Ligurian-style tripe from my house, the recipe.
Tripe is one of the most used offal. It is cooked in all the Italian regions and is one of the tastiest poor dishes consumed all over the world: I will never forget an extraordinary Chinese soup from Hong Kong with rice noodles and caramelized tripe…
In Genoa and the Riviera you could often find tripe shops, where tripe and its broth were sold: a cup of hot tripe broth with a little grated cheese and plenty of soaked bread was an excellent and rich breakfast. This too, however, is a tradition that has now almost completely disappeared.
What we find in the butcher's shop is tripe that has already undergone many and very long processes: it has been scraped, cleaned and then boiled for a long time. At this point it is put on sale and then cooked.
In our house, like many other dishes, it is made in the Ligurian style but, as I have already said on other occasions, my Ligurian cuisine has been contaminated by the wisdom and advice of the many chefs I have worked with around the world. I will therefore describe to you how my wife Emmi prepares it, who has become a very good cook of regional dishes.
First, choose the mixed tripe of as many types as possible and cut it into thin strips.
Then make a base with onion, celery and prepare a good hot meat broth, white wine, Taggiasca olives, pine nuts, a few soaked dried mushrooms, a little tomato paste and potatoes cut into cubes.
Fry the flavours in good olive oil, not too much (tripe is fatty), and add the tripe, which is left to flavour and heat; add a good glass of white wine and let it evaporate. At this point add the dried mushrooms, pine nuts, olives and then the potatoes. Heat everything up, stirring slowly, add salt and add the tomato paste and then moisten everything with the broth.
Close the pot (better if terracotta) and let it cook slowly.
When the potatoes are cooked, the tripe is ready and should be served piping hot, sprinkled with fresh parsley and a little grated cheese.
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Here are pictures of this finished dish:
Photo taken with Canon 600D and lens Tamron 16-300.
And here's a video too:
October 24th is Trippa Day.
