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Before traveling to Italy to record new recipes, I want to go back and give tribute to four dishes that meant more than views, they’re the ones that made all of this possible.

Seppie in Umido (Veneto)

In Venice, cuttlefish mark the change of seasons. While seppie al nero turns black with ink, its quieter cousin stays red. Slowly cooked with onions, wine and tomato until the sauce turns soft and deep. It’s the lagoon’s comfort dish, the one that drifts inland and meets polenta along the way.

If you’re curious about the full recipe behind these forgotten dishes, you find them on my substack, link in bio!

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32 Comments

  1. Your channel is absolutely awesome man! Love to see all these traditional recipes I did not know about… Keep up the great work!

  2. anybody got a source on where to buy dried seppia in the United States? I keep turning up shredded dried cuttlefish, not the little scoops shown in this video.

  3. Man, you are doing so right thing showing that to the World! Not just one more "ah, don't add cream to carbonara" or "Bolognese with spaghetti ain't no tasty anymore", but real face of Italian cuisine. Which is really so much more than what we see in the restaurants throughout the world. Thanks for your work, very much appreciated.

  4. Bravissimo come sempre.
    Ma 45 minuti è troppo ottimistico per arrivare a quel livello di riduzione 😉

  5. Bravissimo!
    Io pretendevo sempre che mia Madre me le preparasse quando tornavo in Italia!
    MERAVIGLIOSE!❤

  6. Excellent recipe, but I've never seen cuttlefish that small! Here in the UK they are usually 200mm in length or bigger!

  7. Ooh cuttlefish… Never had those before, is the taste and texture pretty similar to squid?

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