we looked away.
Only one of us
stopped a closed fist,
saw the empty sky,
bowed his head and died
under the wall, silent.
Now is a sheet of blood
and his name. A woman
the hills waiting for us.
November 9, 1945
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- Cesare Pavese
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- in memory of the great Italian poet ...
- prepared a simple dish with few ingredients, though in time of war would be a real gem ...
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- SOUP PAVESE
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- INGREDIENTS
- 4 slices of stale bread
- 200 gr celery
- 200 gr carrot
- 200 gr onion
- 200 g fennel
- 80 gr parmesan
- 4 eggs
- olive
- salt, pepper
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- PROCEDURE
- Cut the vegetables into cubes, brown them quickly in oil, salt, pepper and moisten with about 2 liters of water .
- Bring to a boil and simmer for about 30 ° C. Toast the bread, divide it in the bottom of each plate, sgusciatevi above the egg, which must be fresh, and sprinkle each portion with grated cheese. Strain the broth was ready, riportatene to boil a liter and pour the plates, the heat will Albumen consistency leaving the yolk fluid.
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- According to tradition, the recipe originated from an episode that saw Francis I of France who, during the Battle of Pavia , was taken prisoner and immediately conducted at a nearby farm for refreshment (Cascina Repenti). Legend has it that
the woman, taken aback, found no better way to serve the illustrious host a soup made from what was currently available, thus inventing the famous soup.
Francis I of France, returned home after a year of imprisonment, the court introduced this soup that was so successful that it soon became a popular dish is intended to secular fame. -
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