SC - truffle oil
BaronessaIlaria@aol.com
BaronessaIlaria at aol.com
Mon Jun 19 16:09:33 PDT 2000
Thomas wrote:
>Further, there is a parallel recipe in the Neapolitan recipe collection,
>too (#126), which has "biete", translated with "chard" by Scully
>("_biete_ ... (bot.) _Beta vulgaris_, subspecies _cicla_, (Swiss)
>chard"; glossary p. 216).
>
>Thus, it seems that in using "bleta", Platina refers to chard.
Come to think of it, this torta isn´t that different from the tourte de
blettes in Le Menagier, which uses white beet (chard) leaves.
Nanna
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