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Ingredients Six medium-sized potatoes
Directions "Take six medium-sized potatoes and put them on to boil in their skins. When they are done, peel them and pass them through a fine colander. Add a little salt.
Notes This recipe was taken from "Simple Italian Cookery" written by Antonia Isola (pen name for Mabel Earl McGinnis) and published in English in the United States by Harper and Brothers in 1912. It is believed to be the first American cookbook that contains Italian recipes. For the complete copyright-free cookbook see www.archive.org...... P.S. I tried out this recipe and was unable to bring myself to eat it. Combining gnocchi with gravy is un-Italian (to my mind), and definitely unappetizing.That said, it's very possible that back when this book was published the word, "gravy," did not necessarily refer to meat drippings with sauce. In other cookbooks published around this time (e.g. Gentile's "The Italian Cook Book" the word, "gravy," was also used to describe a thick tomato sauce........ Photo and notes: Mary Melfi. |