Manasta & 'Toota'
SIMBALINA
gone. I never liked either one so never learned how to make them. :-(
Anyone out there have a recipe to share? The manasta was a red kidney bean
soup thing and the (phonetic) Toota was a potato and leek filling covered in a
pie crust.
My Dad is seriously missing these. Any help appreciated.
Curly Sue
wrote:
Manasta refers to soup (I don't know "toota" but it sounds like
"tutta" which means "all.").
Can you describe your manasta a bit more? Maybe it's close to
something someone would recognize. Kidney beans, tomatos, pasta?
Sue(tm)
Lead me not into temptation... I can find it myself!
sue at interport dot net
AthenryYank
'Minestrone' is an affectionate pet name for a 'favorite', or very familiar
soup.
But the term 'Minestra' is the base word,that can describe a great many
kinds of soup.
You'd have to be more specific. What other ingredients can you remember?
What sort of texture did it have?
Paul, in Galway
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>(SIMBALINA) wrote:
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>>Anyone out there have a recipe to share? The manasta was a red kidney bean
>>soup thing and the (phonetic) Toota
>>
>>My Dad is seriously missing these. Any help appreciated.
>
>Manasta refers to soup (I don't know "toota" but it sounds like
>"tutta" which means "all.").
"toota" is Italian for "toot", a universal word... the more you eat-a the more
you "toota", the more you "toota" the better you-a feel, so eat-a yoose-a beans
with-a every meal. <g>
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>
> On 07 Mar 2003 17:50:10 GMT, simb...@aol.comehither (SIMBALINA)
> wrote:
>
> >My Italian grandmother taught my mother these two recipes and now both are
> >gone. I never liked either one so never learned how to make them. :-(
> >
> >Anyone out there have a recipe to share? The manasta was a red kidney bean
> >soup thing and the (phonetic) Toota was a potato and leek filling covered in a
> >pie crust.
> >
> >My Dad is seriously missing these. Any help appreciated.
>
> Manasta refers to soup (I don't know "toota" but it sounds like
> "tutta" which means "all.").
>
Or "torta" which is generically a pie or torte.
gloria p
AthenryYank
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I don't know if this would be of any help, but I found a recipe for
Leek and Potato Pie at Recipezaar.com Here is a link:
http://www.recipezaar.com/51943?path=00F10A
It may give you a starting point to improvise. This one is more of a
casserole. But, perhaps if it were baked in an Italian torta crust(?)
Hope it helps!
Paul, in Galway
zxcvbob
Here's a recipe I found for Tutta, but it doesn't look like the
description:
http://www.hungrymonster.com/recipe/recipe-search.cfm?Course_vch=Appetizers&ttl=1&Recipe_id_int=31918
Still, it might be a start. At least a spelling.
Best regards,
Bob
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Elizabeth Fusina
I can't help with the Soup, but my Italian MIL makes a potato/leek pie
sort of thing she calls Torta, although if you look in Italian cookbooks
there is never anything similar, or at least I have never seen it.
Anyway,
Filling
Potatoes, boil and mash. How many depends on how much you want. She
usually does five to ten pounds, and then we eat leftover for days. Yum!
Leeks, wash, slice thinly, saute in butter. Amount? see potatoes.
Parmesan cheese (she comes from Parma, so lots. She loves this cheese.)
Ricotta cheese (we used all of a 15 ounce container)
Mix together until creamy, add salt to taste, set aside
Crust
1 egg
some flour
some salt
some water
Put flour in bowl. Add some salt, stir into flour. Break egg onto flour,
mix in by hand. Add enough water to make a stiff dough.
Get out Atlas noodle machine, set to thickest size. Run dough through,
sprinkle with flour, run through again. Reset Atlas to next size down,
run dough through again. And keep doing this until you are on setting
three.
Grease large flat pan (we used the jelly roll pan), lay flat dough on
bottom and sides of pan, cut off about 1 inch above sides. Smooth onto
sides and bottom. Spoon filling into raw crust. Smooth top, and fold
extra crust over the potato. Beat an egg and brush over the top of the
ptoato and the crust. Bake for 30 to 45 minutes, or more, at 350F.
This is a transcript, somewhat cleaned up, of us cooking this together.
I am sorry about the lack of measurements, but she doesn't measure when
she makes this. It is hard to mess up though.
Elizabeth
SIMBALINA
>Date: 3/7/03
>something someone would recognize. >Kidney beans, tomatos, pasta?
As they tell me it had a chicken base broth and red kidney beans, chick peas,
elbow noodles and parm. cheese stirred it at the end. My father always added
wine into his bowl and ate with half a loaf of bread. Its the measurements and
the seasonings that we can't seem to get quite right. :-(
Thanks for any help.
SIMBALINA
>Date: 3/7/03 9:23 PM
>I don't know if this would be of any help, >but I found a recipe for
>Leek and Potato Pie at Recipezaar.com >Here is a link:
>http://www.recipezaar.com/51943?path=>00F10A
Thanks for the link. Checked it out. This "Toota" or yes more likely "Torta"
definetely had mashed potato. That I remember. Again its the measurements and
such that I never paid attention too. As a child, you kinda think your parents
will always be there ... alas ... I shoulda paid more attention and took notes.
:-(
SIMBALINA
>Date: 3/8/03 6:27 PM
>I can't help with the Soup, but my Italian >MIL makes a potato/leek pie
>sort of thing she calls Torta, although if >you look in Italian cookbooks
>there is never anything similar, or at least >I have never seen it.
>
This is THE closest thing to what I remember (except for the ricotta part). It
def. had lots of parmesan cheese though. I'm going to try this one and give it
to the utimate judge -- Dad. If it passes his test I owe you Elizabeth!
And yes, leftovers. I remember my Dad taking a huge chunk (cold no less) in
his lunch box to the construction sites every day and eating it with some wine
vinegar poured over the top.
Thanks again.
~Beth
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jmcquown
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> On 3/20/2014 12:42 PM, cammie...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > try this link:
>
> Don't think so! <plonk>
>
a real head case.
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