Zuppa Imperiale

If You look into bakers’ windows in Bologna, you may see trays of golden cubes that look like croutons. They are used mainly for soup, but they are not croutons: They are a much tastier, baked composition of flour, Parmesan, butter, eggs, and nutmeg. It is one of those specialties that have remained strictly local, like Romagna’s spaetzlelike passatelli, and that no one elsewhere seems to know about.

As you will find in the serving suggestions below, zuppa imperiale no