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Campania Recipes
Typical Campania food includes:
Baccala' alla napoletana: salt cod with tomato, black olives, raisins,
pine nuts, capers, garlic.
Cianfotta: peppers, eggplants, zucchini, onions and basil stewed
in olive oil and served cold.
Coniglio all'ischitana: rabbit braised with tomatoes, rosemary,
basil and white wine Ischia style.
Coviglie al caffe': coffee mousse topped with toasted beans and whipped
cream.
Coviglie al cioccolato: is the chocolate version served with a
candied cherry.
Empepata di cozze: mussels cooked in their juice with lemon, parsley
and black pepper.
Peperoni imbottiti: red and yellow bell peppers stuffed with anchovies,
black olives, capers, garlic, breadcrumbs.
Polpi affogati: baby octopus "drowned" in boiling salt water,
then sauteed with olive oil, tomatoes and hot peppers.
Spaghetti alla puttanesca: “strumpet style” with tomato
sauce, black olives, capers, anchovies, garlic, chili pepper--specialty
of Ischia.
Taralli: ring-shaped biscuits baked with almonds and lard, or sometimes
fennel seeds; the sweet types with vanilla, cinnamon and liqueur are called
tarallucci dolci.
Zeppole di San Giuseppe: puffy pastry fritters sometimes with a
creamy filling.
Ziti ripieni: large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped pork and salame,
onion, raw eggs and caciocavallo cheese.
Zuppa di cozze: mussels in a soup of tomatoes, white wine, parsley
and hot peppers.
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