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Carluccio's Complete Italian Food

By Antonio Carluccio and Priscilla Carluccio

Published 1997

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This small bird can be found only in central and southern Italy, where it is in abundant supply during the months of October to November and March to April when it is migrating. It could easily be mistaken for a sparrow but, unlike the sparrow, it builds its nest on the ground and mainly feeds on grains, giving it an exquisite flavour. It is just a pity that it yields such a small amount of meat. Hunting of the bird is now very restricted and is soon to be made totally illegal.

Because of its size it is often cooked with other, larger birds and is used to give flavour to ragΓΉs. In Tuscany, skylarks are wrapped in pancetta and loaded on long skewers between chunks of bread and bay leaves, then spit-roasted or grilled and basted with virgin olive oil, salt and pepper.

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