Tomato Tortino
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- tomatoes
- garlic
- parsley
- olive oil
- eggs
- Parmesan cheese
- bread, for crostini
- calamint (nepitella) or oregano
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Cook the tomato pieces in a soffritto of garlic, parsley and oil, seasoned with salt and pepper, until the juices thicken.
- Sieve the sauce and return it to the heat with beaten eggs and a pinch of Parmesan; optionally add calamint or oregano.
- Stir until the eggs set, then turn out and surround with almond-shaped crostini fried in butter or lard.