How to Stuff in Italian

By S. Gary Polozola

One of six children born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, S. Gary Polozola grew up with an appreciation of his faith, family, and food all wrapped in a Sicilian tradition. In the years before his recent retirement from the practice of Immigration Law, he began researching his ancestry which now numbers over 30,000 relatives back to the 1400s. Along the way, he amassed a large trove of family photographs, documents, and recipes. Reviewing the recipes, he noted that the most common thread was that of dishes that were not only uncomplicated but stuffed something-an eggplant, a noodle, a steak, seafood, and just about anything that could hold a filling, even dessert. So after culling through the hundreds of family recipes, he selected the ones he liked the most, and this cookbook, How to Stuff in Italian, was born.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
• Release date: Apr 22, 2021
• ISBN: 9781098052867

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How to Stuff in Italian

S. Gary Polozola

Copyright © 2020 by S. Gary Polozola

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Table of Contents

Antipasto Salad

Arancina

Artichoke Squares

Eggplant Rollatini

Sautéed Eggplant Rolls

Sicilian Olive Salad

Stuffed Cheese Biscuits

Stuffed Mushrooms

Stuffed Olive Surprise

Anchovy Stuffed Veal

Baked Anelletti

Baked Eggplant with Anchovies

Baked Macaroni with Cheese

Beef Parmigiana

Chicken Mazzanti

Garlic Chicken

Garlic Stuffed Roast

Involtini Di Pollo

Italian Sausage

Italian Stuffed Pasta Shells

Lasagna

Mama Rosie’s Italian Spaghetti Bolognese Sauce

Meatballs

Meatloaf Stuffed with Provolone

Mogia with Chicken

Pane Cunzatu

Scacciata

Sicilian Snapper Involtini

Sicilian Swordfish Involtini

Sicilian Swordfish Roast

Spinach Stuffed Manicotti

Stuffed Cannelloni

Stuffed Chicken Breasts

Stuffed Manicotti with Cheese

Stuffed Noodles

Stuffed Rolled Veal

Stuffed Round Steak

Stuffed Round Steak with Pork and Wine

Stuffed Veal Chops

Turkey Stuffing

Veal and Artichoke Involtini

Asparagus Rolls

Broccoli Siciliano

Eggplant Stew

Green Beans Oregano

Italian Stuffed Tomatoes

Potato Patties

Roasted Finocchio

Stuffed Artichokes

Stuffed Bell Peppers with Shrimp

Stuffed Cabbage Leaves

Stuffed Eggplant

Stuffed Squash

Stuffed White Onions

Stuffed Zucchini

Basic Italian Cookie Dough

Cannoli

Cucidata (Italian Fig Cookies)

Date and Nut Loaf

Italian Chocolate Cookies

Italian Cream Cake

Italian Date Cookies

Italian Rock Cookies

MaMa Lucito’s Strawberry Cake

Pignolata (Haystack)

Pizzelles

Foreword

Recipes in this cookbook come from a family of Italians that settled in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. They were named Glimardo, Lucito, Polozola, and Messina, and a host of others all related, the size of which required the frequent baptismal services of the local parish priest. With large families, a significant amount of time is spent in the kitchen. In the old country, it was common for the men of the family to work the fields and the women the home. Not so much in the new world, at least not in my Sicilian family where all the men could and would help prepare the meals. Because both my parents worked outside the home, my maternal grandmother, Rosa Glimardo Lucito, prepared most of our meals. Mama Rosie, as she was affectionately called, spent her entire life caring for her family, praying to her God, and cooking for whatever army showed up to eat. Without question, my siblings and I were heavily influenced by her example, including in the kitchen. The main aspects, then, that envelop this cookbook are Italian food dishes from both the men and women of my family that include mostly recipes that stuff something.

Mama Rosie

Rosa Glimardo Lucito was a simple woman and my maternal grandmother. She spent her entire life caring for her family, praying to her God, and