Abruzzo Heritage a project by Abruzzo World Club

JANUARY 2002

JOURNAL OF THE ABRUZZO WORLD CLUB

Year III No. 13

Recipes of the month Fare clic qui per la versione italiana Chicken "Franceschiello" style Ingredients (for 4 persons): a chicken of about 1200 g - olive oil - an ear of minced garlic with rosemary - green olives - sottaceti - Pepper - salt - dry white wine Preparation: Clean, empty and pass the chicken in the fire; cut it to pieces, wash them and dry. Fry the garlic and rosemary in a pan with some tablespoons of oil, add the chicken pieces, let them fry and add salt and pepper, then let them cook spraying every now and then with the wine. A half hour before serving add the olives and sottaceti. This speciality from Civitella del Tronto is dedicated to the last king of Two Sicilies, Francesco II, who used to go hunting there from time to time. Almond sugar crisps Ingredients (for 6-8 persons): 100 gr shelled almonds - 100 gr sugar Preparation: Dip the almonds in boiling water, then skin, dry and put them into the oven at 100 degrees centigrade, moving and turning them with a spoon without making them take color. Put the sugar in a small pan with a spoon or two of water so as to make the sugar moist, then put the pan on the fire and when the sugar begins to melt, add the almonds and start mixing with a wood spoon. When the sugar starts to become solid many whitish grain-like particles veiling the almonds, pour everything on the table, separate the almonds, leave them to dry and cool.

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