No. 80. Filetto di Bue con Pistacchi (Fillets of Beef with
Pistacchios)
Ingredients: Fillet of beef, oil, salt, flour, pistacchio nuts,
gravy.
Cut a piece of tender beef into little fillets, and put a them in a
stewpan with a tablespoonful of olive oil and salt. After they
have cooked for a few minutes, powder them with flour, and strew
over each fillet some chopped pistacchio nuts. Add a few spoonsful
of very good boiling gravy, and cook for another half-hour.
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