Sicilian soup of Zucchini long, and traditional summer dish of Sicilian cuisine and family recipe. You wonder what it is? This is called courgette snake (lagenaria longissima), also called pumpkin from pergola: can be grown on land both in pergola, precisely, and the fruits, pale green, long narrow, they can also pass through the meter in length. In Sicily, the lies, in summer, from June to September. But already in may on the market the famous tenerumi of “cucuzza longa”, with which you can prepare the SPAGHETTI GARLIC, Olio e TENERUMI. or very traditional SOUP OF SICILY tenerumi.
For the Sicilians, This vegetable, in the family Cucurbitaceae, is a piece of heart. Traditionally, prepares in the simplest of all: with soup, with tomato and onion. You can enrich it with some potatoes and enjoy so, without anything else, or serve with pasta or rice. At home, my mother always put on the bottom of the plate of chopped Parmesan crust, obviously well scraped, to flavor the soup. With my brother taking a competition to see who was more bits of cheese. Sicilian soup of Zucchini long you can enjoy warm, If the night is cool enough, or lukewarm. I think only a Sicilian can understand the love there is in this dish. Of course, remember to have a look at all my SICILIAN RECIPES. Have a good day.
11 comments
Hi, she does not detract from the internal spongy zucchini?
Anyway happy to have discovered its pages. I will try to do pythons (I share all of his records).
Alexander
Hello Alexander, I take it off only if they are large zucchini with the very abundant spongy internal, but if I find the young zucchini, thin and polished, no need remove. Best wishes and thanks for the appreciation. Appearance news pythons. ADA
Pee be fussy the original recipe is:
long pumpkin , potatoes, tomatoes, diced celery, Onion ,oil, pepper salt, and pieces , or zest, pecorino pepper. Cooking all together WITHOUT ACQUA, as vegetables produce water themselves while you cook them, cook for at least 1 hour, then at the end if you want to add the dough, then you add water,
Hello Rosanna, I've never heard your recipe. Certainly everyone has their own family recipe and, in the absence of coded recipes, it's always fine. We in the family have been preparing it for generations. ADA
Hi Ada.
in England and ehem find long Zucchini…do you think works the same using normal courgettes ? Here they call them “courgette”
Thanks Ada.
Alexander
Hello Alexander, obviously not found in England, think that even in Rome I find it difficult to. Certainly, then use the zucchini that you call courgette, the flavor will not be exactly the same but the soup is still good. Let me know, Hi Ada
Thanks Ada going to prove’ :)
Thank you for the beautiful recipe :)
Alexander
Ada Bonjour!
Meanwhile, thanks for bringing me a Zucchini that I didn't suspect even existed (forgiveness! ;-)), and then I think it's a nice nutritious dish, yet lightweight for summer.
See you soon, saluti :-)
Antonella
Hello Antonella, Yes, It's a light summer dish but nutritious, especially if you put the dough. Often even without, adding the potato during cooking. Hugs and happy holidays
Great soup, There is no denying! Dear Ada, If I wanted to replace the pasta with potatoes into chunks like they would vary the order and cooking times in your opinion? Thanks and Salutoni!…
Hi John, Thank you very much, is a dish from my childhood that Sicily is an unfailing summer tradition. Often you put potatoes in place of pasta but changes little and nothing. You have to cut the potato into pieces more or less as large as the zucchini and put it all together with onion, proceeding with the recipe. In this case, You can eat even lukewarm. Warm greeting, ADA