Our seventeenth Family History Recipe comes from Natalie and is for Grandma Slama's Irish Soda Bread!
Natalie didn’t have too much to share about this recipe other than it came from her grandma.
This is an easy recipe to make, not too many ingredients and easy directions – mix together and bake! Natalie served this with thick pats of butter. Taste Tester Jamie was ready to devour this bread. She did a speedy sniff test then went straight in for a bite. Jamie had time for a quick, pleased grin before taking her next bite!
Recipe: Grandma Slama's Irish Soda Bread
Submitted by Natalie.
Ingredients:
- 4 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 extra large egg
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 tsp baking powder
- 2 cups milk
- Raisins to taste
- Caraway seeds to taste
Directions:
- Mix together and bake in a buttered cast iron skillet at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
The final recipe in this series of Family History Recipes comes from Natalie. She brought in Grandma Riggio's Pasta e Fagioli. Natalie also shared last week’s recipe with us to be sure to check it out!
Natalie said that this recipe was from her Italian grandma, who “was raised during the Great Depression. Because she was raised and lived in prolonged poverty, I believe this is one of her recipes she would use when she had no money because she always had these ingredients in her house.”
Who doesn’t love a hearty soup recipe in the cold winter months? This one will fill you up and keep you going, that’s for sure! Taste Tester Francis was all smiles as he went in for a quick sniff test. He had a bite and chewed thoughtfully, coming back with another smile, pleased with this simple but yummy soup!
Recipe: Grandma Riggio's Pasta e Fagioli
My Italian grandma was raised during the Great Depression. Because she was raised and lived in prolonged poverty, I believe this is one of her recipes she would use when she had no money because she always had these ingredients in her house. She was a (Long Island) famous seafood cook in her heyday until she started having heart issues and always knew how to make a beautiful meal out of saltines, ketchup, and a tin of fish.
These days, I make this in bulk and freeze it for whenever we're sick, tired, when our friends welcome children into their lives, and to just have around whenever one of us wants it for dinner. It also makes a good baby food to blend when babies are cleared to have beans. - Natalie
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