Cacciatore

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Cacciatore (lit. 'hunter') or cacciatora is an Italian dish prepared with meat, onions, herbs, usually tomatoes, often peppers, and sometimes wine. Cacciatore is popularly made with braised chicken (pollo alla cacciatora) or rabbit (coniglio alla cacciatora), abbacchio (abbacchio alla cacciatora), an Italian preparation of lamb, capon (cappone alla cacciatora) or potatoes (patate alla cacciatora). Preparations vary by region. In southern Italy for example, cacciatore often includes red wine, while in northern Italy, it typically includes white wine. Some versions of the dish use mushrooms. In abbacchio alla cacciatora, pieces of abbacchio are browned in lard and then cooked for almost an hour with garlic, sage, rosemary, and salted anchovy paste. This recipe, typical of Roman cuisine, is prepared throughout Italy. It is consumed throughout central Italy year round, especially for Sunday Lunch, and is eaten as an Easter and Christmas dish. As of the 1990s in the southern Italian region...

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