Gallina Ripiena

This is the dish that ignited my interest in cooking – my mother’s mother used to make it every Sunday for the extended family. One hen for the family – and another one just for me because I loved it so much! So I asked her to teach me to make it, and discovered how much I enjoyed cooking. This is now Mamma’s recipe, and every time she comes to visit me in Australia she makes it for me. In Italy, it’s always made with an old ‘boiler hen, that’s reached the end of her useful life for