Carnevale in Calabria
Friday, February 17, 2012 6:30 pm
Carnevale in Calabria is a time of feasting and a celebration of food, epecially meat, in anticipation of the fasting during the Lenten season to follow.
We will prepare a traditional pasta from my town of Verbicaro, shaped with a knitting needle and served with a tomato sauce flavored by braciole , stuffed pork rolls. The braciole will make our second course with a side dish of peppers baked with breadcrumbs. Finally we will have the traditional sweet: chiacchiere, strips of fried dough dusted with powdered sugar.
The Menu
Frittelle con Acciughe (Yeasted dough fried with anchovies)
Fusilli Calabresi (Homemade pasta rolled around a knitting needle)
Braciole di Maiale (Stuffed Pork rolls braised in tomato sauce)
Peperoni con la Muddica (Red and yellow peppers baked with breadcrumbs)
Chiacchere (Strips of dough fried and coated with powdered sugar)




