Tripe Soup

Zuppa di Trippa

• Ready In: 2 hrs 20 mins
• Serves: 6

Ingredients

• Ingredients

• 2  kg tripe, cleaned and cut in stripes
• 4  big red onions
• 1  celery
• 500  g carrots
• 3  garlic cloves
• 28  ounces  peeled tomatoes
• 1⁄4 cup fresh parsley
• 3  leaves basil
•  salt
• 3  tablespoons white vinegar

Directions

1. Directions:.
2. Ask your butcher to give you already clean and bleached tripe.
3. Rinse it three times under hot water; the last time let the tripe rest in water for 10 minutes, adding 3 tablespoons of white vinegar.
4. Cut all vegetables in small cubes and in a large pot cook the tripe alone for three minutes, mixing continuously, then add all the vegetables and spices. Cover with cold water.
5. Cook over low flame for about two hours. Serve steaming hot accompanied, if you wish, by polenta, cut into wedges.