Questions about Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking

Post date: 2022-09-20 05:07:17

I just bought this book after wanting it for a long, long time. I have two questions - the main one being: which recipes should I try, besides the obvious tomato sauce?

The first question is: which recipes to try? I am feeling a little unenthusiastic because while I know everything will be good, the recipes just look a little...boring. I've been cooking mainly Indian and Korean lately and I'm sure that's why; there's nothing novel in here and that's fine. I want to improve my technique and level of care with simple ingredients.

Second question: Her broth calls for boiling 3 pounds of bones to 2 pounds of meat. I would ignore that instruction, but this is the kind of cookbook where you don't improvise. So - what on earth are you supposed to do with the boiled meat afterwards? I can't bear to waste that much meat. There may be answers in the book and I just haven't stumbled across them yet?

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