{"id":32281,"date":"2021-12-28T18:36:07","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T17:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/?p=32281"},"modified":"2023-08-11T14:56:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T12:56:00","slug":"cabbage-flan-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/cabbage-flan-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabbage flan with Italian cotechino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This cabbage flan is a dish of substance that does not lack elegance.<br \/>\nRustic but not overdone, it is the right pact to welcome winter.<\/p>\n<p>And you, are you more a flan or a souffl\u00e9 person?<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload_inited aligncenter wp-image-32267 size-full\" title=\"Cabbage flan recipe with Italian cotechino\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7935.jpg\" alt=\"Cabbage flan recipe with Italian cotechino\" width=\"563\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7935.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7935-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7935-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Some differences<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Flan and sformato are the same thing<\/strong>. Flan is the French word used worldwide, while the second is the Italian term.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sformato, or flan, and souffl\u00e9 are often confused but different.<\/strong><br \/>\nThere is no Italian translation of the French term souffl\u00e9.<br \/>\nAll over the world, it is called souffl\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>The flan has a firm consistency and is usually baked in a mold with a hole in the middle (but you can use a cake round hinged mold).<br \/>\nAlternatively, you can also use single-serving molds (even disposable ones).<\/p>\n<p>Its preparation is simple. You just beat the eggs and mix the ingredients in a bowl before pouring into the mold and baking.<\/p>\n<p>The souffl\u00e9 is soft and light.<br \/>\nTo achieve this fluffy result, you will need to whisk the egg whites separately, gently incorporate them into the other ingredients, fill the mold no more than halfway and say a couple of prayers.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes out of the oven, it should be puffed up well beyond the edge of the mold and emit a kind of breath. With no breath under the surface, anything could have happened. It could be undercooked or overcooked.<\/p>\n<h6><strong>Both flan and souffl\u00e9 can be either sweet or savory.<\/strong><\/h6>\n<p>The main differences concern several aspects.<\/p>\n<p>For souffl\u00e9, beat egg whites until stiff; for flan, beat whole eggs with a fork.<\/p>\n<p>The mixture in the souffl\u00e9 should fill the mold halfway, get the edge with flan&#8217;s compote.<\/p>\n<p>Flan can be baked in a bain-marie in the oven (the inside will be softer) or not; souffl\u00e9 does not tolerate a bain-marie, which would prevent the dough from doubling in size.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Last thing, the success of the flan is always for sure, while souffl\u00e9 comes when someone in France says ok (lol).<\/strong><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Cabbage flan<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been reading the blog for a while, you&#8217;ll know that I love poetic dishes and culinary challenges. But I have a clear preference for comforting, warm, nourishing, seasonal, and simple recipes.<\/p>\n<p>Everything I love in the kitchen is in the flan.<br \/>\nBetween flan or souffl\u00e9 I prefer flan. A dish that doesn&#8217;t fear the breeze, never grumbles, and never disappoints.<\/p>\n<p>As a base for the flan, you can choose between vegetables or cheeses.<br \/>\nOnce you have decided on the main ingredient, add milk or cream, eggs, and grated Parmigiano.<\/p>\n<p>In my childhood home, flan was a dish that was frequently prepared.<br \/>\nThe simplest flans, warm and filling, were for the everyday table.<br \/>\nIn my grandma&#8217;s repertoire, however, there were some recipes of flan that were not lacking in understated elegance.<\/p>\n<h6>I hope you will like my cabbage flan recipe.<\/h6>\n<p>Cotechino and amaretti seemed to me, from the start, to be a great companion to enhance and add flavor.<\/p>\n<p>After much testing, I added crumbled amaretti biscuits also into the dough. The sweetness of the cookies matches the savouriness of the cotechino. And this flavor contrasts nicely with the cotechino.<\/p>\n<p>For me, the best thing is to chop the cotechino with a knife, no mixer, so that the &#8220;crumbs&#8221; have consistency and flavor in the mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, in the first test, I only cut the leaves of the vegetables with a knife, but it is better to blend them in the mixer and only partially chop them with a knife. In this way, the flan is more compact and the slices more beautiful.<\/p>\n<h6 class=\"p1\"><b>Keep in Touch<\/b><\/h6>\n<p class=\"p1\">To receive unpublished recipes, tips, and food stories, sign up for the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tortelliniandco.substack.com\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Tortellini&amp;CO newsletter<\/b><\/span><\/a>. You can disable it anytime.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">If you like, follow me on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tortelliniandco\/\"><span class=\"s1\">\u00a0<b>Instagram<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>,\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.it\/tortelliniandco\/_created\/\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Pinterest<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tortelliniandco\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Facebook<\/b><\/span><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload_inited aligncenter wp-image-32272 size-full\" title=\"Cabbage flan recipe with Italian cotechino\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7964.jpg\" alt=\"Cabbage flan recipe with Italian cotechino\" width=\"563\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7964.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7964-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7964-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload_inited aligncenter wp-image-32275 size-full\" title=\"Cabbage flan recipe with Italian cotechino\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7981.jpg\" alt=\"Cabbage flan recipe with Italian cotechino\" width=\"563\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7981.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7981-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7981-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/p>\n<h6>Food tips<\/h6>\n<p>You can replace the Italian cotechino sausage with knife-chopped smoked bacon.<\/p>\n<p>You can omit the cotechino but double the amount of Parmesan cheese.<\/p>\n<p>If you use a mold with a hole in the center, you can serve the flan by filling the center with peas or small baked potatoes.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cabbage flan with Italian cotechino<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>serves 4-6<br \/>\n18-20 cm hinged mould or mould with a hole, capacity 1 liter<br \/>\nList of the Ingredients<\/p>\n<p>500 g of cabbage<br \/>\n120 g of cotechino<br \/>\n3 eggs<br \/>\n50 g grated Parmigiano<br \/>\n20 g amaretti biscuits + 3 amaretti biscuits<br \/>\nbreadcrumbs to taste<br \/>\nsalt, pepper, nutmeg, olive oil to taste<\/p>\n<h6>Method<\/h6>\n<p>Clean the cabbage, remove the hard, central white part (also from the leaves).<\/p>\n<p>Blanch the cabbage in salted water for 10 minutes or until soft.<\/p>\n<p>Drain, finely chop cabbage but set aside about 50 g of it.<\/p>\n<p>Cook the cotechino according to the instructions on the packet. The amount you need is about two slices.<\/p>\n<p>Leave to cool and chop finely with a knife (do not blend in the mixer, otherwise instead of cotechino crumbs, you will have a paste which, once mixed with the mixture, will be lost).<\/p>\n<p>Use a knife to chop the cabbage that you set aside.<\/p>\n<p>Again, chop the cookies, leaving three of them at the side.<\/p>\n<p>Beat the eggs in a bowl with oil, salt, pepper, nutmeg to taste, and Parmigiano.<\/p>\n<p>Add the other ingredients to the eggs, mix, season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg.<\/p>\n<p>Chop up the last cookies and mix the powder with the breadcrumbs.<\/p>\n<p>Grease the mold, sprinkle the bottom and sides with the mixture of breadcrumbs and cookies (keep some of it aside).<\/p>\n<p>Place the dough into the mold and bake in a preheated oven at 180C degrees for about 45 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>When the edges are golden, the flan is ready.<\/p>\n<p>Remove from the oven and leave to cool before turning out onto a serving plate that can go into the oven.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload_inited aligncenter wp-image-32277 size-full\" title=\"Italian winter recipes\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7867.jpg\" alt=\"Italian winter recipes\" width=\"563\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7867.jpg 563w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7867-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7867-315x420.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 563px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This cabbage flan is a dish of substance that does not lack elegance. Rustic but not overdone, it is the right pact to welcome winter. And you, are you more a flan or a souffl\u00e9 person? Some differences Flan and sformato are the same thing. Flan is the French word used worldwide, while the second&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"limit_modified_date":"","last_modified_date":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2033,2043,2032,2031,2056],"tags":[2138,2149],"class_list":["post-32281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-courses","category-main-course","category-occasions","category-recipes","category-sunday-lunch","tag-one-dishes","tag-winter"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_7970.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32281"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38469,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32281\/revisions\/38469"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tortelliniandco.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}