After 1768, with the wedding of the queen Maria Carolina, daughter of Maria Teresa Lorena-Asburgo, wife of Ferdinando I Borbone, Napoli became meeting place of the european cuisines. The new queen introduced the taste for french cuisine and the habit of appoint the so called "monsieurs" as chef, whom the neapolitans started to call "monzu'" and the sicilians "monsù". In few years traditional dishes adopted "french" names .
Gatto` di patate
Prepare a 1 kg potato pure, a good one, with butter, nutmeg, pepper, milk and cream, salt and parmesan cheese (lot of it or the cheese that you like). Add first 2 egg yolk and salami in small pieces and then the two egg whites beaten into stiff peaks. Butter a deep dish, add breadcrumbs and lay a layer of potato mixture. Lay a layer of slices of mozzarella and provola and cover with the rest of your potatoes. Sprinkle with breadcrumbs and some butter and bake until golden brown. Do not try to eat this hot.


