Timballo is an
Italian
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baked
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dish consisting of
pasta
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,
rice
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, or
potato
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Wild potato species can be found from the southern Unit ...
es, with one or more other ingredients (cheese, meat, fish, vegetables, or fruit) included.
Variations include the
mushroom
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and
shrimp sauce
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''Timballo Alberoni'', named after
Giulio Alberoni
Giulio Alberoni (30 May 1664 OS – 26 June NS 1752) was an Italian cardinal and
statesman in the service of Philip V of Spain.
Early years
He was born near Piacenza, probably at the village of Fiorenzuola d'Arda in the Duchy of Parma.
His fat ...
; and the
veal and
tomato sauce
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''Timballo Pattadese''.
Etymology
The name comes from the
French word for
kettledrum
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(''timbale'').
Varieties of Timballo differ from region to region, and it is sometimes known as a bomba, tortino, sartù (a type of
Neapolitan timballo with rice and tomato sauce) or
pasticcio
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(which is used more commonly to refer to a similar dish baked in a pastry crust).
It is also known as timpano and
timbale. It is similar to a
casserole and is sometimes referred to in English as a
pie or savory
cake.
Preparation
The dish is prepared in a dome or
springform pan and eggs or cheese are used as a binder.
Rice is commonly used as an ingredient in
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, where the dish is referred to as a bomba and baked with a filling of pigeon or other game bird, peas, local cheese and a base of dried pasta.
are used as a base in
Abruzzo, and other regions use
ravioli
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or
gnocchi
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.
In
Sicily
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, it is typically made with pasta and
eggplant.
Mushroom sauce
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Overview
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or fonduta, a rich
Piedmont
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ese
cheese soup
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and sauce, are sometimes used, and
Anna Del Conte wrote that
Béchamel is the most consistently used ingredient in timballos.
In popular culture
Timballo featured prominently in the 1996 film ''
Big Night
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'', although the dish there is referred to as ''timpano'' (a regional or family term).
American Dad
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episode S18 E1.
See also
* Baked ziti
Baked ziti is a popular casserole with ziti pasta and a Neapolitan-style tomato-based sauce characteristic of Italian-American cuisine. It is a form of '' pasta al forno''.
Typically, the pasta is first boiled separately until it is nearly, ...
* Lasagna
Lasagna (, also , also known as lasagne, ) is a type of pasta, possibly one of the oldest types, made of very wide, flat sheets. Either term can also refer to an Italian dish made of stacked layers of lasagna alternating with fillings such as ...
* List of casserole dishes
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* List of pasta dishes
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* Quiche
* Pastitsio
Pastitsio ( el, παστίτσιο, ''pastítsio'') is a Greek baked pasta dish with ground meat and béchamel sauce, with variations of the dish found in other countries of the Mediterranean Sea.
Name and origin
Pastitsio takes its name from t ...
References
External links
''Timballo Siciliano'' recipe
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