Piedmontese finanziera
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A complex Piedmontese dish combining offal, sweetbreads, livers and other morsels in a lightly sweet-and-sour sauce.
What it is
A complex Piedmontese dish combining offal, sweetbreads, livers and other morsels in a lightly sweet-and-sour sauce.
Why is Piedmontese finanziera on a site called Food Horrors? Because its ingredients, aroma or texture can surprise people who did not grow up with it. That does not make the dish inferior: this project treats unusual food as culture first, spectacle second.
Ingredients
- sweetbreads
- chicken livers
- food-grade combs and giblets
- vinegar and Marsala
- butter and flour
How to prepare it
- Prepare and pre-cook each type of offal appropriately.
- Brown in butter.
- Add a little stock and lightly thicken with flour.
- Balance with vinegar and Marsala and finish cooking.
Taste, texture and how to serve
Approach the dish with a small tasting portion. The goal is not a stunt: observe aroma, temperature, texture and the traditional accompaniments. Strong flavours become easier to understand when tasted in their original culinary context.
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Where to try it
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