Tomato Tortino

Origin: Florence, Italy

Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Cook the tomato pieces in a soffritto of garlic, parsley and oil, seasoned with salt and pepper, until the juices thicken.
  2. Sieve the sauce and return it to the heat with beaten eggs and a pinch of Parmesan; optionally add calamint or oregano.
  3. Stir until the eggs set, then turn out and surround with almond-shaped crostini fried in butter or lard.

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