Zuppa Dei Dogi

Doge’s Soup

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Italian Regional Cookbook

By Valentina Harris

Published 2017

  • About

This warming, flavoursome dish is based on a very old recipe from the kitchens of the Doge’s Palace in Venice. It is supposed to represent all the beauty and riches of the city, with the intense colours of precious stones reflected in the beetroot, carrot and courgette. The little golden rice balls represent Venice’s great wealth, and especially that of the Doge’s Palace, and are intended as a reminder of Venice in all her glory, with sunlight glinting off the water and the golden orbs of t