sweets, Frozen Delicacies, and Syrups, by Maria Gentile (1919) .
Project Gutenberg eBook #24407.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Known as an Italian recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
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Brown in butter some string beans, that have been previously half cooked in water and some raw squashes cut in cubes. Put the squashes in only when the butter is beginning to brown. Season moderately with salt and butter and add some brown stock or good tomato sauce.
Music from Italy
20 recordings, free to play here.
La villanella (Ma come balli bene bella bimba)
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La villanella (Ma come balli bene bella bimba)
2:51
Tarantella - Air Force Strings - United States Air Force Band
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Ballu Seriu Tenores di Bitti Mialinu Pira
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Boccerini Op11 n°5 G275 Satz3 Minuett
3:37
Bevagna Festa
2007 · 10:37
Albinoni, Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9, II. Adagio
4:18
Albinoni, Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9, I. Allegro e con presto
3:50
Pietro Domenico Paradisi - Toccata dalla Sonata VI in La maggiore
2013 · 3:12
Albinoni, Concerto for Oboe and Strings No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9, III. Allegro
3:25
Una furtiva lagrima (1902)
1902 · 3:25
Enrico Caruso, L'elisir d'amore, Una furtiva lagrima
1911 · 4:21
Enrico Caruso, Bessie Abott, Louise Homer, Antonio Scotti, Giuseppe Verdi, Bella figlia dell' amore (Rigoletto) unrestored
1907 · 3:46
Caruso et al - È scherzo od è follia - unrestored
c. 1859 · 3:45
20091104 Alisa Weilerstein and Sujari Britt - Boccherini's Sonata for Two Cellos in C Major, 1st movement Allegro moderato
2009 · 3:18
La bohème, O Mimì, tu più non torni (Caruso, Scotti)
1907 · 3:05
Vivaldi - Motet for Soprano and Orchestra - 1. Larghetto
2006 · 7:27
Laudate pueri
2000 · 7:36
Monteverdi - Lamento della Ninfa
2007 · 5:58
Deus in adiutorium
2000 · 2:14
Vivaldi - Concerto for Two Violins in A minor, Op. 3, No. 8 - 2. Larghetto e spiritoso
2008 · 3:53
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