Our First Demo

We had a guest Chef today, his name is Luigi Taglienti. He works in the Piedmont Region. Chef Guido says the best food in Italy comes from the Piedmont. His restraunt is Delle Antiche Contrade. He is a true artist. His plates were As pretty as the pictures you see here. The first picture is Chicken Salad alla Piemontese. This is part of a 10 course tasting menu. The red is beet juice he reduced to thicken. There is chicken and tuna on the bottom with grape, lettuce, and a polenta crisp. It was very tasty. I did not think you would taste the beet but wow the flavor was right up front.
This dish is Cannellone filled with ricotta, cream of spinach and a cream made from flavored milk. We were all given a small taste. He designed these plates with ease. This was very creamy and green tasting. I liked it alot.

The first dish is, a liver pate with a gelato made with anchovies, and a balsamic glaze. This sounds weird but it was really really good. The gelato was nice not fishy at all. The last dish was my favorite. Arrosto all'italiana, that is veal, roasted slow with roasted potato and a special ketchup. The ketchup was really neat. I hope I can duplicate it. The veal stock he reduced to a sauce was sooooo tasty. The last thing he made was a panna cotta not always my favorite but I liked the way he did the traditional dessert. We are doing our first field trip tomarrow and all our studies this week relates to the Piedmont. Then we go to Build on what we learned all week.
Gotta go Yvonne