I do not like to celebrate New’s year eve in the traditional way, with a big party of people, but rather low key, just with my husband, and at most (very) few friends.This year it will be only the three of us, and as my husband is coming back from France tonight I was alone
Valeriana with smocked duck breast, apple and Jamaican pepper Do I have to explain how I made it??? Of course I didn’t spend the last years of my life breading, stuffing and smocking my own duck… So, just buy everything and toss all together, with a nice vinaigrette of your choice!
Puy lentils and myrtle soup with steamed clamsTraditionally in Italy we eat lentils on New’s year eve because we think they will bring a lot of money during the year that it’s just beginning! Who I’m I to go against popular believes??? 300 g of Puy lentils100 g of smocked pancetta, diced2 shallots, diced1 tablespoon
That’s my second attempt to make bread… It’s still hot, I’ll let you know… Right now, just say thank you to Linda Collister, and Petula, whom lent me the book…
Lately I’m not really inspired for desserts… Mostly because the house is still full of panettone and pandoro…So, this is another way to recycle pandoro: Pandoro pudding!Of course if you don’t burn it, like I did (and just because I was updating the blog in the meanwhile!!!) it’s much better!!! 2 eggs 400 ml of
Tiramisù is one of those Italian desserts known all around the world. It’s simple and quick to make, adaptable in various ways and so so so good!!!The only “rule” you have to follow is to use mascarpone cheese. You can use ricotta, but mascarpone is the only that makes sense: if you are going to
Ok, now I can say it: this year I couldn’t care less about Xmas… I didn’t care about celebration, decoration, “sanctification” or any ation concerning Xmas…But finally it’s over and I can say it… I wanted to be mean, but I couldn’t (at least not as much as I wanted), I wanted to be grumpy,
Happy holidays to everybody! P.S. The pick is from Xmas 2005…
Well, absolutely nowhere, just here, only without any technological support… But, thanks to the incoming Christmas, all this was resolved with a simple credit card purchase…Proudly writing form my new iMac, I have almost nothing to publish, expect these little white towers of petit Suisse we brought back from our last trip in France… Keeping
Ok, after the problem with my dsl line, now my mac is dead: it fell form the table and at the moment is at the mac’s hospital…I love my mac… Maybe all this is telling me I should stop using tecnology…