Celery as a Side Dish

Ingredients

• g celery
• g butter
• meat gravy (sugo di carne)
• Parmesan
• g prosciutto (fat and lean)
• onion
• cloves
• broth
• batter
• egg and breadcrumbs
• lard or oil

Instructions

1. Use white ribs and stalk; cut to length, boil in lightly salted water about 5 minutes, and dry.
2. Method 1: sizzle in butter, cook through with meat gravy, finish with Parmesan.
3. Method 2: make a base of butter, minced prosciutto, quarter onion, and cloves; add broth, strain, and braise the celery in the gravy with pepper.
4. Method 3: flour and batter-fry, or flour, egg, bread, and fry; good with meat stews.