A Week Full Of Good Food

This has been a really fun week.

We started with antipasti: Olive alla ascolana, talk about tasty. This was a class project. 85 olives stuffed with a meat stuffing, breaded and fried. We got to munch when we cooked. I will really enjoy using this recipe again. While we were eating our olives we cooked stuffed cabbage, and raw beef capaccio with a spicy mayonnaise dressing. After we had a lady speak on cheeses. Everything she brought us to taste was better than the next. This is an example of her cheeses. She had everything displayed so dramatic. When she spoke to us she talked with such excitement. She really loves her job.

The next day we did stocks. This was not as fun but really a great foundation for things we need to create great food. We also did a pesto. This pesto was different from other pesto I have eaten. It was a rustic pesto. All the ingredients were chopped instead of totally ground up. Anyone who likes pesto should try this it creates a different flavor and texture.

Pesto We

1 oz pine nuts

1/3 oz garlic chopped

4 1/2 0z basil chopped

1 oz parmigiano reggiano cheese grated

1/2 oz percorino romano

4 1/2 oz extra virgin olive oil

salt to taste

Toast pine nuts. Add everything together. Enjoy

Then we moved on to bean soup. This is good but not worth wasting time writing about. Then to the best of the best, PASTA. We made Pasta all'uovo ( fresh egg pasta), Pasta al nero di seppia ( squid ink pasta), Pasta verde ( Green Pasta ), and Orecchiette. This was so much fun. This is Courtney and Eddie Displaying there ability to create PASTA. The last picture was our class Ragu Di Carne ( Meat sauce). We needed something to dress this good fresh pasta. This last picture is my pasta with a sage butter sauce. This did great. I did not break my sauce. I really like the sage butter sauce. Well friday was Lasagna di carne, Ravioli, Besciamella, and Tortellini all bolognese. This was awesome. I enjoyed every minute of my day. The lasagna was very different from what I usually make but just as good. Making the pasta and shaping it was fun. I can't say I created the best shapes but they were pretty good.

I went home this weekend and spent a very romantic time with my husband. We went to dinner at Bone Fish Grill on friday when I got into Raleigh. On sat we went on a boat ride and took a nap. I don't sleep as well without my Stevie, and that nap was much needed. We got up went to see the movie Salt and dinner at Ruths Chris, always a great Steak. Got Bumped from my flight on Sunday. That is why I am a day late posting my blog.
See you next week

Yvonne