These are not recipes, but they should make you hungry.
An individual pizza in a local restrauant that served - as a snack, french fries and deep fried seafod - before the pizza.
At a private home - Fresh Buffalo Mozzarella and homemade spicy sausage (in America peporoni). And at a restrauant - to top off any meal - - Gelato.

EATING in Italy, at least in Cantalupo nel Sannio and Molise... A, P,M,C,D, W.
More recipes to be posted soon.

Mix well, chill 2 hours or overnight
Roll into strips - 3/4 x 4 inches.
Make pizelles in original old fashion iron pizzelle maker. See in Miscellaneous page.

4 cups of flour
4 tablespoons of shortening
3/4 oz Anise extract
1 1/3 cup of sugar
8 eggs

Mix well, until bread dough consistency.
Roll into strips - 3/4 x 4 inches.
Make pizelles in original old fashion iron pizzelle maker. See in Miscellaneous page.

This recipe was a tradition in spring as the chickens laid more eggs in the spring and this cake will stay edible for a period of time in the cellar. A great way to utilize those excess eggs.

2 dozen eggs
3 small pepperoni sticks or ham, finely chopped
1 tbsp parsley
6 oz of monterey jack cheese (a white cheese that melts well)
1 cup of shortening (Crisco... butter WILL NOT WORK, so don't try it)
Some parmesan cheese, garlic to taste, pepper to taste and a pinch of salt.

Mix well, cook very slowly in a frying pan and it will eventually come together and form a solid cake and brown on the bottom. Be sure you move the pan to avoid the cake sticking to the bottom. The trick is to put a serving dish over the frying pan and remove the cake, so the browned bottom is now on the top.

1 1/2 cups of Italian rice
4 1/2 cups milk
6 tblsp sugar
3 silvers of lemon peel, 1 inch wide.
1 cinnamon stick
1 1/2 cups ricotta cheese
1 whole egg and 1 egg yolk, reserve white
1 tblsp of chopped candied fruit (i.e. green and red cherries, fruit peel. etc.)
Mix first 5 ingredients in a pot, bring to boil slowly. Lower heat and stir often until rice is cooked and milk is evaporated. (If necessary add milk until rice is cooked) Cool in pot.

Remove cinnamon stick and lemon peel, pour into a bowl, add ricotta cheese and eggs. Mix with candied fruit.

It is hard to believe, but some of the young Cantalupesi, outside of Italy are not aware of this greata treat.

You need first very cold weather to dry properly, the kind of meat is pork shoulder butt, or the loin which is better. It is salted for 24 hours, then washed with vinegar or wine, rubbed with pepper, chilli powder and insert peppercorns throughout, then put in a pork casing or we use knee high nylons and hang to dry for a couple of weeks. Then it is pressed between two boards for 24 hours and it is hanged again until it is completely dry usually about 2-3 months. Then vacuum seal it in a plastic bag and keep in the refrigeratorr stored in uppercasere container. They last forever and don't get mildew.

Cousin Don's comments.... I suspect that in the old days they did not have knee high nylons, vacum packing, refrogeratprs or Tupperware. How we have progressed and improvised.

Zia Maria (Orrino) DiRe's  

Crostata

500 gr. flour

200 gr. Butter

200 gr. sugar

2 egg yolks

1 packet of yeast or baking powder

Mix  all ingredients in a bowl.  Then spread in low pie pan.  Add jam on top and strips of dough for decoration.

Bake at medium heat until golden brown.

Zia Maria (Orrino) DiRe's

 Risotto (hot rice dish)

Chop zucchini, carrots and spinach.

Fry in pan with olive oil, onions and rice.

Add chicken broth or veggie broth.  As rice absorbs the liquid add salt and pepper to taste.

Near the end of cooking, add a spoonful of butter to the rice.

Zia Maria (Orrino) DiRe's 

Zucchini Pizza Giulienne

Cut the zucchini in medium strips

Fry them in oil for 1 or 2 minutes

Boil potatoes, then once done mash them

In a boil, mix the mashed potatoes, zucchini, 2 beaten eggs (and perhaps mozzarella or any other ingredient you might want to add…carrots, eggplant, etc.)

Mix all together in a bowl then put in pan (non-stick) or greased pan.

Place in oven and cook at medium heat until golden brown on top.

Zia Maria (Orrino) DiRe's 

Insalata di Riso   (cold rice salad)

Boil rice and put it on the side for later use.

 Prepare veggies to add (finely chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, pickles, etc.)

 Add canned corn, tuna, olives, etc.

 Mix all ingredients with boiled rice and then add enough olive oil to dampen the rice.

 Add salt and pepper to taste.

 Serve cool as a main dish or side dish.

EGGPLANT

There are a least 101 ways to prepare eggplant. Coming soon are 

two recipes with origins in Cantalupo nel Sannio.