''Capra e fagioli'' (''Goat and beans'') or ''Stufato di capra e fagioli'' (''Stew of goat meat and beans'') is a typical dish of the hinterland of
Imperia.
''Capra e fagioli'' is a
stew
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made from
goat meat (preferably shoulder
meat
Meat is animal flesh that is eaten as food. Humans have hunted, farmed, and scavenged animals for meat since prehistoric times. The establishment of settlements in the Neolithic Revolution allowed the domestication of animals such as chic ...
), cooked over a long period over a low heat with aromas,
vegetables (
onions,
carrots
The carrot (''Daucus carota'' subsp. ''sativus'') is a root vegetable, typically orange in color, though purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars exist, all of which are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, ''Daucus carota'', nativ ...
,
celery)
white wine and, in the last part of cooking,
white beans, preferably
Pigna beans.
See also
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List of Italian dishes
This is a list of Italian dishes and foods. Italian cuisine has developed through centuries of social and political changes, with roots as far back as the 4th century BC. Italian cuisine has its origins in Etruscan, ancient Greek, and ancien ...
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List of stews
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Cuisine of Liguria
References
Cuisine of Liguria
Legume dishes
Goat dishes
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