Ingredients
200 grams (about 7 ounces) cornmeal
100 grams (about 3-1/2 ounces) butter
80 grams (about 2-2/3 ounces) icing sugar
10 grams (about 1/3 ounce) dried elder flowers
2 egg yolks
a touch of soda water (if necessary)
Directions
Make a dough with the ingredients, if it is too firm as you are kneading it, add a touch of soda water.
Using a rolling pin roll it out to the thickness of a coin.
Cut the dough into small disks; to give them a prettier look, you can score them with the a fork or grater.
Elder flowers are a diuretic, in all modesty, they help you urinate and perspire.
Original Italian text
Se nell intridere la pasta riuscisse troppo soda,
rammorbidilela con un gocciolo d'acqua.
Spianatela col matterello alla grossezza poco pi di uno scudo e tagliatela a dischetti come quelli del N. 617, perche anche questi si possono servire col the, e per renderli piu appariscenti si possono nella stessa maniera screziare alla superficie con le punte di una forchetta o con la grattugia.
I fiori e le foglie del sambuco hanno virtu diuretica e diaforetica e cioe, perche tutti intendano senza trovano in vendita dai semplicisti.
Notes
The recipe in this entry was taken from "La Scienza in Cucina e L'Arte di Mangiar Bene manuale Pratico per le Famiglie" compilato da Pellegrino Artusi. The book was first published in 1891. Since then many Italian editions have been published. Olga Ragusa's selection of recipes from Pellegrino Artusi's famous cookbook, titled "The Italian Cook Book," can be found in its entirety at www.archive.org (It's free). The University of Toronto recently published a new English edition of Pellegrino Artusi's "Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well"; many of the recipes in this edition can be found at www.books.google.ca.... Photo: Mary Melfi. |
