Acquacotta - Italian Recipe

Acquacotta

🌍 Italian, Tuscany (Maremma) Difficulty: ●●●○○

Cooked water — the name tells you what Maremma shepherds had to work with. Onions, celery, and tomato simmered into a thin broth, poured over stale bread with a poached egg on top. The egg must be runny; it enriches the broth as you break it.

Ingredients

• 1 onion, 2 celery stalks, 2 tomatoes — chopped
• 4 eggs
• 4 slices stale bread
• Pecorino, grated
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 1L water

Method

1. Sautéing — Sauté onion and celery in oil until soft.
2. Adding — Add tomatoes; simmer 10 min.
3. Adding — Add water; bring to simmer.
4. Poaching — Poach eggs directly in broth.
5. Serving — Serve over bread with Pecorino.

Tags: onion, eggs, stale bread, pecorino, olive oil · Source: Brittani's Almanac