Zuppa alla Pavese

A humble soup, born of the fear of the good hostess that there isn’t enough for her guests. In the course of his battles with the Holy Roman Empire, Francis I, King of France, was sheltered in a local farmhouse. The woman of the house had nothing but stale bread, broth and freshly laid eggs, so she combined them in a soup of spectacular modesty which has been winning hearts ever since. Francis lost the battle, and was captured in 1525, but we won the recipe