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Default Curry? in southern Italian cooking

On Oct 18, 4:36 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> "UC" > wrote in message
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> > On Oct 18, 4:18 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" > wrote:
> >> "UC" > wrote in message

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> >> > On Oct 18, 3:46 pm, "Pandora" > wrote:
> >> >> "UC" > ha scritto nel
> >> >> messaggionews:1192736207.589847.277880@y27g2000pre .googlegroups.com...

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> >> >> > On Oct 18, 2:21 pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" >
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >> "Pandora" > wrote in message

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> >> >> ...

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> >> >> >> > "UC" > ha scritto nel messaggio
> >> >> >> ups.com...
> >> >> >> >> Is curry a usual ingredient in southern Italian or Sicilian
> >> >> >> >> cooking?

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> >> >> >> > NO,no, no!

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> >> >> >> > --
> >> >> >> > Kisses
> >> >> >> > Pandora

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> >> >> >> Where do some people get these silly ideas? :-)

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> >> >> > I am putting together a Neapolitan dinner. I have a recipe for
> >> >> > eggplant stuffed with risotto that calls for curry.

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> >> >> Sure it is not a neapolitan dish!

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> >> >> I thought the

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> >> >> > curry was not going to work at all, and was going to use mushrooms
> >> >> > instead of curry. I like the idea of rice and eggplant, but the
> >> >> > curry...well, you agree that it's not going to work. Right?

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> >> >> I Am italian and I can sure you that it is not a neapolitan dish. But
> >> >> if
> >> >> you
> >> >> like the taste of curry in this dish, put it, but don't say it is a
> >> >> neapolitan dish

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> >> >> --
> >> >> Kisses
> >> >> Pandora

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> >> > I know it isn't a Neapolitan dish. We're making quattro stagioni
> >> > pizza, Neapolitan lasagne, thousand little things soup, fish in crazy
> >> > water, grilled swordfish Sicilian style, etc., and we need a vegetable
> >> > dish. I found this recipe in a risotto book ('Risotto' by Christine
> >> > Ingram) and thought it could be adapted to go with our Neapolitan-
> >> > Sicilian dinner. It's on page 29 of her book. If anyone has a recipe
> >> > for risotto-stuffed eggplant that would be 'southern' I'd be
> >> > appreciative if you could post it.

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> >> > Recipe calls for:

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> >> > rice
> >> > olive oil
> >> > white wine vinegar
> >> > vegetable stock
> >> > tomato passata
> >> > curry
> >> > parmesan cheese
> >> > pine nuts

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> >> Without seeing the AMOUNTS of each ingredient, it's impossible for anyone
> >> here to guess how prominent the curry taste might be

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> > 1 teaspoon mild curry paste

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> sigh......


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