From the Coppola family kitchen: Main Dishes
Snapper with Lemon Butter Sauce
Instead of snapper, you can use chicken breast or thin slices of pork, either of which you should put between two pieces of wax paper and pound gently until they are no thicker than ¼-inch.
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Italia Coppola's Braciole
Our Red Blend is dark and luscious, making it a worthy partner to Italia Coppola’s Braciole with Rich Tomato Sauce. Not only does this savory dish have a beautiful presentation, it tastes delicious with our wine’s dark, jammy berry flavors and its fragrant notes of violets, spices, and toasted oak.
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Fried Italian Sausages, Green Peppers & Onions Alla Italia
Here is one of those recipes that really resists being written, though Italia Coppola did get it into her cookbook.
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Francesco Pennino's Insalata di Frutti di Mare Italian Seafood Salad
This is Italia Coppola's father's dish, made in Naples using seafood from the Mediterranean.
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Italia's Butter Shrimp
Bold, rustic and delicious, Italia's shrimp are delightful and messy. Be sure to have plenty of napkins on the table and add a bowl for the shrimp shells, too.
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Dr. Pomponio's Quick Pasta Sauce with Spaghetti
Italia Coppola's cousin, Dr. Pomponia, a doctor who lived in Napoli, always bragged about his tomato sauce. It takes just 15 or 20 minutes to make, he boasted, but no one took him seriously.
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Maria Zasa Coppola’s Genovese-Style Pot Roast
We don't know what type of mushroom she used in her pot roast but if she were cooking it in America, it most likely would have been commercial white mushrooms or canned mushrooms.
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Chicken Cacciatore
Francis’s father Carmine was famous for his Chicken Cacciatore. Not only does his recipe boast the traditional flavors of mushrooms and bell peppers, it’s simmered in red wine.
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Chicken Piccata Alla Carmine
The wine’s medium body, aromatic spices, stone fruit, and citrus flavors pair nicely with our Chicken Piccata Alla Carmine, which features a complimentary lemon wine sauce with fresh herbs.
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Italia Coppola's Cross Rib Roast
Create a classic pairing with Italia Coppola’s Cross Rib Roast, a hearty cut of beef slow cooked with red wine, garlic, and potatoes.
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Lasagna with Meat Sauce
Our sumptuous Lasagna, which features a generous helping of three cheeses along with ground beef and pork pairs well with Merlot.
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Spaghetti with Clams Al Bianca
The garlic and fresh parsley flavors in our Spaghetti with Clams al Bianco is a sumptuous easy-to-prepare recipe from the "Mammarella" Coppola Family Cookbook.
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August Coppola's Chicken Cacciatore
"Cacciatore" indicates that a dish is prepared in the style of a hunter and refers to a time when hunting for one's food was more common than it is today.
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Baked Butter Shrimp
Use wild Gulf Shrimp from a small fisherman if you can find them. If you can't, look for fresh wild shrimp at farmers markets and specialty grocery stores.
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Honey Spare Ribs
Serve these voluptuous ribs with a simple green salad and steamed rice, a perfect vehicle for the delicious juices. You should also feel free to lick the juices off your fingers. Be sure to have plenty of napkins on the table.
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Beef Steak Pizzaiola
A side dish bright with acid from vinegar or lemon juice is an ideal accompaniment to this luscious steak; Italia's Fried Zucchini with Fresh Mint is perfect and perfectly delicious.
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Italia's Eggplant Parmigiano
If practice makes perfect, this dish is flawless. When Italia, as a new bride, learned her in-laws were coming and looking forward to her Neapolitan cooking, she understandably grew nervous, so nervous that once she planned the menu, she prepared it every night for a week before Agostino and Marie Coppola arrived.
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Mussels with Tomato Sauce
When Italia cooked mussels, she likely had to trim their long seaweed beards and scrub off, if possible, the barnacles who had attached themselves to the shells. Advances in shellfish cultivation has changed everything and made it much easier for home cooks to both get good mussels and prepare them.
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Zuppa di Pesce Alla Napolitana
This classic Neapolitan fish stew has about as many versions of cooks as there are in Napoli. Italia's version includes a bounty of seafood and you do not need to use all of it; just use what you like and what is freshest wherever you are.