
Stracciatella
Stracciatella
There stracciatella it is a soup from Lazio made with broth and eggs, enriched with Parmigiano Reggiano and small light flakes.
There stracciatella It's a warm, simple soup, designed to open a substantial lunch or complete a meal where broth plays a central role. Its balance comes from the combination of a flavorful chicken, capon, or beef broth and a mixture delicate egg and Parmigiano Reggiano, capable of transforming into small, soft flakes during cooking. The result is a smooth, nutritious, and full-flavored preparation, with a light yet distinctive consistency. semolina, indicated as optional, helps to keep well distributed the mixture and to define the characteristic texture of the soup. stracciatella It's part of traditional Lazio cuisine. Cooking requires attention, especially when the eggs are added to the broth: the liquid must be boiling hot and the eggs stirred constantly to obtain small, uniform flakes.
Instructions
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Prepare the mixture
Break the eggs into a bowl and season with salt. Add the Parmigiano Reggiano grated and, if you want a more uniform consistency, the semolina. Work everything with a whisk until you obtain a homogeneous mixture, without obvious streaks of egg white or yolk.
Dilute with broth
Pour a ladle of cold broth into the bowl, adding it little by little. Mix with the whisk until the mixture it is well melted and fluid: there should be no lumps left semolina nor any unblended egg parts.
Bring to a boil
Heat the previously prepared broth in a saucepan, using enough for six dishes. Wait until it reaches a clear but steady boil, which is necessary for the mixture of eggs curdles quickly upon contact with hot liquid.
Pour the mixture
Pour the mixture of eggs into the boiling broth a little at a time, keeping the pan on the heat. Accompany the addition with a continuous and regular stirring of the whisk, Like this the mixture It will spread throughout the broth, forming flakes instead of coagulating into a single block.
Cook the stracciatella
5 minLet it boil gently for four or five minutes, continuing to stir with the whisk. Observe the transformation of the mixture: the eggs should form small, light, and distinct flakes, while the broth should remain warm and fluid, without becoming a compact mass.
Serve very hot
Turn off the heat when the flakes are formed and cooking is complete. Distribute the mixture immediately stracciatella on plates and serve it piping hot, so it retains the delicacy of the flakes and the comforting character of the broth.
Chef's Tips
Pour the mixture in the boiling broth in a thin stream and mix continuously with the whisk: this way the eggs coagulate into small, light flakes, without forming compact lumps.
Ingredients
- Ingredients for 6 people
- 3 eggs
- (3 tbsp) 3 tablespoons Of Parmigiano Reggiano grated
- (3 tbsp) 3 tablespoons Of semolina (optional), chicken or capon or beef broth, salt
Can't find it in the US?
- stewing henInternational markets
Stewing hen from Asian or Latin markets
Or: Whole chicken, with a shorter simmer
- caponSeasonal
Large roasting chicken
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