Trifolare (untranslatable)

Published on August 30 ^th 2017   in:   dictionary
  vegetables meat

What is it?

It is a quick cooking technique. It consists in sautéing the food with olive oil and seasoning with parsley and garlic. The name is italian and comes from trifola that means truffle.

What is it good for?

It is used to cook meat (kidney), vegetables (zucchinis, eggplants…) or mushrooms. They can be thinly sliced but also diced.

How do you do it?

In a pan (non-stick ones are better) slowly sauté the food with oil and garlic. When it is done, add salt and pepper, then take it out of the pan and add chopped parsley. 9

Recipes

Melanzane al funghetto is a simple recipe using this technique.

Fettina or straccetti all’uccelletto is nothing more than a trifolato dish.