The stracciatella gelato is a delicious and exotic version of chocolate chip ice cream, but this is gelato we're talking about, so creamy and not chunky and made with a white fior di latte (milk) base and minuscule dark chocolate shavings. Hence the name.
The stracciatella cheese is the sinful stuffing for burrata typical of Puglia. It is made with torn pieces of mozzarella and mixed with heavy cream. The outer shell is a pouch made of solid mozzarella, while the inside contains both the creamy stracciatella, which give burrata's unique pulpy texture. Cutting through a fresh new burrata and the witnessing the soft shredded pulp oozing out, is a truly mystic experience.
The stracciatella soup is a cucina romana recipe, but this comfort food is made made all over Lazio, which is the region of which Rome is the capital.
The recipe is super easy and brings the magical healing powers of chicken soup to a whole new level.
I once nursed a broken heart on a strict diet of stracciatella (in all three incarnations). Worked wonders.
2 eggs
100 gr (1/2 cup) Parmigiano, grated
1 lt (1 quart) meat stock
A pinch of nutmeg
Salt
Lemon zest
Lightly beat the eggs in a bowl with a fork, add the grated cheese, a pinch of ground nutmeg and a pinch of salt, and whisk to blend.
Bring the beef stock to a rolling boil. Using a whisk, create a vortex in the broth by swirling in the same direction. Be careful, boiling hot brodo is a bitch.
Carefully pour the eggy mixture in one slim stream into the eye of the whirlpool and keep swirling to break up the stracciatella, reduce the heat to maintain it at a gentle simmer for about 5 minutes, as you keep stirring and shredding as the egg cooks in the broth.
Serve sprinkled with a touch of lemon zest.
Have you uncorked the bottle of Colli Lanuvini?
<3 stracciatella. It used to be my mom's busy-day-dinner, when she had broth on hand.
ReplyDelete<3 the other 2 versions too :)
As a single mom raising a boy alone I can safely say that this soup is a lifesaver, on so many levels! ;)
DeleteWow, I like the sound of that stracciatella diet! Hadn't heard of the cheese version before, but as I don't eat cheese maybe that explains that. Gelato is a different matter, I eat lots of that!
ReplyDeleteYou don't eat cheese because you don't like it, or can't do dairy? And in that case the gelato is lactose free?
DeleteI love stracciatella at all times of the year!
ReplyDeleteI agree! Cheers and thanks for stopping by :)
Deletelove the touch of lemon zest in it, to brighten it up
ReplyDeleteYes, and cuts a little of the fat... hahahahhahaha
DeleteWe used to call it "egg drop soup" , lol! But this soup will always remind me of the warmth of home.
ReplyDeleteYes, Francesco, this is comfort food to the nth degree. Ciao amico
DeleteMy mum prepared it for me when I was a child! I like it so much. I'd love to try it with lemon zest.
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p.s. Burrata's stracciatella is one of the most delicious things I've ever eaten... especially if you taste it in a "caseificio" in Puglia...
Tell me about it! I travel the entire country in search for the best cheese, so burrata... top of my list
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