tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89372969934381195202024-03-13T18:27:10.173-07:00Cucina DivinaCooking shouldn't feel like a root canal.diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.comBlogger640125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-19034226390878785182024-01-28T16:51:00.000-08:002024-01-28T16:51:43.537-08:00L'Alchimista, Montefalco, Italy<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Az2m16-YWIM-LKZIxPeXM3-skQe-toHRQ5hwHs9I5aYQ8EfjypGbT6oZT4McKYNB-S4Sg-fmXbsgX1W2QQjV9UbeHHKIAGAbksiuW3e7jHxoQoV9QefYcDtJNMIA6ZVgsaYeC9WSwFizUE4SGkMvzZekYUQKxSEoFhyftkJL-0Pmeprva-Rdpqo9dmI/s768/l'alchimista.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="768" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Az2m16-YWIM-LKZIxPeXM3-skQe-toHRQ5hwHs9I5aYQ8EfjypGbT6oZT4McKYNB-S4Sg-fmXbsgX1W2QQjV9UbeHHKIAGAbksiuW3e7jHxoQoV9QefYcDtJNMIA6ZVgsaYeC9WSwFizUE4SGkMvzZekYUQKxSEoFhyftkJL-0Pmeprva-Rdpqo9dmI/w640-h480/l'alchimista.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For years, we have made sure to eat at <a href="https://www.ristorantealchimista.it/" target="_blank">Enoteca L'Alchimista </a>in Montefalco at least once, and usually several times while we are staying in Spello. Located on the main square in Montefalco, the center of the wine-growing region in Umbria, the restaurant is a family affair with chef Patrizia creating magic in the kitchen, her daughters taking care of guests, alongside their exceptional wait-staff. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRTNSlGiwQHFLAcOJ6hgmBSu2qGbGtNgBeGdWvNZ0LvwPYvw7qLuEMMS7nth_cZAwYzXAFGjrp97iPRnrSmBUOqIkPXEOn7lrBco9k97UK3LNMH5asVpprlvdHbu5IYLZG5t2BNvmt-83g_up-wwymWCAuKnffqRkoF4tDqpZ9553HmzvnshkHoHU8TM/s1536/patrizia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="1075" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBRTNSlGiwQHFLAcOJ6hgmBSu2qGbGtNgBeGdWvNZ0LvwPYvw7qLuEMMS7nth_cZAwYzXAFGjrp97iPRnrSmBUOqIkPXEOn7lrBco9k97UK3LNMH5asVpprlvdHbu5IYLZG5t2BNvmt-83g_up-wwymWCAuKnffqRkoF4tDqpZ9553HmzvnshkHoHU8TM/w448-h640/patrizia.jpg" width="448" /></a></div><p>Every meal here is special, from the amuse-bouche, to the desserts, and you really need to save room for dessert. Our last visit was in October, during the wine crush and the celebration of the black celery from Trevi. </p><p></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMUbtwKom7Xgd_lxbIagDv6a9Vg3Um9VHp278zMDlkcH9lN998ZCEnqvQxoaX7bWgNjZiimnH28ag9fvmKyZXu5uJKVZQpRx00yJS0Q5c4AgUUhza5DIRSIo6fT7m1eC_D5BDmkkJai0hAFJ3yAZ1SyV0cBIrigIMWqnfg48UA4I37mSrZuX-_jIsuPw/s2016/IMG_2766.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMUbtwKom7Xgd_lxbIagDv6a9Vg3Um9VHp278zMDlkcH9lN998ZCEnqvQxoaX7bWgNjZiimnH28ag9fvmKyZXu5uJKVZQpRx00yJS0Q5c4AgUUhza5DIRSIo6fT7m1eC_D5BDmkkJai0hAFJ3yAZ1SyV0cBIrigIMWqnfg48UA4I37mSrZuX-_jIsuPw/w480-h640/IMG_2766.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amuse-bouche black celery puree with Pecorino </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL33xZCy2PaD5BMTaG4xuk6Rjb6OembJKsU-jkJiIuoPN1XU1tMALEIZX9XCWmgkhIEzqCoL2gMVG2S33cFKzk8K4-b93LsEa0ouSv_cn2Ry51MyJvp94AN0c01dUN6882OKUdjekDGR1qsU_L_gy5u9TFPkkav5_mqaG_xW-M1-3pUmynOq95rk8cMMY/s4032/IMG_2767.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL33xZCy2PaD5BMTaG4xuk6Rjb6OembJKsU-jkJiIuoPN1XU1tMALEIZX9XCWmgkhIEzqCoL2gMVG2S33cFKzk8K4-b93LsEa0ouSv_cn2Ry51MyJvp94AN0c01dUN6882OKUdjekDGR1qsU_L_gy5u9TFPkkav5_mqaG_xW-M1-3pUmynOq95rk8cMMY/w480-h640/IMG_2767.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our son Ryan always looks forward to this starter: Pancetta cooked in Sagrantino wine. It is otherworldly</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaK8rev-lmEg-S5CnUOzRGyMCt_2BCToTEj3RJV9VWYv31o_R-8ACrKlpm8IxM-DaI1u3bU9fbfU3npxYiVhgRc2S-M2_H_xSUzvQStJSoQiinuqDne81d3npLBItNorR_X7p5Pj1F7TcJlZn0WPpUeC9jGi_Bs9FlxlSdfcP2p9SFTJIWqgB_oB0ZSE/s2016/IMG_2768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaK8rev-lmEg-S5CnUOzRGyMCt_2BCToTEj3RJV9VWYv31o_R-8ACrKlpm8IxM-DaI1u3bU9fbfU3npxYiVhgRc2S-M2_H_xSUzvQStJSoQiinuqDne81d3npLBItNorR_X7p5Pj1F7TcJlZn0WPpUeC9jGi_Bs9FlxlSdfcP2p9SFTJIWqgB_oB0ZSE/w480-h640/IMG_2768.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Butternut squash strangozzi pasta with black celery and black truffle---no words here</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjib9GHV1D1hix2h3_l6IJeuawaHKobZbRY6wfz0nyCAcr6D90-1Ru374HE7FVEpScOHfFucD5Q3CSnpv4vtBZUDtg9ISz4E6ixXMcGOONaEmVzLHdV7PFdoHmyFyAAfznEGfz4X7nkN_naInz3pDGc-hg5hDEjtpWMuR7CO2tGo41tiFlKwR2yNG3hxQU/s2016/IMG_2769.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjib9GHV1D1hix2h3_l6IJeuawaHKobZbRY6wfz0nyCAcr6D90-1Ru374HE7FVEpScOHfFucD5Q3CSnpv4vtBZUDtg9ISz4E6ixXMcGOONaEmVzLHdV7PFdoHmyFyAAfznEGfz4X7nkN_naInz3pDGc-hg5hDEjtpWMuR7CO2tGo41tiFlKwR2yNG3hxQU/w480-h640/IMG_2769.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dr. C. decided on the pork cutlet, because pork is king here in Umbria</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ms61SuQi6T84gbv7k9UdtNP3rnXATyl__cX40uJOo58t7hePTmEqkKV45P5YEwC-LOmyoImQJUbvzkLUwGYtRem2A7MLFbxEHMu1h04cXjoZZNwsN8TXVqxXy2iM-BQOMLaAsqFQRwFjljeAoQ1rwaNpvwF6u_h3nZdNAAx1LYXYUeZRQcBvkWwI8U4/s2016/IMG_2770.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_Ms61SuQi6T84gbv7k9UdtNP3rnXATyl__cX40uJOo58t7hePTmEqkKV45P5YEwC-LOmyoImQJUbvzkLUwGYtRem2A7MLFbxEHMu1h04cXjoZZNwsN8TXVqxXy2iM-BQOMLaAsqFQRwFjljeAoQ1rwaNpvwF6u_h3nZdNAAx1LYXYUeZRQcBvkWwI8U4/w480-h640/IMG_2770.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Son Ryan's Filet in Sagrantino wine---there is a theme here! Sagrantino is the indigenous wine here in Umbria. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmhVWSRwiPKD3KJEv9DvZt6KCXEYs9CXvr5qPUtY2VHAbKiknZGpV_OjpCdyoEZdan3k0u7KAThJe4oRM3Zwd-iuOhwoHdWh8icb944kUpFajmft1PqP1uVt1SKLYFiy3qH5rVUUweokUp61m45TxvyCSqPJL7VviVrh4OzpKpj_yfGSGz5oZzr6jNcE/s4032/IMG_2771.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipmhVWSRwiPKD3KJEv9DvZt6KCXEYs9CXvr5qPUtY2VHAbKiknZGpV_OjpCdyoEZdan3k0u7KAThJe4oRM3Zwd-iuOhwoHdWh8icb944kUpFajmft1PqP1uVt1SKLYFiy3qH5rVUUweokUp61m45TxvyCSqPJL7VviVrh4OzpKpj_yfGSGz5oZzr6jNcE/w480-h640/IMG_2771.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was my dessert, and it didn't disappoint: Chocolate shell, geltato, pinapple and yuzu</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDII9pGecpkDhppG8fIxApUyvqXWYE0ONSu3jJurSgD2eDvCUEHkhDAOuxBqwEaM6-6xHj3ZKG8zSNS8DRfetqP7rTkIMGUnTAFkZCpqElKIvBAYCQqxniCcYtlto9q7sN9l6ooffdZWNFeQJuDQptHuLIeon7pci3an9pcFwAZTWrtZwUT9B5ekhp9kU/s2016/IMG_0673.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDII9pGecpkDhppG8fIxApUyvqXWYE0ONSu3jJurSgD2eDvCUEHkhDAOuxBqwEaM6-6xHj3ZKG8zSNS8DRfetqP7rTkIMGUnTAFkZCpqElKIvBAYCQqxniCcYtlto9q7sN9l6ooffdZWNFeQJuDQptHuLIeon7pci3an9pcFwAZTWrtZwUT9B5ekhp9kU/w480-h640/IMG_0673.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Layered Tiramisu</td></tr></tbody></table>Each season the menu changes, and so has the restaurant, with a beautiful new remodel bringing the kitchen upstairs in view of diners. If you go, make sure to make a reservation, as it can be crowded on weekends. </p><p style="text-align: center;">info@ristorantealchimista.it</p><p style="text-align: center;">Tel +39 0742378558</p><p style="text-align: center;">12:00-14:30 / 19:00-22:00</p><p style="text-align: center;">Chiuso il Martedì</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-52288075315188229132023-11-02T14:29:00.000-07:002023-11-02T14:29:08.903-07:00Il Molino<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb_-GlDRoTYR4fY_LJ5V0jD053wz8J11C1-UWwCv7Q0nwEMOasHSMIS7Lwz8DjoC5zFV_QgMsWcOxbDCHr_fdhUr1nnvGl7Lum603tVpp08fdbqwoaBUNcRvWqs8gCV0IsGMu6sHkvRIfvREKSG9eGyFi90A6fB9sOaelguqD_iaFKn361vA3IXHSW3U/s1080/ilmolino.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnb_-GlDRoTYR4fY_LJ5V0jD053wz8J11C1-UWwCv7Q0nwEMOasHSMIS7Lwz8DjoC5zFV_QgMsWcOxbDCHr_fdhUr1nnvGl7Lum603tVpp08fdbqwoaBUNcRvWqs8gCV0IsGMu6sHkvRIfvREKSG9eGyFi90A6fB9sOaelguqD_iaFKn361vA3IXHSW3U/w640-h480/ilmolino.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Every once in a while you come across a place that awakens your tastebuds, and your soul. For years we have come to the town of Spello and eaten at our favorite enoteca, <a href="www.enoteche.it " target="_blank">Enoteca Properzio</a>, and enjoyed their hospitality and community. Next door was a restaurant called <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=174823589837328&paipv=0&eav=AfYFQevxN72XcAfrvK96RB1rjaJJvvZPOoBKvTk3MdDW_rx0eghm8C-_bsOL1VJP7hg&_rdr" target="_blank">Il Molino</a>. This was a restaurant that people from all over Italy would come to for its fine food and atmosphere in this tiny hill town. For years it was tired and then closed due to Covid. It was eventually sold and is now under new local management, with a new chef, a wine list curated by <a href="http://www.enoteche.it" target="_blank">Enoteca Properzio, </a>and a beautiful traditional renovation, keeping the integrity of the old mill.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NE8Hrni-H44gYs5I-z2UJdNBcOKmKnFgF4ygNoXl7vt0Y56w6SpcY6M8fjiWj0piVxWSQ01hPMQgrjYd1bfpe7mhRQ7WSedq19Au1wPe7i9XhphRrumujAoSzNUNecB1WST4YBZGrXF3g-AJt0miWNIgB6haTGd5IXNCdDFFkGyCbD_Ho-P7kMamwU8/s2016/IMG_2709.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5NE8Hrni-H44gYs5I-z2UJdNBcOKmKnFgF4ygNoXl7vt0Y56w6SpcY6M8fjiWj0piVxWSQ01hPMQgrjYd1bfpe7mhRQ7WSedq19Au1wPe7i9XhphRrumujAoSzNUNecB1WST4YBZGrXF3g-AJt0miWNIgB6haTGd5IXNCdDFFkGyCbD_Ho-P7kMamwU8/w640-h480/IMG_2709.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">Many of these hill towns were once mill towns, here in Spello there is an aqueduct at the top of the hill that supplied the water for the mills, and Il Molino still has the millstone outside its door. Inside the renovation is spectacular, with beautiful tables, a wine vault that is a jewel box, and lovely lighting. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Uwhz4KgF-GUi-cxBRJ9kLs1s86j4lTsnVal6PbUje01qU-pK45D3q9pXUZS3BMv00WLgbT1TMr6VWa0Gtr0Z7CKo0mzjM0Vt9Fx_OuIZv3JXO5dyiap3n89AWEnNs4MS9hGqmRX3uic8a8HyWY9cB6FieEmLLZW6zrBEYA679ynyheIOTX_ag5LH554/s4592/P1120989.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3448" data-original-width="4592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Uwhz4KgF-GUi-cxBRJ9kLs1s86j4lTsnVal6PbUje01qU-pK45D3q9pXUZS3BMv00WLgbT1TMr6VWa0Gtr0Z7CKo0mzjM0Vt9Fx_OuIZv3JXO5dyiap3n89AWEnNs4MS9hGqmRX3uic8a8HyWY9cB6FieEmLLZW6zrBEYA679ynyheIOTX_ag5LH554/w640-h480/P1120989.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan39i_tHfvDlPlHhloD6yJpAeetZaBbrY9MDY3c5VOuITVmCNtFPJdANZBITwkZj6NE1as9ZmVDGEoTnC6M-8geDIoPAHq9i6e_0s1n27Pfyi9SFHI-Waq9ogNfndfZtRGT4a599TCEFYYS7dPWQpwObFveNuUE9SEXzBLAFQ6vfE2fSc7kZ2CmDHvcw/s4592/P1120990.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3448" data-original-width="4592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan39i_tHfvDlPlHhloD6yJpAeetZaBbrY9MDY3c5VOuITVmCNtFPJdANZBITwkZj6NE1as9ZmVDGEoTnC6M-8geDIoPAHq9i6e_0s1n27Pfyi9SFHI-Waq9ogNfndfZtRGT4a599TCEFYYS7dPWQpwObFveNuUE9SEXzBLAFQ6vfE2fSc7kZ2CmDHvcw/w640-h480/P1120990.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9GJVisGhOxvy62TS-MZLQ4CfQz0xRf7L7gvmby6ZSuNBidQAvMSdU8Es72ZUXwZQ_9w9w7lj9rP_aNb4I8nIhOOONySTvPoRCtgcV5mxaIbxX2fO6uXrXIe5lzbv6tOgG1m95k75rVY-5mTilQabYueInOO1wZJSTIn4kxs0s5IM426dcHOHSJlqn1U/s4592/P1120992.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3448" data-original-width="4592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH9GJVisGhOxvy62TS-MZLQ4CfQz0xRf7L7gvmby6ZSuNBidQAvMSdU8Es72ZUXwZQ_9w9w7lj9rP_aNb4I8nIhOOONySTvPoRCtgcV5mxaIbxX2fO6uXrXIe5lzbv6tOgG1m95k75rVY-5mTilQabYueInOO1wZJSTIn4kxs0s5IM426dcHOHSJlqn1U/w640-h480/P1120992.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eYnC8X3MaexZFWRC0bxijqIO5EGqeKipQd5Lr5APrezZmvemgyv7jgolp54L6seOW9IKLtER9mcuKzGyznzjCMPf9lYjY7krjdP0FQd46CWyq7icn4KyCNsAM1XYP7NMcxS6bywu4_7fsCd9160wEIyIakWOMWnGPpk4ofU7JvUfvhABkBssoepoMOs/s4592/P1120991.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3448" data-original-width="4592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2eYnC8X3MaexZFWRC0bxijqIO5EGqeKipQd5Lr5APrezZmvemgyv7jgolp54L6seOW9IKLtER9mcuKzGyznzjCMPf9lYjY7krjdP0FQd46CWyq7icn4KyCNsAM1XYP7NMcxS6bywu4_7fsCd9160wEIyIakWOMWnGPpk4ofU7JvUfvhABkBssoepoMOs/w640-h480/P1120991.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">A small menu of local favorites with a twist awaits diners here. I am a huge fan of the souffles that the Italians make, so I opted for the potato souffle.</div><div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXb0flAD2LNRgOM6opDmW6xwksMpo34FyKM-I_dqqvbDps7cch-Xdsyu8lta854bqNwDKChbRZiogOiODfCxRD6IeDC_LdfknA2jA8wa9YWhgIlNcTj4zrfPAdEiAM5ckPgwWzqpEUhDadKS5ASg6igpEeH9m9XfydPI_cWqVgKwaq9mBQpQzbEUprWPc/s4592/P1120996.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2646" data-original-width="4592" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXb0flAD2LNRgOM6opDmW6xwksMpo34FyKM-I_dqqvbDps7cch-Xdsyu8lta854bqNwDKChbRZiogOiODfCxRD6IeDC_LdfknA2jA8wa9YWhgIlNcTj4zrfPAdEiAM5ckPgwWzqpEUhDadKS5ASg6igpEeH9m9XfydPI_cWqVgKwaq9mBQpQzbEUprWPc/w640-h368/P1120996.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>A bottle of local Rosso from Montefalco accompanied our lunch. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIadcL9dmnxifh8ALEFgw1Xli9DjCU60Neh8wyrP34WaYWFwIy7tW68FVbCqZT2qjYZbP736FRk8yLbyqq0DrJsreaZm9EdS4wjOv7UJiuECnM4LI35dMQ-jwr6_9ULI8TDaTuDDwudaewcUakv0QIAujKmmSJoHRVcPXCk-nPPSfHdc-IWkB8_YfbRPQ/s2016/IMG_2753.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIadcL9dmnxifh8ALEFgw1Xli9DjCU60Neh8wyrP34WaYWFwIy7tW68FVbCqZT2qjYZbP736FRk8yLbyqq0DrJsreaZm9EdS4wjOv7UJiuECnM4LI35dMQ-jwr6_9ULI8TDaTuDDwudaewcUakv0QIAujKmmSJoHRVcPXCk-nPPSfHdc-IWkB8_YfbRPQ/w480-h640/IMG_2753.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beef Tartar</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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We opted for the pistachio creme brulee, tiramisu lollipops and chocolate souffle which were delicious! <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6gHRX0-bAPF6hicZhdBMaa3uSPcOl7xFh-6OwVNJokqTNqlunK8lufSAp2b621PEt6Zh_48R2Az9pH3z6JwSy4EJowjXyJlB_BYFkSwU6BD1MSoFasH2AOWrgtM4iBA4-eDOvdQn-7F_hG2b2EOJl5EWvqfgeTIzC8h6-qQzptJ6Zsyhh2S0FA83B4k/s2016/IMG_2759.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk6gHRX0-bAPF6hicZhdBMaa3uSPcOl7xFh-6OwVNJokqTNqlunK8lufSAp2b621PEt6Zh_48R2Az9pH3z6JwSy4EJowjXyJlB_BYFkSwU6BD1MSoFasH2AOWrgtM4iBA4-eDOvdQn-7F_hG2b2EOJl5EWvqfgeTIzC8h6-qQzptJ6Zsyhh2S0FA83B4k/w480-h640/IMG_2759.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tiramisu Lollipops</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdA8H0q260Sl6LvYbLcbeliR2pRUGTybWteiw46gA5t7Nxa-pUveHtW-iBCtvgzPmyb9Og9S6courMdjkGuqA7kqJejgbDfS9exGC4Sr_DIO9IT4nTBame7Wv2YmpV5VPFLhj1E9IY2s2baXzBKZk-MlV-rRCJ9_KdfrfHCw6TRNCMWH-Ua9FTHEhEGY/s2016/IMG_2760.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdA8H0q260Sl6LvYbLcbeliR2pRUGTybWteiw46gA5t7Nxa-pUveHtW-iBCtvgzPmyb9Og9S6courMdjkGuqA7kqJejgbDfS9exGC4Sr_DIO9IT4nTBame7Wv2YmpV5VPFLhj1E9IY2s2baXzBKZk-MlV-rRCJ9_KdfrfHCw6TRNCMWH-Ua9FTHEhEGY/w480-h640/IMG_2760.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chocolate souffle</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3jUewl91882IVi0w89EXcyFcI7c1JT5ooeonc-XxdZs1MVlp8hYbiKQ3ROCRLpIQClIafv8lSoI3w_m7B9Z3j3K5kdHqpCzy09zwGJJTAwakSbhxdQLw_SxiT2udMr1XDH9i2uuqtfDAT-AKU5lRfvCpwV-C8HKKRm7MfvzoVcZa_HgjmnZybt_EOSg/s4592/P1130002.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3448" data-original-width="4592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL3jUewl91882IVi0w89EXcyFcI7c1JT5ooeonc-XxdZs1MVlp8hYbiKQ3ROCRLpIQClIafv8lSoI3w_m7B9Z3j3K5kdHqpCzy09zwGJJTAwakSbhxdQLw_SxiT2udMr1XDH9i2uuqtfDAT-AKU5lRfvCpwV-C8HKKRm7MfvzoVcZa_HgjmnZybt_EOSg/w640-h480/P1130002.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pistachio Creme Brulee</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGhUqNbolAoXLZF6rpxinuoTu5u7TIMIIYbmts9pUxX43r4xM2TVT9Q8jgNptvAsL7Sq4WzLsuRbqAWxYYTHXancQ5rxfEcluVoTWnNIEG-G7Gq0q0zx7LSd61RR-SgMVg8zNMr7de-5nyzJXWltszt1y4YkLxnUXlbV3JUs8BGuW0Quk0cdaxkDKZ3o/s4032/IMG_2762.HEIC" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhGhUqNbolAoXLZF6rpxinuoTu5u7TIMIIYbmts9pUxX43r4xM2TVT9Q8jgNptvAsL7Sq4WzLsuRbqAWxYYTHXancQ5rxfEcluVoTWnNIEG-G7Gq0q0zx7LSd61RR-SgMVg8zNMr7de-5nyzJXWltszt1y4YkLxnUXlbV3JUs8BGuW0Quk0cdaxkDKZ3o/w480-h640/IMG_2762.HEIC" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our Chef Valeria</td></tr></tbody></table></div><a href="http://enoteche.it" target="_blank"><br /></a><div><a href="http://enoteche.it" target="_blank">I always tell people there are 3 reasons to come to Spello: one is </a>Enoteca Properzio the top wine bar in Umbria, and one of the top 3 in Italy; the <a href="https://www.villadeimosaicidispello.it//" target="_blank">Roman villa mosaics</a> in the museum at the bottom of the hill, and the Pinturicchio frescoes in the <a href="https://www.umbriatourism.it/en/-/chiesa-di-santa-maria-maggiore-spello" target="_blank">cathedral</a>. Now there is a fourth reason to come: Il Molino offers a delicious slice of Umbria in a beautiful setting. Put it on your list. <i>Ciao for now. </i></div>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-23711801315821176162023-03-12T18:40:00.000-07:002023-03-12T18:40:06.627-07:00Alberobello and Poglignano del Mare<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxdcjwnfaFAdqi03xNvkLQCVn6qG2xZI7DBRjpp0iP1-Z-BK8G1fVeKfUT1GHaP9FfqNcMVXiyTilo8dyKWi2_S1jrX8eMQqSQXU_KpRIVEbv3Z6B0ziIzG709hUZfqgGSmPN_5SJe9e9HMdU0qda167FUtaMsIF8LYiKGcofCiA4rFZGF2ShJeQ-/s4592/P1120911.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3448" data-original-width="4592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxdcjwnfaFAdqi03xNvkLQCVn6qG2xZI7DBRjpp0iP1-Z-BK8G1fVeKfUT1GHaP9FfqNcMVXiyTilo8dyKWi2_S1jrX8eMQqSQXU_KpRIVEbv3Z6B0ziIzG709hUZfqgGSmPN_5SJe9e9HMdU0qda167FUtaMsIF8LYiKGcofCiA4rFZGF2ShJeQ-/w640-h480/P1120911.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p>Alberobello is a UNESCO world heritage site. It is the only place in Italy where these unique homes with conical roofs exist. They are called Trullo with the plural being Trulli. The town is small, with lots of souvenir shops, as you would expect, but the homes are interesting and it's a lovely place to spend an hour or two walking through these unusual homes. The homes date from around the 14th century and the house could be easily dismantled enabling the owner to avoid paying taxes on the home. Tax evasion in Italy is an art form. 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We did another walkabout here, and of course, you cannot end the day without gelato. Each tour guide that we met, had to take us to their favorite gelateria, which of course had the best gelato on the planet! </div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFhbqxvuunEOSaFVmMmXHb1VCXA16L0XcgDx2Q8LLRvYK4CMiEik8Rp6m6xFuc4rRnDSH0j_vCgBYujTGrjUT39ilWwhgUTKGotMNd71YWThUW2Qiq0DkIJfzINOAP3atC7xH6Gd0Sxsui0EsiVZrV8R2Vh2DrAgDVJQlGp1S62ZBmSnM7Rqeo69Z/s4032/20221027_165252.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZFhbqxvuunEOSaFVmMmXHb1VCXA16L0XcgDx2Q8LLRvYK4CMiEik8Rp6m6xFuc4rRnDSH0j_vCgBYujTGrjUT39ilWwhgUTKGotMNd71YWThUW2Qiq0DkIJfzINOAP3atC7xH6Gd0Sxsui0EsiVZrV8R2Vh2DrAgDVJQlGp1S62ZBmSnM7Rqeo69Z/w640-h480/20221027_165252.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Even in October, the Italians love the seaside</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWr2y4dej64t5UQ7_7Hz_c6SPKciKSt_SeN1qZu6jokdvjUkhIjFmZpclsHjabQlpofTg62zPNPuEY2kqoFzjAW4cYs51jqg8pbDXDWo78hknGdBF7FyZ8TNBVkBlbadhbbOXa4Hbmeo2YN0ppYGkVMxhRJf_CFFaXVrAxTfDsVEUbsnUEIADuZG4u/s4592/P1120814.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3448" data-original-width="4592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWr2y4dej64t5UQ7_7Hz_c6SPKciKSt_SeN1qZu6jokdvjUkhIjFmZpclsHjabQlpofTg62zPNPuEY2kqoFzjAW4cYs51jqg8pbDXDWo78hknGdBF7FyZ8TNBVkBlbadhbbOXa4Hbmeo2YN0ppYGkVMxhRJf_CFFaXVrAxTfDsVEUbsnUEIADuZG4u/w640-h480/P1120814.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />60% of the olive oil in Italy comes from Puglia. This is a typical tree---look at the trunk, it's been here a while! A visit to this beautiful olive oil producer was definitely an education, including an olive oil tasting.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xyC9vKSPb4CoeqUpMInSX78IE0GEcOgoBUsNnesfjboJk42t4YtvBU-MwxZ4cLFznnetEhH6rV16Z1ngTjeJolZpsWnbxRAQ_486Y-5624tRC-TMaQ5vUprg-XhJ8Y-Cwd_PpufefjNHf3e30rBjG-78dWZ-ac6xwolf5dthL_wjSxAZVo54Id4O/s4592/P1120809.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3448" data-original-width="4592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-xyC9vKSPb4CoeqUpMInSX78IE0GEcOgoBUsNnesfjboJk42t4YtvBU-MwxZ4cLFznnetEhH6rV16Z1ngTjeJolZpsWnbxRAQ_486Y-5624tRC-TMaQ5vUprg-XhJ8Y-Cwd_PpufefjNHf3e30rBjG-78dWZ-ac6xwolf5dthL_wjSxAZVo54Id4O/w640-h480/P1120809.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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European Union regulations require strict controls on what is used to combat disease in trees. To date, there is no effective treatment and many of the trees are dying. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwHbMjtvlt2k_0j64pYKOFOnJCsGRrZbVNjyqSCxbtROAIz6JVMBlfEtyfoOMMQpTgArENl1OcDMPWIAaHVf_lZnzxas6azJ9iqeeZwDXGmuyuJ7MN9FuuCqVPfHskqUGwtI4lBgTx4MjMh9Gu4k9NH8ERINNnmdFT-6YtaGg6-vfdcfJJKGcfiDv/s4592/P1120858.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3448" data-original-width="4592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwHbMjtvlt2k_0j64pYKOFOnJCsGRrZbVNjyqSCxbtROAIz6JVMBlfEtyfoOMMQpTgArENl1OcDMPWIAaHVf_lZnzxas6azJ9iqeeZwDXGmuyuJ7MN9FuuCqVPfHskqUGwtI4lBgTx4MjMh9Gu4k9NH8ERINNnmdFT-6YtaGg6-vfdcfJJKGcfiDv/w640-h480/P1120858.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our next stop is a winery to taste the local wines of the region. </td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyQinoIhLoIRxrevMEuc3SRLZ4TMdihAGozyx8hmwkmNbOi5cfpU5WtXzz6QK5mn9ND3ipJZOtD7DPLx5aWJNfEhMSKG_YajANmlMya-77ZZJ0QYSHlfrijsVyCB2qKtHuH1QqQkCBEvW0zsAfqdXRJupT9SvGgMbZC_P-CWZhIEtUTUrhfXBvEzNJ/s4592/P1120859.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcY1tw_GC9aNdaldkHstm_I_hhl_W1yFzfvSRkEitMDUArYcrcWo3qvX_raO5v0XkAIV167Q7OTufhUDneZYTl2TjVHy87J8AW96wMb66qx0ZbzW5slVIKUprxuBv0VHbHPsg4TUjNLg6uZB_PVLoHxdMXmTXdc0Zia7CET1Xmd1M0qMOvxMQMis6/s4032/20221027_131138.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilcY1tw_GC9aNdaldkHstm_I_hhl_W1yFzfvSRkEitMDUArYcrcWo3qvX_raO5v0XkAIV167Q7OTufhUDneZYTl2TjVHy87J8AW96wMb66qx0ZbzW5slVIKUprxuBv0VHbHPsg4TUjNLg6uZB_PVLoHxdMXmTXdc0Zia7CET1Xmd1M0qMOvxMQMis6/w480-h640/20221027_131138.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We moved on from the olive groves to this vineyard and did a wine tasting. Puglia is most famous for its Primitivo, or Zinfandel. Its whites can be Verdeca, Bombino Bianco, or Greco Bianco. Whites are quite minerally but definitely refreshing. Other reds would be Negroamaro or Nero di Troia. Certainly, there will be other grape varieties, but many producers have limited production, and the greater number of export bottles you will see in your local wine shops will be either Primitive and Verdeca. With climate change rearing its ugly head, many vintners are turning to other grapes that can better tolerate the heat and the salty climate here. Next up, we headed to watch mozzarella being made, old school style. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOpSmMyHMRsoDPch718M3zUN6tYFetlhcbUb4Aefy9uNF1W1kwpIzGel3pqhM3mD0dTqAKYsA7hEUKAFT-1To0j3vH-VWy68smO-RD207wWkbW6rLctWDlU2P5pTQ_40MYKYbdATMO-AKHcs5Y6yLjp7FhUg4OOE9FH1gMKk5j8TPDUoGEXiU1ePY/s4032/20221027_091902.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOpSmMyHMRsoDPch718M3zUN6tYFetlhcbUb4Aefy9uNF1W1kwpIzGel3pqhM3mD0dTqAKYsA7hEUKAFT-1To0j3vH-VWy68smO-RD207wWkbW6rLctWDlU2P5pTQ_40MYKYbdATMO-AKHcs5Y6yLjp7FhUg4OOE9FH1gMKk5j8TPDUoGEXiU1ePY/w480-h640/20221027_091902.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3WBKzzCjtitI-qpk_balO2b3qpI69o9Hw1Pceos676qtrYFJ0VeJDf9Eu1cTkkWuK38UFFverIQjd49YbaKeZ5njpThmOAIU542r8e-nuYK-t3Y-oIJQa-Il6br5nF1SM49E_5uJYBi7UknEamneTgJUGFkkDm9o1-coGzT3ZVTtogW0ZipG-sil/s4032/20221027_092021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO3WBKzzCjtitI-qpk_balO2b3qpI69o9Hw1Pceos676qtrYFJ0VeJDf9Eu1cTkkWuK38UFFverIQjd49YbaKeZ5njpThmOAIU542r8e-nuYK-t3Y-oIJQa-Il6br5nF1SM49E_5uJYBi7UknEamneTgJUGFkkDm9o1-coGzT3ZVTtogW0ZipG-sil/w480-h640/20221027_092021.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX21BIO8ctMP_x_50ezyoA8TLH1thUC7PNsHX9igga3bd_W_CBY8JWYQV2mF7PfoKQGQpyAjyGSQqVVKSBcbTqVKvyKjjb4dCEaei9SwTqEqX4g5urSKcKcgcfDMrRbQu1buHEkNuwczthvBbkcAfYan-WI5TCvksOLjyePG3RM9E5iw-1wa66nRuB/s4032/20221027_092308.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX21BIO8ctMP_x_50ezyoA8TLH1thUC7PNsHX9igga3bd_W_CBY8JWYQV2mF7PfoKQGQpyAjyGSQqVVKSBcbTqVKvyKjjb4dCEaei9SwTqEqX4g5urSKcKcgcfDMrRbQu1buHEkNuwczthvBbkcAfYan-WI5TCvksOLjyePG3RM9E5iw-1wa66nRuB/w480-h640/20221027_092308.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip04LhFJWo3fWHG6wuZbVGThVrdRDgy8gIrSpf3f4Gxine6G7dJpCGp7Rjk9G6LqvSM6aODY1DvyaDA8IpPk1BZbns48exIF-CCMteTR8TQkKzjiOQwIXqooqKh3sUinIQART2I-QBX8HllAio4EZ3CeTYFYycd3tzrLwI6mmoEAgjZ_D-Q4Vk0_cX/s4032/20221027_092329.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip04LhFJWo3fWHG6wuZbVGThVrdRDgy8gIrSpf3f4Gxine6G7dJpCGp7Rjk9G6LqvSM6aODY1DvyaDA8IpPk1BZbns48exIF-CCMteTR8TQkKzjiOQwIXqooqKh3sUinIQART2I-QBX8HllAio4EZ3CeTYFYycd3tzrLwI6mmoEAgjZ_D-Q4Vk0_cX/w480-h640/20221027_092329.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxJGGJh1tDsC0cN-ixI5_wJJnBcm26TiUZX8upEvsvdYqglXwCFeV3I2nq-lGcsNwIhl00IKLWc-zn43bV-CQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We were fortunate enough to watch a master at work, and you can tell from the video that he loves what he does. He's making the mozzarella into a cute little mouse, or topolino. We were served a few types of cheese, fresh, and aged, all delicious. The only ingredients are milk, sometimes a bit of salt, and rennet. Can't get any more fresh than that. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrFJVou8oMKAyWVumA5ZpCe5H0wdiEa9qcBRAXvsMTeP4Ev5UqDU7NCBDrfJ5yJtGsvUe9weUX8U1tnZwgpgmFY1-Pg_x1iAn8feLxtKq7jm_9hMQXOJ6sXsW0kEUcHgSsPLkX4Y2NX3QFxb9JYbDsEct0sWSDdllkYF2lW3GK_nQ0JtymcSl8ncG/s4032/20221027_094721.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkrFJVou8oMKAyWVumA5ZpCe5H0wdiEa9qcBRAXvsMTeP4Ev5UqDU7NCBDrfJ5yJtGsvUe9weUX8U1tnZwgpgmFY1-Pg_x1iAn8feLxtKq7jm_9hMQXOJ6sXsW0kEUcHgSsPLkX4Y2NX3QFxb9JYbDsEct0sWSDdllkYF2lW3GK_nQ0JtymcSl8ncG/w480-h640/20221027_094721.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh00owxeSh4nznGaGM96DIPYN52iVAIpI2c5pBISDIym2rHMglk3r4Lc6eS5dqK0fJSmR1BK9CAB7Vs1Dz1YY3GpbN-5Cr51noVd2f68IBqdbvpDwhqQj3VKamghDWKut_sKiXBsV8S34qeSuap1zCISFx_M5RaYnCKdSshXSrBTt_2uXtETiAE0Ckf/s4032/20221027_094724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh00owxeSh4nznGaGM96DIPYN52iVAIpI2c5pBISDIym2rHMglk3r4Lc6eS5dqK0fJSmR1BK9CAB7Vs1Dz1YY3GpbN-5Cr51noVd2f68IBqdbvpDwhqQj3VKamghDWKut_sKiXBsV8S34qeSuap1zCISFx_M5RaYnCKdSshXSrBTt_2uXtETiAE0Ckf/w480-h640/20221027_094724.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">After this repast, we were off to lunch. There is always food! <i>Ciao for now. </i></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-21379728450381508032022-12-31T15:31:00.000-08:002022-12-31T15:31:38.951-08:00Will You be My Trullo?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AD1wLfXl47UaoOY5ci2-ziAs3Ew-_TJdhKPEazl47ZdV7ewRmz8sgA1MCFBdIY-UxlaMi6SNK1JG6I40zDriVSxsHHkofyRX8otX01pBT4i85snBxt0K7Djtz4OVkvXyykr7QnH8ugbx2H00YwdxqDQgFTV7X5CBLOSxIdAth7FCS-kLoQD2TtCk/s4032/20221026_160506.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0AD1wLfXl47UaoOY5ci2-ziAs3Ew-_TJdhKPEazl47ZdV7ewRmz8sgA1MCFBdIY-UxlaMi6SNK1JG6I40zDriVSxsHHkofyRX8otX01pBT4i85snBxt0K7Djtz4OVkvXyykr7QnH8ugbx2H00YwdxqDQgFTV7X5CBLOSxIdAth7FCS-kLoQD2TtCk/w640-h480/20221026_160506.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Puglia is famous for the conical roofed houses called Trullo or Trulli (if there are more than one) Our next accommodation for 7 days was a 400-year-old Trullo that had been meticulously restored. 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, pool, air conditioning, and a jacuzzi off the master bath. High up on a hill it was a beautiful place to call home for the week. We'd arranged a driver and some tours to help us get to know the culture, food, and wines here. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbswJ8gaLtql1lLuZ3-5vPmF6g1nfl-3qqiAyC9KpI-tF8iqZJl-VkNrsjHcJx8wEaPRU042T80RPHBX-wlVra2D_ay7qIUXNWWbNI5XyWd0B21ZA0WRDW_FTaxzFLpN2RcUAc0TzcQAdo_lKPGlFEDi3B6M2qYLXSybovjX--FvvhelUAk0GwE2d/s4032/20221026_160435.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYbswJ8gaLtql1lLuZ3-5vPmF6g1nfl-3qqiAyC9KpI-tF8iqZJl-VkNrsjHcJx8wEaPRU042T80RPHBX-wlVra2D_ay7qIUXNWWbNI5XyWd0B21ZA0WRDW_FTaxzFLpN2RcUAc0TzcQAdo_lKPGlFEDi3B6M2qYLXSybovjX--FvvhelUAk0GwE2d/w640-h480/20221026_160435.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiwYP2u6GeHGFAg7LAWNDITgaohbZbJm7x8DUk-SaYm5bdPX5q-mR4D-kW_wKBrPn1F2SNI2ZrrYUOTRFx2b4aSYau-WWovdNqf38pH3QKiSJR52hQYYn-ugrNJvISS9L2LORIr3zO9G9rIJ-zQG7qGbKJ03aC1BAG-DzjWSeSTvwqqr8ztXzaDBs/s4032/20221026_160730.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Always up for an adventure, and trust me, GPS in Italy always delivers, we set out--the machelleria was only .5 miles away but took us the long way and we got there in a half an hour. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Since we are Americans, we always end up arriving for dinner really early---at 7 p.m. the butchers were just putting on their aprons but were so happy to have us, we thought we were probably their only customers that night....not a chance! <a href="https://www.facebook.com/masserialisi/" target="_blank">Forno Masseria Lisi Anna</a> is a great place to get a taste of Puglian hospitality. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg50jHtXWB7-5K-qkjpu_cUYN3eCDYutrV5p6BI6X-v19gFtymNOtOBXfgDFJkvJrSVsDulXZGcf5DWmqiDheEKf65KzaKDNBgxCTLeHT0MKYsruvdoCIqbnYmWuaasETUE8kda59l4ndgx-UhzzuBZR3tsJhkGSAW8PHwCt18akMULm8FBUTCuzTQY/s4032/20221026_193537.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaq51XuDvvcdtcXhnw6zf07h_jyH0M9z_1QSINFvJ1D1nshr8piRiOTXA1e-kMm1nxTgpXZbLgN7YP2-c4mOdCvgZlIl5qWLWk5T8gU6YGPr2ey1NCEKSgNjAH2p4WO1RurAzXZVASvAMfB1H1DkBkW3iKWG6ukP6iilCRdvjSbJCXEC8WzOGbBGi/s4032/20221026_205042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaq51XuDvvcdtcXhnw6zf07h_jyH0M9z_1QSINFvJ1D1nshr8piRiOTXA1e-kMm1nxTgpXZbLgN7YP2-c4mOdCvgZlIl5qWLWk5T8gU6YGPr2ey1NCEKSgNjAH2p4WO1RurAzXZVASvAMfB1H1DkBkW3iKWG6ukP6iilCRdvjSbJCXEC8WzOGbBGi/w480-h640/20221026_205042.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And, cannoli for dessert! <br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>So, more food than we could possibly eat, great service, 2 bottles of local wine, and the bill was 68 Euros. Our first night in Fasano closed, with the restaurant bursting at the seams with lots of customers, some seeming to be part of a sports syndicate. We'd found a gem in the middle of nowhere...that happens a lot in Italy. <i>Ciao for now.</i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p> </p>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-71919143958485916522022-12-31T14:55:00.000-08:002022-12-31T14:55:53.018-08:00Bari Street Food Tour<div class="separator"><br /></div><p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUilqOiXpHr50OvtUQHfBI-g-lpniaZQERtaOPJ-KQPk0OL1YzDq_tEJpaGZFd_EHw4cwHjAN3LIfz7Cemt3ymPm_wegunUkM4qapy8F8_rvs5dI9rojWmh1PQqjgCpjR3R1nNxS3SKD97rmsKN62U3N38wTKhpN9XidtGfJz22w6nuN5troa20Oe/s4032/20221025_105036.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFUilqOiXpHr50OvtUQHfBI-g-lpniaZQERtaOPJ-KQPk0OL1YzDq_tEJpaGZFd_EHw4cwHjAN3LIfz7Cemt3ymPm_wegunUkM4qapy8F8_rvs5dI9rojWmh1PQqjgCpjR3R1nNxS3SKD97rmsKN62U3N38wTKhpN9XidtGfJz22w6nuN5troa20Oe/w640-h480/20221025_105036.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><div style="text-align: left;">Our first two days in Puglia, we were based at <a href="https://www.donferrante.it/en/home/" target="_blank">Don Ferrante</a>, a beautiful hotel on the water. If you look across you might be able to see Albania, 50 miles away. Monopoli is a glorious town on the Adriatic and we enjoyed wandering the streets, since it's mostly a pedestrian-only city. </div><div style="text-align: left;">On our way out of town, we decided to do a street food tour before traveling to our trullo airbnb in Fasano. Bari is an interesting city, we were told that many years ago, it was quite rough, but has experienced a renaissance just as the entire region of Puglia has. </div><div style="text-align: left;">We began our tour with some foccacia Puglese---quite different from the Ligurian foccacia. This one is crunchy, usually has tomatoes on top and is delicious. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5FZ5jmT74qt-0qtTGHbobzzSX369uMGfn3-DeizvRraUv0o0vhaK5yLahgjvFPfVr3eys6PK1RwV7giDIv2t9c8QoeHfmqVD5fB6fQ-s-HkAN4zzRpjgpvqMBRp0__sP8a9bq5TdnK3_D3qaynlHs-SU8jGXPa2_M6ACYvFcQiopxIeScd6cRHrn/s4032/20221026_114858.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5FZ5jmT74qt-0qtTGHbobzzSX369uMGfn3-DeizvRraUv0o0vhaK5yLahgjvFPfVr3eys6PK1RwV7giDIv2t9c8QoeHfmqVD5fB6fQ-s-HkAN4zzRpjgpvqMBRp0__sP8a9bq5TdnK3_D3qaynlHs-SU8jGXPa2_M6ACYvFcQiopxIeScd6cRHrn/w480-h640/20221026_114858.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginjtQDi3t66FK0icxOK7F3F9Ub5QlJdVw4Vl9xzAo4gWUmAhtWp5KVZWHKulrwVfZQkTB-PWXISRNClA6x4MSujDgjKBOwxtC5iTMypP5R66Y8sQhur6ZNrEBvVaq7l_yqA5KzfYDlVdkVbWjD_hRVnY2I84kMUPBfAAtCCWrOor78mWrQjpwwvnt/s4032/20221026_115846.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginjtQDi3t66FK0icxOK7F3F9Ub5QlJdVw4Vl9xzAo4gWUmAhtWp5KVZWHKulrwVfZQkTB-PWXISRNClA6x4MSujDgjKBOwxtC5iTMypP5R66Y8sQhur6ZNrEBvVaq7l_yqA5KzfYDlVdkVbWjD_hRVnY2I84kMUPBfAAtCCWrOor78mWrQjpwwvnt/w640-h480/20221026_115846.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the line for the Focaccia</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">Bari is a warren of twisty streets, and around every corner you will see something new. This was a vendor selling his wares from his garden. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4oc4tvUQ6xsHgRi-_GRuHDnQe1kxU08CU6pqx9ly8YbHEQIljgSJOFpA65wMD2hH_p4wF7Ch5Ku-wYFrsg37rGm3nsjZBXWBSzX1mu4viqboqKqzk32aF4QVQA8Bf4ku8BPcIQJWJe7MG0JugjKV9jXOGcPRZgGA9H5R2O9PfQnPv-Neub-ywNkTs/s4032/20221026_113333.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4oc4tvUQ6xsHgRi-_GRuHDnQe1kxU08CU6pqx9ly8YbHEQIljgSJOFpA65wMD2hH_p4wF7Ch5Ku-wYFrsg37rGm3nsjZBXWBSzX1mu4viqboqKqzk32aF4QVQA8Bf4ku8BPcIQJWJe7MG0JugjKV9jXOGcPRZgGA9H5R2O9PfQnPv-Neub-ywNkTs/w480-h640/20221026_113333.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Wandering through the narrow streets, dodging scooters, and other pedestrians, we arrive at a sandwich shop. Their specialty is an octopus sandwich, but I was really focused on the other sandwiches, each one a little jewel of color, taste, and aroma. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxDw9oD8Tc8vGIreajesVf5JFk1aGBHaB4P28wTiV1MvFtr8vov02dOvC8GLFuf9EQyj5x_i6uAxekGYgx5gg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Another Barese specialty is Panzarotti---basically a fried pizza, it's got the requisite cheese and tomato inside, and the crust on the outside that is deep fried. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSEwvCPjDGeyGm7Kk3m49DFNlwmxE-pSKmOhrTbwOJPTa51GOcnGHEOd02uwLuMMEUUtEVdeUcX8jrakAtPTwZ5ZOKcMNrz4b7jGH2oaYppXqtF6N2ON8WL0VO9_vLhljxq4YueowgLTCqHnPtxJ7_jnpdQq-As_mVKLTcyxROgQXDoSKd47T4x5b/s4032/20221026_121316.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTSEwvCPjDGeyGm7Kk3m49DFNlwmxE-pSKmOhrTbwOJPTa51GOcnGHEOd02uwLuMMEUUtEVdeUcX8jrakAtPTwZ5ZOKcMNrz4b7jGH2oaYppXqtF6N2ON8WL0VO9_vLhljxq4YueowgLTCqHnPtxJ7_jnpdQq-As_mVKLTcyxROgQXDoSKd47T4x5b/w640-h480/20221026_121316.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Many of these foods are foods of the poor, or <i>cucina povera</i>. 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They sit and make and sell their wares here, and probably have been doing it for hundreds of years. 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Now we were off to London. Several months ago we decided to buy tickets to see Andrea Bocelli in concert. The tickets in London were 1/4 the price of the tickets in San Diego where the venue is a hockey rink. We landed on my birthday and headed to Fortnum and Mason for tea. We managed to stay awake until 9 p.m. The next day we were having dinner with friends at <a href="https://mere-restaurant.com/" target="_blank">Mere</a>, an incredible dinner and a great time to catch up. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3T2cIZyde2kYjvSfhSQPHgeoxNk-gYxosh3SVwnezIeKPC-fGO_Rex-kq2YPdTAjqE9VlARNzaP33slXMI7gUKUgLq1iABO-G2ROsWc0Bf307QZxOXhApbsEbetIy2BajySph0Hl2tiqWtdBbLCeAeFxJsptpf9QxKFCbt4Bm3_IySgZ90wEG-dh/s4032/20220930_204559.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ3T2cIZyde2kYjvSfhSQPHgeoxNk-gYxosh3SVwnezIeKPC-fGO_Rex-kq2YPdTAjqE9VlARNzaP33slXMI7gUKUgLq1iABO-G2ROsWc0Bf307QZxOXhApbsEbetIy2BajySph0Hl2tiqWtdBbLCeAeFxJsptpf9QxKFCbt4Bm3_IySgZ90wEG-dh/w480-h640/20220930_204559.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amuse bouche</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVv-5PfGVZA_dyFC674N7RSVaQR93v9e--XDv7GvP-wGViOsF1VHDFR9-X2eFHioS-8oq29O9N-e8WD7s4-NuIiSKAuXiEP_vLi8QRajs59LQ6MJCbrchTBmnMwLWpkU5sqckrIjIU97xFDO5PBhZQ1O_Mebi3K6CbQW7aiUKuA8erlXY83M07BF-/s4032/20220930_224434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRVv-5PfGVZA_dyFC674N7RSVaQR93v9e--XDv7GvP-wGViOsF1VHDFR9-X2eFHioS-8oq29O9N-e8WD7s4-NuIiSKAuXiEP_vLi8QRajs59LQ6MJCbrchTBmnMwLWpkU5sqckrIjIU97xFDO5PBhZQ1O_Mebi3K6CbQW7aiUKuA8erlXY83M07BF-/w480-h640/20220930_224434.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueECh-aeRZ7wv86fAiiuBdzL9Fu4_Bh4B9Qen6l_dbPSJtriryjdjPkJZEt5yTAX4cQW2_udzSDvY6UshICzOgo4_Z-TVTs1YmastvxgozExbArI4OpvCuDL1a1KE_fjS8OlV27T6l0uW84a2sHE4dXohIwDS1o6mdOhfC4tJcmJ48sO-TaYau_T_/s4032/20220930_224618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjueECh-aeRZ7wv86fAiiuBdzL9Fu4_Bh4B9Qen6l_dbPSJtriryjdjPkJZEt5yTAX4cQW2_udzSDvY6UshICzOgo4_Z-TVTs1YmastvxgozExbArI4OpvCuDL1a1KE_fjS8OlV27T6l0uW84a2sHE4dXohIwDS1o6mdOhfC4tJcmJ48sO-TaYau_T_/w480-h640/20220930_224618.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Dinners like this are an experience, and each bite is an adventure. Highly recommend it if you are in London. The next day, we headed to the Tower of London for some souvenirs for our grandkids--they love getting postcards, but I found some interesting stocking stuffers for them, too. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3l2UO_HxPEL8p3TdQIyIWso1GrH5C2gbdn7f73dtibpFmnE6oUGSoRuUnIUNmKImPuUFKdiMp11ZY6jeimYERoL2cncCW_YyI5PcKH_F1Kbc77H-tudI2G0iCaym0mceEy83BR_8m6q3URObXgYDrS78nVFTXeHtLC4n4HCAYE4sM2ICR-5XfOzWu/s4032/20221001_145412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3l2UO_HxPEL8p3TdQIyIWso1GrH5C2gbdn7f73dtibpFmnE6oUGSoRuUnIUNmKImPuUFKdiMp11ZY6jeimYERoL2cncCW_YyI5PcKH_F1Kbc77H-tudI2G0iCaym0mceEy83BR_8m6q3URObXgYDrS78nVFTXeHtLC4n4HCAYE4sM2ICR-5XfOzWu/w640-h480/20221001_145412.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6oLNI9VaNgd_J3tAY_hXUw2ii_wNIRB3-MNb1WS4ngMpWyJGQglFFBLURXwluVt9sClnGeO_KHHFH6ZBrZj5mege8NUP_ev0y5FjK1jUmxL1-F1MUgyjzSgztr6HzqUTbsUpcztjwf5Fk1QQiQeZI2r2rGY5_2s4b_ngBF-nqQhKAQw-D9DDsSsS/s3692/20221001_145505.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2769" data-original-width="3692" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj6oLNI9VaNgd_J3tAY_hXUw2ii_wNIRB3-MNb1WS4ngMpWyJGQglFFBLURXwluVt9sClnGeO_KHHFH6ZBrZj5mege8NUP_ev0y5FjK1jUmxL1-F1MUgyjzSgztr6HzqUTbsUpcztjwf5Fk1QQiQeZI2r2rGY5_2s4b_ngBF-nqQhKAQw-D9DDsSsS/w640-h480/20221001_145505.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We used the Uber boats on the Thames for transport while we were there. That night we headed to Greenwich which is where the Bocelli concert was being held. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVtInQdpXvSNn4MoM2_YkDVg1DI0x69jkOFE_7OTWVrQF8kcUaw0yqRmn8wtKXlWcyESE0tM1fnWtfxP-u3fuu1GNFMlMEPf-nnahoFDrnJZOoiDUewIA7sYHbB7wq882cEk4RmmI2huRZpw554H-K8dg5w4ITN8GSzSpzy4tl7m4sliIq7DS_uXs/s4032/20220930_143520.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVtInQdpXvSNn4MoM2_YkDVg1DI0x69jkOFE_7OTWVrQF8kcUaw0yqRmn8wtKXlWcyESE0tM1fnWtfxP-u3fuu1GNFMlMEPf-nnahoFDrnJZOoiDUewIA7sYHbB7wq882cEk4RmmI2huRZpw554H-K8dg5w4ITN8GSzSpzy4tl7m4sliIq7DS_uXs/w640-h480/20220930_143520.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Heading down the river, we got to the Greenwich North station. The 02 arena is quite the place; lots of restaurants, bars, and then the arena. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduxW9JTlcWYO2irrMdcn8o5jx1LYx_lwcQzJSeudIci7JvtCMmrPWVSiOTqyLltnCFaPri9CotoGGu3wqR50lNQSEYjUQ-YkJ63LuwifpokHZGOHul3RmDFEb9r84rhxqxjsSmE9xIkYXWELh6NNTVI3cxytBcg1PwDdAZ-sNuAc--2hnQGP6cMO1/s4032/20221001_183445.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjduxW9JTlcWYO2irrMdcn8o5jx1LYx_lwcQzJSeudIci7JvtCMmrPWVSiOTqyLltnCFaPri9CotoGGu3wqR50lNQSEYjUQ-YkJ63LuwifpokHZGOHul3RmDFEb9r84rhxqxjsSmE9xIkYXWELh6NNTVI3cxytBcg1PwDdAZ-sNuAc--2hnQGP6cMO1/w640-h480/20221001_183445.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I'm kind of a follow-directions girl, when we were told to turn off our cell phones and not record during the concert, this is the only photo I took. The concert was beautiful; I will say that I think Andrea is slowing down (he'd done 9 concerts in the UK when we saw him) he's turned some of the program over to other performers, along with his son Matteo and his daughter. We were sitting next to a group of women with their mums (in their 90's) They had waited 2 years to see this concert since it was postponed due to Covid. They were treated to 3 encores, and we felt it was a trip worth taking. We are on to our happy place in Spello for 3 weeks, and then a week in Puglia with our friends. I hope you'll join us as I blog along with some adventures. <i>Cheerio!</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-36995686838680664852022-10-09T07:39:00.000-07:002022-10-09T07:39:33.126-07:00Lux Row, Evan Williams, and Louisville Sluggers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoJAJzE4j1KIaZo2Sgw2j08Kj6zGTH6b7Vu3OezPEn4ne5K_3NkkPl7MDcs5HFaw4Oz6xG5hb9vafYnCljn57KhUIKOBrQU_HRfMybTgLf8zOOPfWvx4jCkRl0QFRCI9GzGvgRm8nJiI3iPztfE_xrSWTe2akIPg8ywRXtHucu-yKaAP6UK7zbSZI/s4032/20220920_095020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoJAJzE4j1KIaZo2Sgw2j08Kj6zGTH6b7Vu3OezPEn4ne5K_3NkkPl7MDcs5HFaw4Oz6xG5hb9vafYnCljn57KhUIKOBrQU_HRfMybTgLf8zOOPfWvx4jCkRl0QFRCI9GzGvgRm8nJiI3iPztfE_xrSWTe2akIPg8ywRXtHucu-yKaAP6UK7zbSZI/w640-h480/20220920_095020.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://luxrowdistillers.com/" target="_blank">Lux Row</a> distillers are new to the bourbon trail, but its history dates back to the 1800's. They make five different bourbons here on site, Rebel, Ezra Brooks, David Nicholson, Davies County, and Blood Oath. The facility here is modern, and the tour takes you through the distilling process, with the ubiquitous Bourbon tasting at the end in a lovely tasting room. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPSX_jskeG_G89fh4P9AppgJAl-zaY2uM81GLwYFdn4DX_VdWSjMRcs6uVWWM00eH1SBK84WxfLMl1jYbYGVdzt4lXlRpI0SAo-j6C3eWHnClT5jd6zQ4Y52J1oKpctPh3bK4SfRlDdPmGcu2Lr_J3vUf-d1U815UsaMDFqSRo-BUp7HK1TK5Ba5M/s4406/P1120699.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3308" data-original-width="4406" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPSX_jskeG_G89fh4P9AppgJAl-zaY2uM81GLwYFdn4DX_VdWSjMRcs6uVWWM00eH1SBK84WxfLMl1jYbYGVdzt4lXlRpI0SAo-j6C3eWHnClT5jd6zQ4Y52J1oKpctPh3bK4SfRlDdPmGcu2Lr_J3vUf-d1U815UsaMDFqSRo-BUp7HK1TK5Ba5M/w640-h480/P1120699.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijB7OJBiEfWQfJ4QzFid3h7GYm1P5_Z-t-B4-iNs83R11V0HK7w4_P196tvA1gyoCouPax3-rCZeID09dsFZYKAxzsPVaTIYISv--V6kppDLzmprjGDNC1G1Qf1s19-5IpqGCWE4VHR3CJMqFt0-e45tW4cbvcCIPjRpb29DlTURiApWCl5JwGOkC-/s4592/P1120700.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Each one has its own flavor, and ambiance, and they do hospitality well. Now we are off to Louisville and <a href="https://evanwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Evan Williams. </a></span><div><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Located along the river in downtown Louisville, Evans Williams is part of the Heaven Hill Distillery group. <span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Evan Williams, a Welsh immigrant came to the United States towards the end of the 18th century. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: trebuchet;">Williams settled in Kentucky and began distilling in 1783, in Louisville,
Kentucky. A historical marker in Louisville marks the site as Kentucky's
first commercial distillery. Williams was the first wharf master of Louisville
in 1797. The modern brand was introduced
in 1957.</span><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 6.0pt; margin: 6pt 0in;"><span style="color: #202122;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2oa3cj3GqxhI3WTRDc6czMri6U2itu4ZE5XIA6xpoZUnP0hlo9-sFjoBT9xs0h4GiSL0PdpvdJH7Wj2ikgu38L7RdenkCghcx0G0gWpU_pqUzLy-G6-qfZrbpb-Gf5LGe3r74qYP7oApbCwOeuCvBLCuC0gFwU39T3fEnI9GZ_9IfCnt72Z1yWr9/s4032/20220920_165654.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR2oa3cj3GqxhI3WTRDc6czMri6U2itu4ZE5XIA6xpoZUnP0hlo9-sFjoBT9xs0h4GiSL0PdpvdJH7Wj2ikgu38L7RdenkCghcx0G0gWpU_pqUzLy-G6-qfZrbpb-Gf5LGe3r74qYP7oApbCwOeuCvBLCuC0gFwU39T3fEnI9GZ_9IfCnt72Z1yWr9/w480-h640/20220920_165654.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Heading down the street, we came to the Louisville Slugger museum. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXrj4WKOk_aBs826H7Pv1a8y1ea1E8KnmZAm8YCMSHrD5vkKl5VuVnF09s1-TAESUpKapYvGVcF5jmlDLx2RaWprcgyccStTG0B0X-qgR4de3jw-a_wRhrFxoy08y2ShoPkI6FAK3QruIHyqvMTXhdVCNgvspihzvio9NUc_uk1VjIMvXpVAhfZDO/s4032/20220921_092756.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLXrj4WKOk_aBs826H7Pv1a8y1ea1E8KnmZAm8YCMSHrD5vkKl5VuVnF09s1-TAESUpKapYvGVcF5jmlDLx2RaWprcgyccStTG0B0X-qgR4de3jw-a_wRhrFxoy08y2ShoPkI6FAK3QruIHyqvMTXhdVCNgvspihzvio9NUc_uk1VjIMvXpVAhfZDO/w480-h640/20220921_092756.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lots and lots of bats</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Having grown up as a Red Sox fan and now a Padres fan, it was fun to see the bats belonging to baseball greats. These are special bats designed by the players for the all-star game. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWb4UUQJ1h8KByqTW3qwWSfrQ2pMYIJ4fGM3BgkkMYh5qVQKuNerTRznnVhyCvPjFLrIyUesr1TIFr_tNQ-hy1BNXudO7GRw0gvaEtEW-UTqbUSsDv81VVchJsKtLgyJ1iFIlX4z9S1BVEbFxSXvhf7dSqohqKz76Yrq8RGJWisL9o1ATDXJ_f7Uq/s4032/20220921_122156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFWb4UUQJ1h8KByqTW3qwWSfrQ2pMYIJ4fGM3BgkkMYh5qVQKuNerTRznnVhyCvPjFLrIyUesr1TIFr_tNQ-hy1BNXudO7GRw0gvaEtEW-UTqbUSsDv81VVchJsKtLgyJ1iFIlX4z9S1BVEbFxSXvhf7dSqohqKz76Yrq8RGJWisL9o1ATDXJ_f7Uq/w480-h640/20220921_122156.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Downtown Louisville</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So, all in all, this was a great 4 days in a beautiful state (who knew?) and the history of the Bourbon distillers was really interesting. If you are a Bourbon lover, it's a great trip to take. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Kentucky, you are a stunner. Cheers!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><br /> </p></div>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-21167168511590966962022-10-09T04:08:00.001-07:002022-10-09T04:08:19.137-07:00Woodford Reserve and Maker's Mark<div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1GAQsN4sLJEvu_g5Glg7yAXhZ8hcxHVifUKDJUv_oJ-cyp4VDef99yS2GX1NsK6LqUUszRCd-dymuNFi8n8Bs5rw8NzzaSCuUUSBld1z3v5icn4LgUXI1TaT2N8uyYLTaj4PT3A-barvya_A4vje8DRzM8F9DpUnt8tcw6cOPWR5rrqaRCHFcQfJG/s4290/P1120607.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3221" data-original-width="4290" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1GAQsN4sLJEvu_g5Glg7yAXhZ8hcxHVifUKDJUv_oJ-cyp4VDef99yS2GX1NsK6LqUUszRCd-dymuNFi8n8Bs5rw8NzzaSCuUUSBld1z3v5icn4LgUXI1TaT2N8uyYLTaj4PT3A-barvya_A4vje8DRzM8F9DpUnt8tcw6cOPWR5rrqaRCHFcQfJG/w640-h480/P1120607.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Another Day another Bourbon tasting!<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Day 2 has brought us to the beautiful <a href="https://www.woodfordreserve.com/" target="_blank">Woodford Reserve </a>distillery. Woodford was founded in 1996 by the conglomerate Brown-Forman. Originally founded as the Old Oscar Pepper Distillery in 1812. The site has not been a continuously operational distillery since then.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">Oscar Pepper died in 1867 the distillery was passed to his son J</span><span style="color: black;">ames Pepper<span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">The Pepper family sold the property to Leopold Labrot and James Graham in 1878, who owned and operated it (except during P</span>rohibition<span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">) until it was sold to <a href="https://www.brown-forman.com/" target="_blank">Brown-Forman</a> in</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"> 1941. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet;">Brown-Forman operated it until the late 1960s, then sold the property and its accompanying acreage to a local farmer. 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Every so often the dipper will dip deeper into the wax and create a unique, larger seal on the bottle. 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We are off to Louisville, two more distilleries, and the Louisville Slugger museum. Cheers!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><p> <br /></p></div>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-13155809667263113452022-10-06T06:28:00.000-07:002022-10-06T06:28:58.871-07:00Bourbon, Thoroughbreds, and Bourbon Balls<p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XjZhy3Keqb_22aFYzoNkuLaW8SrdNnffro1KK7cUPmBD9Mh4r1cJhbNfT9-7fbZ6p_FJ6N7NAz_1OWt-_YCKpg58Y_DqaIDYDQFSIyyKBz1J1jHn8_FsOpknBn7O99FnH4WIEShN-tnW6IjJoxqpKxPxfCdqwEMyurO56J_ciJ2XpSvp7P_vFOXr/s4172/P1120506%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3317" data-original-width="4172" height="508" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9XjZhy3Keqb_22aFYzoNkuLaW8SrdNnffro1KK7cUPmBD9Mh4r1cJhbNfT9-7fbZ6p_FJ6N7NAz_1OWt-_YCKpg58Y_DqaIDYDQFSIyyKBz1J1jHn8_FsOpknBn7O99FnH4WIEShN-tnW6IjJoxqpKxPxfCdqwEMyurO56J_ciJ2XpSvp7P_vFOXr/w640-h508/P1120506%20(2).JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">When a friend offers to guide you on the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky, you take him up on his offer. Along with our bourbon-loving friends from San Diego, we arrived in Louisville and headed to the capital of Kentucky, Frankfort for the night. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Up bright and early the next morning for a tour/tasting at <a href="https://www.buffalotracedistillery.com/" target="_blank">Buffalo Trace distillery</a>. Situated along a river, the distilleries all emphasize the importance of the water here in Kentucky (which is delicious) since the springs come up through Limestone without any iron or other minerals, to give the Bourbon a pure taste. 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I kept pouring my tasting bourbon into our friend's glass since he's the connoisseur. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWovj4OYyVmuGDnZ1_qBdxe2a2CAi5zc3GMiK8Y79yun3xX63yo14hQGM0P-Rn5ivm20AD-mAJPZ5-D89ZSr_BtCy7ikE9WR2i7l5GZdH68AJPOYWGBlkCpip7pvGY72UngzE624lMTwreFR0LDx2FpywH4aa1Ogd7dJmwCz0_2hml0pdBcWHS2n2/s4592/P1120574.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3448" data-original-width="4592" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglWovj4OYyVmuGDnZ1_qBdxe2a2CAi5zc3GMiK8Y79yun3xX63yo14hQGM0P-Rn5ivm20AD-mAJPZ5-D89ZSr_BtCy7ikE9WR2i7l5GZdH68AJPOYWGBlkCpip7pvGY72UngzE624lMTwreFR0LDx2FpywH4aa1Ogd7dJmwCz0_2hml0pdBcWHS2n2/w640-h480/P1120574.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Leaving Buffalo Trace, we headed to</span><a href="https://www.visitsunvalleymares.com/" style="text-align: center;" target="_blank"> Sun Valley Farm</a><span style="text-align: center;">, a thoroughbred</span><span style="color: #100f0f; font-family: Georgia, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fafafa; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0.38px;"> </span></span><span style="text-align: center;">nursery, raising and selling horses worldwise. 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This family loves every one of the horses they raise and we loved the tour. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Our surprise this day is that Kentucky is a stunner; the countryside, and the beauty here is not what we were expecting. I'd taught in Louisville 30 years ago, but really never got out of Louisville, I'm so glad we did this day. We are on to Woodford and Makers Mark tomorrow. But first, there are Bourbon balls!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: center;">Ruth Boos bourbon balls are legend in Frankfort, Kentucky. 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Cheers for now. <br /><br /></span></div>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-3375451793367042332022-01-18T14:08:00.000-08:002022-01-18T14:08:04.357-08:00Visiting Paolo Bea Winery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Among wine lovers, <a href="http://www.paolobea.com/" target="_blank">Paola Bea winery</a> is talked about in hushed tones; an all-natural, organic, biodynamic winery outside of Montefalco the heart of the Umbrian wine-growing region. Arriving in Montefalco in the 15th century, the Bea family has been farming organically and biodynamically since then. <div>Bea is famous worldwide for its small production of indigenous Umbrian wines: Trebbiano Spoletino, Sagrantino and Grechetto. Each bottle is numbered, and the labels are handwritten to explain the processing of the vintage. <div><div><div>Securing a tour is considered an honor (arranged by the Angelini family at <a href="http://www.enoteche.it" target="_blank">Enoteca Properzio</a>), and we definitely felt special getting a tour with Paolo's son Giampiero. We arrived at the winery at 10 a.m. and were taken into the room where they were sorting and drying the grapes for the <i>passito </i>(or dessert wine) 100% Sagrantino, the indigenous grapes of Umbria. The smell is intoxicating. The grapes are dried to a raisin-like state in this open air room, then hand pressed and allowed to ferment before they are aged in steel tanks.</div><div> <br />
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All of the grapes are picked and sorted by hand. Each day Giampiero goes to the vineyard and selects the grapes to be picked that day.
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUfwV5Is9nv-bd_4x2gnL-8e5l3RrJMRmdswWPl7jCHVNd36dLyZmDSolNd_sDi-FQdIxBgIWSID7R7HDb9TCmG6-foN514fQar2twR1rvQJGYEGGZZhtNPpbT9sufdX4uoXmDk68Eus/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="487" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTUfwV5Is9nv-bd_4x2gnL-8e5l3RrJMRmdswWPl7jCHVNd36dLyZmDSolNd_sDi-FQdIxBgIWSID7R7HDb9TCmG6-foN514fQar2twR1rvQJGYEGGZZhtNPpbT9sufdX4uoXmDk68Eus/w360-h640/image.png" width="360" /></a></div>Accompanied by local cured meats, and cheeses, our wine tasting was an education in the complexities, flavor and aromas of these beautiful, carefully crafted wines. When describing the fermentation, and aging processes, again and again we heard the phrase, <i>piano, piano</i>, which I remember my Nonna saying to me, meaning easy, easy---or wait and see. This type of wine making depends on the winemakers' philosophy and techniques, as well as their willingness to take risks and use grapes that we might not otherwise think about. I cheer on these risk takers, since their livelihoods depend on their ability to blend and age the perfect pour. Small vineyards like Bea dot the hillsides of every region in Italy, and are not to be missed. </div><div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBOdpIXRZfu87xasWEHrlSOKJo-mjGnCo4Hh6SU03q0ZWQDIhUy8EiKxgJz0U_M9JaSDO1m-hl46xHuOe1dTk8eVZGeWLzx5_VJtNjQjGsCcP1ADg4g7xZhFjrCIXQvUXQco1UjvOYss/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1652" data-original-width="1652" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBOdpIXRZfu87xasWEHrlSOKJo-mjGnCo4Hh6SU03q0ZWQDIhUy8EiKxgJz0U_M9JaSDO1m-hl46xHuOe1dTk8eVZGeWLzx5_VJtNjQjGsCcP1ADg4g7xZhFjrCIXQvUXQco1UjvOYss/w640-h640/image.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giampiero Bea's Trebbiano Spoletino white wine is a new label for the Bea winery, the grapes stay on the skin for a month after the pressing. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVOiG39hqoCLz6XOBFuojUKn1ORwMPwz6x5pIo3bNxv26c-czHmk2hJSuIg0UDrKITUZoQ1ZTqlTs6AoESJJl9P9G48EJLjSAPtCikttRJtwtJWD_dNGuUjDXnop2IZHdb7h994TsU-s/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="650" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVOiG39hqoCLz6XOBFuojUKn1ORwMPwz6x5pIo3bNxv26c-czHmk2hJSuIg0UDrKITUZoQ1ZTqlTs6AoESJJl9P9G48EJLjSAPtCikttRJtwtJWD_dNGuUjDXnop2IZHdb7h994TsU-s/w480-h640/image.png" width="480" /></a></div><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>And, of course, no organic farm would be complete without an olive grove, and the oil here is spectacular. Bright golden green, with hints of grass and mineral when poured over toasted bread or drizzled over fresh pasta with black truffles, Umbrian olive oil will brighten any dish. . </div><div>With Covid still an issue for travel, and visiting, it's always a good idea to make a reservation for a tasting wherever you go in Italy. Wine tasting in Italy is a lovely day spent in the company of people who are passionate about what they do and their passion is shown in the products that they serve. Grateful to have had this experience at Bea. <i>Ciao for now. </i><br /><br /><br /></div></div></div></div>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-62509906311471674792021-11-21T16:37:00.001-08:002021-12-28T17:10:21.107-08:00Falling in Love with Barolo and Barbera di Alba<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwcYjR-5J5e1ZRCFrXB1kv6U_i2GQsQ1V_BPZ-SWnszF2DNU7I6bEIsFsEAU7I0_qPW8n4nTzBKyDu294QEjg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> The north of Italy is filled with heart-stopping vistas, amazing foods, and spectacular wines. Traveling north from Umbria, my friends and I settled in Canelli in the Asti region at an exceptional Airbnb property situated at the top of Moscato di Asti vineyards. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJiJkGQN5fEdXy8wOHQqOLj3Wr1eGg9LQicZlqZ6VbH1Vicbi8gxUz_nEXTtmISKHJdQ28qy5UpXuysahUeLdFpKqHSeLbpWokiWJl7xluYXGqkvth4V7X-9Ex9SHhIFcUoqqrz6PsvE/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1155" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJiJkGQN5fEdXy8wOHQqOLj3Wr1eGg9LQicZlqZ6VbH1Vicbi8gxUz_nEXTtmISKHJdQ28qy5UpXuysahUeLdFpKqHSeLbpWokiWJl7xluYXGqkvth4V7X-9Ex9SHhIFcUoqqrz6PsvE/w640-h480/image.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We knew we wanted to sample Barolo, Barbera, Barbaresco, and Moscato, and arranged tastings/tours for just that. Our first stop was at a large producer, Ceretto, to see their operation, but not to taste. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlM_kYuMaZcXzMRwD52E7O3TzD3w-L1htp3fA6mjJjul4h1v7f564C1MfoZekSrfY5bLLvFYGtehruBDwNeHRcSenaxpA6vqwR7Urx2AtKPuxFIpdHWtGo3GGKgHQryKmnHH3WRHEPKQI/s4032/20211021_102422.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlM_kYuMaZcXzMRwD52E7O3TzD3w-L1htp3fA6mjJjul4h1v7f564C1MfoZekSrfY5bLLvFYGtehruBDwNeHRcSenaxpA6vqwR7Urx2AtKPuxFIpdHWtGo3GGKgHQryKmnHH3WRHEPKQI/w640-h480/20211021_102422.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMaBPIjdzWcc2QH4NZEdq2AS24xjT4QB2Q0MEWK6y-e1jOHu3WroyjgSnQE5aycNLUX1HbpK1R40MLpzSV98Uo5K_MlEiB5hC_z6cvzinJgE8T8rT9UrJ0ZD54phjyiPu_gkxQUUDXFE/s4032/20211021_102610.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5CfK6MwSLjKWOhkO99LsBf0Rh0Aqmr-5T3zrLYgDeIB0hge5lOOzCU2rqLSfSngubhwNYtdkBW8L63CdGyQC937TzeQTVrUicRlGKAVVT88KBGP10-BliT7UYork21KVKASYW8chmxfU/w480-h640/20211021_103641.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is kind of the back to the future wine making, aging it in amphora the way the Egyptians and Romans made their wines. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5SvqmS3koeA-VIHznENtBc0IR4dWq3ROXeM0rdqoBxmHhtFkkijHv8kxqwlaRqv78upjbFmAo6R1PR4AoCGtWzJFBhYUzPgVn0p_6vrj1PAlC4qMMgA3UzN_w_I38xbkFNtVLJRPU8I/s4032/20211021_111018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw5SvqmS3koeA-VIHznENtBc0IR4dWq3ROXeM0rdqoBxmHhtFkkijHv8kxqwlaRqv78upjbFmAo6R1PR4AoCGtWzJFBhYUzPgVn0p_6vrj1PAlC4qMMgA3UzN_w_I38xbkFNtVLJRPU8I/w640-h480/20211021_111018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Driving up the hill to the winery, we were again, stunned by the surrounding beauty on every hill covered with vineyards. Italian wineries are quite different from any in the US: they are usually much older, passed from generation to generation, with the younger generation taking the helm and expanding production and marketing to all corners of the globe. Proud histories fill the hallways, with photos of past generations, and the next generation. </div><div style="text-align: left;">In Sordo we tasted, Barolo, Barbera, and Sauvignon Blanc. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMksdHIX6cLnm1lYFfWTydyfsjj7ST41-e5wil287erDiZyB2k8fnfv7tjHIr5g487XlfOkTWvSgOvptvGnBF8CU_wvTiKQ7SQjZwKmSNa3wfd8uJfLq4NXLa9ro_SoQfgjy6fLPyv3KU/s4032/20211021_111526.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMksdHIX6cLnm1lYFfWTydyfsjj7ST41-e5wil287erDiZyB2k8fnfv7tjHIr5g487XlfOkTWvSgOvptvGnBF8CU_wvTiKQ7SQjZwKmSNa3wfd8uJfLq4NXLa9ro_SoQfgjy6fLPyv3KU/w640-h480/20211021_111526.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_5DyvbH5Gy8xNhV89pod-O2DUg6UwZ0_IHZ83CcBVB1VPSEbg2dq6Ik6IKhqrHLdQBYDZfeuvsAwNTP6cgnYKWkQBP-FQr8jkHEefFTxoyY7SDaoAjdIuEvIzxVvT17wUH58puEuUTM8/s4032/20211021_111850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOX8U5COYZX9qygKP_ceF1ppdrRy5v126Hb3ggWOAQGombNPWhvit6FN55rk6h8WNLN8OA9J41KZ5vI5J8wqau2JEKcOa1SoFEvY1ZAYPamX2paH1pPfxlalXGsKtE_zJigPF76AzrXA/w640-h480/20211021_113110.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">As with any tour, lunchtime approached and we headed off to Castiglione Falletto and the amazing <a href="https://cantinacastiglionefalletto.it/" target="_blank">Cantina della Cantina Comunale. </a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwT6cs_uVH56RGFU11j-HcTtZoUOSaZgJBQLlRy_BMggXuuOUI-TWJdOa6stujZvkkuX03BCMSohlMntWA4dg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This is the view from the terrace. There are many places in this world where the view is better than the food, but here, the food was exceptional. We tried the local specialty pasta, Plin, and a brassato of beef simmered for 36 hours in Barolo. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgCqiD3l8nNoVyE05M4QnXfmHDcIzm5U4HPcNa7eLGZpKEdSaFxO9yYI_4n4DddjIfX006__x0qiCkxfrL46luCFyIkKCa9ZfxJXE-iIFPbdHVi2Z-9RNa4ZXCisJa1mS5y3D4mqjoE0/s2048/20211021_134612.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBgCqiD3l8nNoVyE05M4QnXfmHDcIzm5U4HPcNa7eLGZpKEdSaFxO9yYI_4n4DddjIfX006__x0qiCkxfrL46luCFyIkKCa9ZfxJXE-iIFPbdHVi2Z-9RNa4ZXCisJa1mS5y3D4mqjoE0/w480-h640/20211021_134612.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plin</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclFqadRiz4qCp0MlV4XCUHb-2RTAn3m9RcnLx6RMDw1wDrs41_JYGjt23jFWdugwLBaYIQZoGphRm4mZ4B_cKH6cIpmUC0Du33Znm0JNrTA1RaxncEuvT4Mv6vdqP3OpEzvj363v4tgY/s2048/20211021_141116.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgclFqadRiz4qCp0MlV4XCUHb-2RTAn3m9RcnLx6RMDw1wDrs41_JYGjt23jFWdugwLBaYIQZoGphRm4mZ4B_cKH6cIpmUC0Du33Znm0JNrTA1RaxncEuvT4Mv6vdqP3OpEzvj363v4tgY/w640-h480/20211021_141116.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brassato</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gmCpmYZN9Rdo4INjn2eHBi46Vwe55SswCUW0RT0GbNfjGQs23A2cBD4RtDSnOZIymaxBE1ws1iNrDum-0NeG4RCMjKF4UWioxzjEUsy-REH_jyWwnRlY-egOCH28Ob8Hn_DVGMrdoSk/s2048/20211021_141120.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3gmCpmYZN9Rdo4INjn2eHBi46Vwe55SswCUW0RT0GbNfjGQs23A2cBD4RtDSnOZIymaxBE1ws1iNrDum-0NeG4RCMjKF4UWioxzjEUsy-REH_jyWwnRlY-egOCH28Ob8Hn_DVGMrdoSk/w640-h480/20211021_141120.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guinea fowl</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRpNuBX0Yq3pFB3zU-T0LKi4vSPCHOctkJooQwiZT65wTRoB9HB-WvhShEHufImBYqTGAGn8pNb8UInBL7uBQmk2PsgYjk-gVDJJkNGZ4ri2hiZnmZz0VZYyFtDfC7YkkKmm4J5EPxyQ/s4032/20211021_143325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaRpNuBX0Yq3pFB3zU-T0LKi4vSPCHOctkJooQwiZT65wTRoB9HB-WvhShEHufImBYqTGAGn8pNb8UInBL7uBQmk2PsgYjk-gVDJJkNGZ4ri2hiZnmZz0VZYyFtDfC7YkkKmm4J5EPxyQ/w640-h480/20211021_143325.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjP2pMrv7xrGgRw-5j5Nb5gG9uK5XbdsbJvFNaC8lzBocbhhX0BlVvqsiqmIuShyktNDQoK15sALEu_xS9Yal7D46dRgBMFzIUEG9EmkZZmRUiTzq8aEZ76cnuWb7YdLrWMzf6BGeSB14/s4032/20211021_145024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjP2pMrv7xrGgRw-5j5Nb5gG9uK5XbdsbJvFNaC8lzBocbhhX0BlVvqsiqmIuShyktNDQoK15sALEu_xS9Yal7D46dRgBMFzIUEG9EmkZZmRUiTzq8aEZ76cnuWb7YdLrWMzf6BGeSB14/w480-h640/20211021_145024.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div>When you are in the land of hazelnuts, you order a hazelnut panna cotta with chocolate sauce, and salted caramel hazelnuts, am I right?</div><div>After lunch, it's on to our last tasting at <a href="http://www.massolino.it/en/" target="_blank">Massolino</a>, another family-owned winery located here for over 100 years. Again, Barolo and Barbera are the stars here. The Nebbiolo grape grows well here, in this region and the Italian word for fog is <i>nebbia</i>...it is foggy here, and that helps the grapes as they mature. <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPHG8k1lpVnxXEkQifTL9L99O4759PsMl13UH23JhEEPxNoCRIuvTn2zVFwEM8CQrxbkTwGHy72MdTZgCPsLGnYNRcFNQoUjmqexzLbshZQbl2f6YQ7vutzwHy-6FLxhmf4nZc7jVyPo/s4032/20211021_162733.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJPHG8k1lpVnxXEkQifTL9L99O4759PsMl13UH23JhEEPxNoCRIuvTn2zVFwEM8CQrxbkTwGHy72MdTZgCPsLGnYNRcFNQoUjmqexzLbshZQbl2f6YQ7vutzwHy-6FLxhmf4nZc7jVyPo/w480-h640/20211021_162733.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2UEkZxC1lm_2QHGgHOu0WSroOiruVLsL-dL99xOrjpN-qTbCud74jo5M7u1666ezyyJ4XVJsNEjJb92W18EYAkB-TWdQdRQe5GjAkWF5HemB3Ah6A8o6wd4UmLnOeVLr0i9X0en20l8/s4032/20211021_153420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic2UEkZxC1lm_2QHGgHOu0WSroOiruVLsL-dL99xOrjpN-qTbCud74jo5M7u1666ezyyJ4XVJsNEjJb92W18EYAkB-TWdQdRQe5GjAkWF5HemB3Ah6A8o6wd4UmLnOeVLr0i9X0en20l8/w480-h640/20211021_153420.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ylU57tdmZP6tlPx3iuEzWexJQefqN_SvIBZVavZ9FUpr48hPgMvhj_J9Dm3aklAmINwH2Robd8-y_54sVmlXTHWEH5onyRXx4iwiD4Bug2ZaPBP9BJ3c31HJ-tPdO2fa7U6im2-N99I/s4032/20211021_153351.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ylU57tdmZP6tlPx3iuEzWexJQefqN_SvIBZVavZ9FUpr48hPgMvhj_J9Dm3aklAmINwH2Robd8-y_54sVmlXTHWEH5onyRXx4iwiD4Bug2ZaPBP9BJ3c31HJ-tPdO2fa7U6im2-N99I/w640-h480/20211021_153351.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /></div><div>While we visited each winery, they were still busy crushing the red grapes. The whites had been picked (all by hand) and processed in August. Fall had come to the Langhe region and it was cooling off considerably. Several mornings were in the 30's when we woke up and it was foggy. Having explored the Alba region it was time to head back to Canelli and explore the Asti region. <i>Ciao for now.</i></div><div><br /></div>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-77087024312794092672021-11-21T14:59:00.002-08:002021-11-21T14:59:53.054-08:00Adventures in Umbria<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmDEEX-EZczh63MjConOYXWG2h05cjWWhLSMjKxTYb7UIHeUJoe8d3LWLOOC89mMyyfi40Rl6B-P_fANYNBwwzyXwjpSCFTW0KIB_RSpaawWe66SZ863I65pUS32dAmu-lCZllk-beM4/s4032/20210919_133813.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghmDEEX-EZczh63MjConOYXWG2h05cjWWhLSMjKxTYb7UIHeUJoe8d3LWLOOC89mMyyfi40Rl6B-P_fANYNBwwzyXwjpSCFTW0KIB_RSpaawWe66SZ863I65pUS32dAmu-lCZllk-beM4/w480-h640/20210919_133813.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><p> Dr. C. and I spent 6 weeks in Spello this fall, and had some lovely adventures. On my birthday we went to one of my <a href="https://www.ristorantealchimista.it/" target="_blank">favorite restaurants </a>in Montefalco, and then had the privilege of going to visit the <a href="https://www.tilivini.com/" target="_blank">Tili Vineyard </a>for a wine tasting and chat with Anna Laura and Maria Palma Tili. I can't think of a better way to have spent the day. Our family at <a href="http://www.enoteche.it" target="_blank">Enoteca Properzio</a> arranged the wine tasting, which took place at the top of the hill outside of Spello. Known for its beautifully crafted organic wines, Tili also presses its olives for olive oil, which was delicious. Over 20 years ago, we first tasted their Sacreterre, and fell in love with its complexity and flavor. </p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFrL3i5KMUx4Cc3mJ1eqN2LbohRwYIJDtiXquAQ1SKfGByPv18u-NfJyZmYqXhjk6NfEHqgA7Lc1c_96xAVjQ9U1HDDldWKmuZ90tn7shBe1_UCLCpBMbPP7Oxdq_04PDFmkxvcP683s/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFrL3i5KMUx4Cc3mJ1eqN2LbohRwYIJDtiXquAQ1SKfGByPv18u-NfJyZmYqXhjk6NfEHqgA7Lc1c_96xAVjQ9U1HDDldWKmuZ90tn7shBe1_UCLCpBMbPP7Oxdq_04PDFmkxvcP683s/w640-h426/image.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L-R: Anna Laura, Maria Palma, Marco, Pietro</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Situated halfway up Mount Subasio, the sacred mountain of St. Francis, the views over the valley are spectacular. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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If you haven't tasted Grecchetto, an indigenous white grape to Umbria, you need to try this one. It is superb. </span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We tasted wines, along with cheese, salumi and bread from the region. Pairing the products of the region with the wines is the ultimate marriage. The Italians consider wine to be food, and so it should complement whatever you are serving. We ended our day with this beautiful sunset over the valley and promises to return next year. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiifX9MmUukG-J2l7BcFphmUF-uNalevvpUXuLRwe417AW6PD0-rHXyfjKmTJFuj93BIY1WjKcEu633c8xVRFTIhe5N9YR33ySZ-xI5iySeNj9EHDFnVrW50aBSCuY3p_09wu04qEYswE/s2048/20210929_171118+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiifX9MmUukG-J2l7BcFphmUF-uNalevvpUXuLRwe417AW6PD0-rHXyfjKmTJFuj93BIY1WjKcEu633c8xVRFTIhe5N9YR33ySZ-xI5iySeNj9EHDFnVrW50aBSCuY3p_09wu04qEYswE/w640-h480/20210929_171118+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphbVegb-xmC3FfKMJlGDO4t4OqiVaESLW0dAK6_6QYaS1XSEyV5fZbROQCSKtPnAcO_EJyftlZxeWz_75T8ChRDZBLU9ag_zXKDv52euGV4EEJRWXlD5tqkEnBTB_cmE_46ljnvMtz80/s2048/20210929_183427+%25281%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphbVegb-xmC3FfKMJlGDO4t4OqiVaESLW0dAK6_6QYaS1XSEyV5fZbROQCSKtPnAcO_EJyftlZxeWz_75T8ChRDZBLU9ag_zXKDv52euGV4EEJRWXlD5tqkEnBTB_cmE_46ljnvMtz80/w640-h480/20210929_183427+%25281%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><i>Grazie </i><a href="https://www.tilivini.com/" target="_blank">Tili Vini</a>, and <a href="http://enoteche.it" target="_blank">Enoteca Properzio</a> for the invitation. It was a magical day. </div>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-10974764635991916432021-09-17T06:26:00.003-07:002021-09-17T06:26:43.100-07:00When in Rome<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFV6BQuuwuMFwkpfn7LZPjVSU_8ZQKCYWHkhResEWYStd1omKqIfoV7bJ3Dt5GFrinVPuW9hedr_GlqQ0UmS_ja5gZse97yNEwN4vtfi4Re1tHRwx0IU3Lnrjk10aWT2EPI0jQ5-f41wc/s4032/20210915_093325.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFV6BQuuwuMFwkpfn7LZPjVSU_8ZQKCYWHkhResEWYStd1omKqIfoV7bJ3Dt5GFrinVPuW9hedr_GlqQ0UmS_ja5gZse97yNEwN4vtfi4Re1tHRwx0IU3Lnrjk10aWT2EPI0jQ5-f41wc/w640-h480/20210915_093325.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Rome is one of the most beautiful cities I have ever visited. Each time we come, I am grateful that we are able to travel and to enjoy this beautiful, chaotic, delicious and noisy place. We are here with our son and his girlfriend and they are touring the "must-sees" like the Colosseum and the Vatican, while Dr. C. and I are nursing jet lag. We leave tomorrow for Spello, and can't wait to reunite with friends, and friends who are family there. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Eating our way through Rome is my favorite pastime, going to old favorites and taking a chance on new restaurants we've not been to. Breakfast is coffee and cornetto at the <a href="https://www.fiorentina1942.com/" target="_blank">local bar</a>. We have been the only non-Italians in this place the entire week. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0-cbW_yVwFPx2m2AvJn8dWHQ9LSBql3KZm5YzbIP5MOuwF-tXeffXBrZ6mCCmb2KKLJT1hjU1sc91OqMHHdN8FQgS6YlKx8HMW1wmoZcPbnikJzLIHil9TAMDHjxEIcC3GRL7QqamUg/s4032/20210914_104422.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT0-cbW_yVwFPx2m2AvJn8dWHQ9LSBql3KZm5YzbIP5MOuwF-tXeffXBrZ6mCCmb2KKLJT1hjU1sc91OqMHHdN8FQgS6YlKx8HMW1wmoZcPbnikJzLIHil9TAMDHjxEIcC3GRL7QqamUg/w640-h480/20210914_104422.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> We call this the breakfast of champions! It will get you started for the day. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">After walking for a few hours it's time for lunch. On Wednesday after a long walk through the Borghese gardens, we decided to come back to the apartment which is located in the Prati area near the Vatican museums, regroup and find a place for lunch. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Ryan and Madelyn had found a <a href="https://m.facebook.com/pages/Ristorante-ai-Musei-Di-Giulio-Massa/444631972311066" target="_blank">place</a> on google near the Vatican museums and we set out. We were welcomed with open arms by the owner Giulio and his sister Maria. By the end of the day, we'd met everyone and came back the next day for lunch again. This time it was a four hour lunch, with non-stop talk, wine, prosecco and digestivi. Giulio, Maria, our waiter Mario and the entire crew became family in 4 hours. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVR29IH5bSVcOD6mop3l2qhycn84au6vSaTsK-OF76vIkA2r3Likvs9OXmm3qgMHIkOV5uK3okUCyrBbtsxBgQXNpoTDqirQgL7h2w-WW5T6_1sqdLGLhBkvnbkOFYlREEK6O6o5ytT8/s4032/20210915_134804.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgVR29IH5bSVcOD6mop3l2qhycn84au6vSaTsK-OF76vIkA2r3Likvs9OXmm3qgMHIkOV5uK3okUCyrBbtsxBgQXNpoTDqirQgL7h2w-WW5T6_1sqdLGLhBkvnbkOFYlREEK6O6o5ytT8/w480-h640/20210915_134804.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lasagne made in house</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYEEPcTVF4q9L6lQjZXQJe9RU1KldHx1EGZPeKCcP45mbiLOQkl4LBAWs8Imllh0XVUoaL5kLvcQrrscuEfxVe2aGNQwkHL2azy5xwPD5l7fbZh9UdEgFItDN7-ORw2qQMRP28fx19i0/s4032/20210916_132723.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGYEEPcTVF4q9L6lQjZXQJe9RU1KldHx1EGZPeKCcP45mbiLOQkl4LBAWs8Imllh0XVUoaL5kLvcQrrscuEfxVe2aGNQwkHL2azy5xwPD5l7fbZh9UdEgFItDN7-ORw2qQMRP28fx19i0/w480-h640/20210916_132723.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pasta Amatriciana</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuX3STnXM-F4ETyELQVvA4MY1MjCYeEIhcUaKNwuytAwDMnzIVLCS_KCRSsI2HL8yAgZ2Z8bU6mT0kzTPPzhsMkRUSssi5e9iHMAZDaRDorDS3NtUaCcY_-qRDvcOe1cGNLUTkFj6e3wM/s4032/20210916_132727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuX3STnXM-F4ETyELQVvA4MY1MjCYeEIhcUaKNwuytAwDMnzIVLCS_KCRSsI2HL8yAgZ2Z8bU6mT0kzTPPzhsMkRUSssi5e9iHMAZDaRDorDS3NtUaCcY_-qRDvcOe1cGNLUTkFj6e3wM/w480-h640/20210916_132727.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWJxEA3n1cUcoU937L0k7-BlOzXaaK_Hb36HfaTrwxSjYalHJyfM5NVZvkFyWyCH4Fgad8eNbfAtYyUFUNATIGsWCtv3JA0PlHwZPG7aiYooR7-2cfp-i3PY7f0orgO20afydYH9etFs/s4032/20210916_134251.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTWJxEA3n1cUcoU937L0k7-BlOzXaaK_Hb36HfaTrwxSjYalHJyfM5NVZvkFyWyCH4Fgad8eNbfAtYyUFUNATIGsWCtv3JA0PlHwZPG7aiYooR7-2cfp-i3PY7f0orgO20afydYH9etFs/w480-h640/20210916_134251.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saltimbocca</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Before all this came to the table, there were huge chunks of Parmigiano, Calabrian salami, Prosciutto, and a small portion of pasta all' arabiatta. Add to this a liter of white wine, and a few gallons of water, and we were happy campers, but the food kept on coming! And the conversation with Giulio and his sister Maria. Maria makes an amazing tiramisu, the photo doesn't do it justice, but I hope to replicate it in San Diego when I get home at the end of October (and that's another story for another time!)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Maria makes the custard with amaretto and uses amaretti cookies instead of ladyfingers, then sprinkles in toasted hazelnuts and chopped chocolate---this is heaven on a plate. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnWqsf-nADkipM81b5nh5SXOgdE_77EmbDUG5IMAtzgeufggQ74COZcK1nrdyUnf1iv7OgVtFKACKkWajuB3Uoghu9ajeOB1_L68l_NrmqzmFQ923xf8UeLEUZKhWKMtBSOfStpmNXfg/s4032/20210916_142201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSnWqsf-nADkipM81b5nh5SXOgdE_77EmbDUG5IMAtzgeufggQ74COZcK1nrdyUnf1iv7OgVtFKACKkWajuB3Uoghu9ajeOB1_L68l_NrmqzmFQ923xf8UeLEUZKhWKMtBSOfStpmNXfg/w640-h480/20210916_142201.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">After this came the digestives, Limoncello, Amaro and Strega (saffron liquor) I passed on the saffron and Amaro, but a nice chilled glass of Limoncello is always welcome. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ZfXawgys_S3ThiqxiKlbFiaikpF3aEzhuqAixz2Ge97NhmF1nkeA_Zds7GGcJLOvQQRQ3P66CrSgjozKJf2J2Jr_y8wnV9UTFhU98UJjYNNeOqsQbk1JScamfLqUMewqQQa7ZhfOCFE/s4032/20210916_150708.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ZfXawgys_S3ThiqxiKlbFiaikpF3aEzhuqAixz2Ge97NhmF1nkeA_Zds7GGcJLOvQQRQ3P66CrSgjozKJf2J2Jr_y8wnV9UTFhU98UJjYNNeOqsQbk1JScamfLqUMewqQQa7ZhfOCFE/w480-h640/20210916_150708.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giulio pouring the prosecco</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR34wYZDHXM5xDHhLjOmuOaV2E4SlRQ7jmbLLs1gz8UKG-Km9dFv8BikwxC1RNICWTan0PcCkcFmt4RiONW1Z88D4edo8JUWveSs70HSjyB_5UGXoXiYLS7paSEbCiGs5NhnGZi3WSFN0/s4032/20210916_143130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR34wYZDHXM5xDHhLjOmuOaV2E4SlRQ7jmbLLs1gz8UKG-Km9dFv8BikwxC1RNICWTan0PcCkcFmt4RiONW1Z88D4edo8JUWveSs70HSjyB_5UGXoXiYLS7paSEbCiGs5NhnGZi3WSFN0/w480-h640/20210916_143130.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7oxrKCd_4QNHOewP49cWRnn0Z660ooEn39pUKrur0X2ngPdjbOrGPsM6xLil9vJjmdVJaXFT40FgpMSk-oK6MASKoIQMuSaBrIcOPSUF9w8EPD38vbr2tR2SKjyw9FN5Chc0VOhUBjI/s4032/20210916_143124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI7oxrKCd_4QNHOewP49cWRnn0Z660ooEn39pUKrur0X2ngPdjbOrGPsM6xLil9vJjmdVJaXFT40FgpMSk-oK6MASKoIQMuSaBrIcOPSUF9w8EPD38vbr2tR2SKjyw9FN5Chc0VOhUBjI/w480-h640/20210916_143124.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHS3LXuTZGcjO1PIKh_hluGXNXgtd7I2ZjOF74WDUSnQyXy-M6PD1rqJ4hSJoszImeT7xPZNhF0IFARl5YTmkt3vI6K0bj_He7Nks7ymk9UXu1AwPXsp3_NtsdUGSQgMaKvYd540UapFc/s4032/20210916_143118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHS3LXuTZGcjO1PIKh_hluGXNXgtd7I2ZjOF74WDUSnQyXy-M6PD1rqJ4hSJoszImeT7xPZNhF0IFARl5YTmkt3vI6K0bj_He7Nks7ymk9UXu1AwPXsp3_NtsdUGSQgMaKvYd540UapFc/w480-h640/20210916_143118.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Espresso, and then more conversation, and prosecco, and more wine, and they rolled us out of there 4 hours later. Since we were so close to St. Peter's we took a stroll over there, it's best to go later in the afternoon, when the tour bus crowds are gone. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Grazie Giulio, Maria, and Mario for making our day in Rome so much fun. Delicious food and great conversation made <a href="https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Ristorante+dei+Musei/@41.9076518,12.4539907,17z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x132f6063c0d8f575:0x4e9ff63eb3bf67fb!8m2!3d41.9076552!4d12.4540111?hl=en" target="_blank">Ristorante dei Musei</a> an amazing experience. </div><div style="text-align: left;">If you are in the area of the Vatican museums or St. Peter's we highly recommend this place, it's awesome. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITo1oyJTcolZHlMlNes05ufn1VnWix_bEU7K40hAunD7NLTtvZyVGBiIWiOx4k3ESw_IUA1LgTyc3_plP2JVjRqeOcbkHsMTbDX6MTx0Lzvw-S2E7TcUEPmGsm8ReyQvwlAGjywPHLd0/s4032/20210916_151219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiITo1oyJTcolZHlMlNes05ufn1VnWix_bEU7K40hAunD7NLTtvZyVGBiIWiOx4k3ESw_IUA1LgTyc3_plP2JVjRqeOcbkHsMTbDX6MTx0Lzvw-S2E7TcUEPmGsm8ReyQvwlAGjywPHLd0/w480-h640/20210916_151219.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> At the end of the day, it's the people of Italy who are its treasure. Grazie Mille!<br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-64220757679267971712021-08-15T09:22:00.001-07:002021-08-15T09:22:20.179-07:00Big Island Adventure<p> A few weeks ago, my brother said that he and his family had an extra bedroom at their condo on the Big Island, and invited Dr. C. and I to join him. Dr. C. was working that week, so I got to have one-on-one with my bro, his wife, and daughter. What a gift! Come along for the ride, food and scenery.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4wZ9ISAt8yHmKlfQPJUvctp-OOUpUbff-ulNrZlV0UlMzLouVig5gM5OWhLIzM9IC7ZmMMmMTzZStbfdsRux6n263ctkZDfP1LMSunWLOteBTPYSb5MyO_icedZMjjltAbwNDOeznxU/s4032/20210801_073218.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4wZ9ISAt8yHmKlfQPJUvctp-OOUpUbff-ulNrZlV0UlMzLouVig5gM5OWhLIzM9IC7ZmMMmMTzZStbfdsRux6n263ctkZDfP1LMSunWLOteBTPYSb5MyO_icedZMjjltAbwNDOeznxU/w480-h640/20210801_073218.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">To go to Hawaii, you will need a vaccination card or a negative Pre-Travel Covid test. You are then given a wristband indicating you are safe to fly. Best to get it at your point of embarkation, lines in the islands to get a wrist band were 4 hours long. </td></tr></tbody></table></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqokgTDZGNt0ONAToNZBEi1QzzpinZsPEtLRo5KcyzRyFn6fkLW8A0k6cb6ep0Qh7DnuzecVshhlujX9ggHZjwvq4N4mkQrCTw2zjkFCCujX616-ShNVB1ntXYwVOmi83jIvj1C3RCG6M/s4032/20210801_074455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqokgTDZGNt0ONAToNZBEi1QzzpinZsPEtLRo5KcyzRyFn6fkLW8A0k6cb6ep0Qh7DnuzecVshhlujX9ggHZjwvq4N4mkQrCTw2zjkFCCujX616-ShNVB1ntXYwVOmi83jIvj1C3RCG6M/w480-h640/20210801_074455.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was a comfort dog, he had his own first class seat---looked more like a small pony</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjMGzzDtgkoNCTsCIZjK-KZ69SepgQ-51_iET5Qa7LKqB8l5z3CgLq_L0atq3oudmux6ia11cq7EEQMUnzOZhMg4VTdmAJdj1fFmW_YrAyqQuYbkAB2AfWg-kxwHxLce29A7vhsykxR4/s4032/20210801_075517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjMGzzDtgkoNCTsCIZjK-KZ69SepgQ-51_iET5Qa7LKqB8l5z3CgLq_L0atq3oudmux6ia11cq7EEQMUnzOZhMg4VTdmAJdj1fFmW_YrAyqQuYbkAB2AfWg-kxwHxLce29A7vhsykxR4/w640-h480/20210801_075517.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This doesn't happen to me very often, but I was upgraded to a lay-flat seat. Thanks <a href="http://www.united.com" target="_blank">United</a>!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDBiV7KFT796gmozu2SFNY4NlV46eCz9Zg_bdN3YDCSA2VFF3f5KSJ6UaCoTutKcZvv-EN4EwabCgKuPUHURBuF5NYFexGSOOB5OAc8lGLHilUN6OKHoEEwPsHuBzk1BD7yDIwGpv6kw/s4032/20210801_131258.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUDBiV7KFT796gmozu2SFNY4NlV46eCz9Zg_bdN3YDCSA2VFF3f5KSJ6UaCoTutKcZvv-EN4EwabCgKuPUHURBuF5NYFexGSOOB5OAc8lGLHilUN6OKHoEEwPsHuBzk1BD7yDIwGpv6kw/w480-h640/20210801_131258.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flying out of Honolulu to Kona</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Once I landed in Kona, brother Bob whisked me away to the <a href="https://www.fourseasons.com/hualalai/?seo=google_local_kon1_amer" target="_blank">Four Seasons Hualalai resort </a>and my spot for the next 5 days. Let me just say, this is a magical place, once you enter the gates, there really isn't a need to leave, but the Big Island holds lots of beautiful surprises. One of those surprises is the food...given that this is a tourist destination, I sometimes think that the restaurants are just waiting to serve you expensive, mediocre food, because, frankly, you are stuck there. Not so, here, the restaurants all have that spirit of aloha and one dinner was at my family's favorite Italian restaurant, <a href="http://www.pueososteria.com/#welcome" target="_blank">Pueo's Osteria.</a><div>in Waikoloa Village.</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTmFyFQT2Dk-DNKrQbVuu-mTdjJXdR3lg92jGfJe4qZl1ZndYhAlkIkmtz8NoK2m0IIjzC5JD6zFbz9W3h9UCVjyrfwZ4h98NrVQqAQ22NvaVl9kqUItoBpD9ZFSA2f_iJ1Vn72olgfo/s4032/20210803_175230.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTmFyFQT2Dk-DNKrQbVuu-mTdjJXdR3lg92jGfJe4qZl1ZndYhAlkIkmtz8NoK2m0IIjzC5JD6zFbz9W3h9UCVjyrfwZ4h98NrVQqAQ22NvaVl9kqUItoBpD9ZFSA2f_iJ1Vn72olgfo/w640-h480/20210803_175230.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The drive up the mountain</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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But, the Big Island isn't all great food, the scenery, and the aloha spirit is alive and well here after 18 months of the pandemic. <div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpLKif3WEyCoi_-oHviIUM2pscAdwlBxxOtbTTmNjY5zdyFDJG3pICEILcyN0EDsBtgOC4G5BX02vlLMYLBS8Q1Sj-EoZJb-VJ8CpJ2BWqXliJWZaDHFuRVxWW1pxgjPhlcZIH3O4ejA/s4032/20210801_152304.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLpLKif3WEyCoi_-oHviIUM2pscAdwlBxxOtbTTmNjY5zdyFDJG3pICEILcyN0EDsBtgOC4G5BX02vlLMYLBS8Q1Sj-EoZJb-VJ8CpJ2BWqXliJWZaDHFuRVxWW1pxgjPhlcZIH3O4ejA/w640-h480/20210801_152304.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beach Tree Terrace, Four Seasons</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;">Curious Monk Seal</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>It was a great 5 days, and I am so grateful I had the opportunity to travel once again. Mahalo to my family and to the beautiful people on the Big Island. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5cwQczEx3IdeCCPPWCeRCB8BB-0Qmk-Ogr4K4za5tFqckUmOtDVeFHE-0371olyb2nhykfpXucpENsFI8x-GKBgv_GelOK8URJI4enGO5gY-Oq1hi4EFAwe9hXPQjL-cPF4H2-Ncli4/s4032/20210802_180555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO5cwQczEx3IdeCCPPWCeRCB8BB-0Qmk-Ogr4K4za5tFqckUmOtDVeFHE-0371olyb2nhykfpXucpENsFI8x-GKBgv_GelOK8URJI4enGO5gY-Oq1hi4EFAwe9hXPQjL-cPF4H2-Ncli4/w640-h480/20210802_180555.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-32816595298773517572021-06-09T23:09:00.000-07:002021-06-09T23:09:41.995-07:00A Bit of Aloha to Celebrate<p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLU_ADlFRbd6v2GdyXR6M83mvN8_tQWu_DgK4Xp5g0ELpPHHU4FzCIsI4UwOZ8asAiDD00PEhoxz-8K1gykOQDfT8ZXmzwv_P5tLuxZYzJYaTqlQCKWsRGt6-IDzdO7rKJIv9-RYPOixs/s2048/20210608_135906.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLU_ADlFRbd6v2GdyXR6M83mvN8_tQWu_DgK4Xp5g0ELpPHHU4FzCIsI4UwOZ8asAiDD00PEhoxz-8K1gykOQDfT8ZXmzwv_P5tLuxZYzJYaTqlQCKWsRGt6-IDzdO7rKJIv9-RYPOixs/w480-h640/20210608_135906.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><br /><p></p><p>We have a saying here at our house, "Costco got me", and that was true yesterday as I was strolling the aisles. A friend calls Costco The Promised Land! After inhaling the perfume from the pineapples that were stacked high, reminiscent of our time in Hawaii a few weeks ago, I picked up a pineapple and some macadamia nuts, along with $200+ of other things I can't remember, and headed home. With my pineapple, some suspect cream cheese that was on the cusp of expiring, and the macadamia nuts, I decided to try and replicate the Pineapple Glazed Cheesecake that we had in Waimea at <a href="http://www.redwatercafe.com" target="_blank">The Red Water Cafe</a>. To be honest, we devoured this dessert before taking a photo at the restaurant, so I really can't remember if it was a baked cheesecake or not, but the bruleed top was what made this memorable. So, this is my take on that memorable dessert, and I'm making it to celebrate California opening up soon, and we are all finally vaccinated. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Pineapple Bruleed Cheesecake</u></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u>For the Crust</u></p><div style="text-align: left;">1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 3/4 cup macadamia nuts</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/4 cup packed brown sugar</div><div style="text-align: left;">6 tablespoons melted unsalted butter</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, line a 9-inch cheesecake or springform pan with aluminum foil, and coat the foil with non-stick cooking spray. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Put the crumbs, macadamia nuts, and brown sugar into a food processor. Process until the nuts are chopped. Add the butter, and stir to combine.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Press the crumbs into the pan and up the sides. Bake for 15 minutes. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>For the Filling</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">Four 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 cup sugar</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 teaspoons vanilla paste or extract</div><div style="text-align: left;">4 large eggs</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/4 cup sour cream</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 to 3 tablespoons dark rum</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 cups fresh pineapple, finely chopped</div><div style="text-align: left;">raw sugar</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream together the cream cheese and sugar, until smooth. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Add the vanilla and the eggs and beat until smooth. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Add the sour cream and beat until incorporated. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Pour the mixture onto the crust, smoothing the top. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Arrange the pineapple on the top and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes until set. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Turn off the oven and leave the door ajar until the cheesecake cools. </div><div style="text-align: left;">When the cheesecake is cooled, sprinkle the pineapple with the sugar, and using a brulee torch, caramelize the pineapple. If you don't have a brulee torch a broiler will work. Cool completely and refrigerate. Remove from the refrigerate at least 1 1/2 hours before serving. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A few notes: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Only make this with the best pineapple, right now gold pineapples are available in your markets. The only test of ripeness is by aroma---so smell that pineapple---pineapples are picked ripe, so if you want for that pineapple to ripen on your counter, it will begin to ferment. Also, the photo shows sliced pineapple, since I'd sliced up the pineapple before I knew that I would be making this dessert. At the restaurant there was a lot of chopped pineapple on the top and that woudl be my preferred method of topping this cheesecake. </li><li>I prefer <a href="http://www.maunaloa.com" target="_blank">Mauna Loa</a> macadamia nuts, these were the only ones available at Costco. </li><li>Cheesecakes are best at room temperature, instead of ice cold. </li><li>My 21 year old Dacor convection ovens are on their last legs, the bottom oven has quit, the top is still "working"---note the quotes, so I have ordered new <a href="https://www.cafeappliances.com/" target="_blank">Cafe </a>double wall ovens which should be arriving in the end of July....this whole supply chain thing is cutting into my cooking! I'm just grateful to have one oven working. </li></ol><div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnZlACeqNf4E6z3E_R_q1hTKgzhQNO2FnpbcvwjdG7pXzN1eYB57oj1eXvaTIcKLzY634JyPN6_om1pmXUh1dM05uUYOiz4s3ENikj_pktUkaayjW0A7rFf4cJu-p08ScqKMPXyC0788/" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinnZlACeqNf4E6z3E_R_q1hTKgzhQNO2FnpbcvwjdG7pXzN1eYB57oj1eXvaTIcKLzY634JyPN6_om1pmXUh1dM05uUYOiz4s3ENikj_pktUkaayjW0A7rFf4cJu-p08ScqKMPXyC0788/w480-h640/20210609_094424.jpg" width="480" /></a><br /><br /><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chopping the nuts with the crumbs ensures that you won't get nut butter<br /><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGegReaYfDRqfF2Wym-Ff7G6YU2-EfiMCohCt4sjCZ53YeE0vw_3tTPIVd0FL4tMBtWeySzmqOl7qeHcXvIoQWKOW_NG6TSzz_5IHrg6zJuYxd0Llu2HjhGUwA4Ni0q1s_1lDwh-WZaY/s2048/20210609_102107.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigGegReaYfDRqfF2Wym-Ff7G6YU2-EfiMCohCt4sjCZ53YeE0vw_3tTPIVd0FL4tMBtWeySzmqOl7qeHcXvIoQWKOW_NG6TSzz_5IHrg6zJuYxd0Llu2HjhGUwA4Ni0q1s_1lDwh-WZaY/w480-h640/20210609_102107.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Going into the oven</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><br /><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVw26VwAYicIBv0k1G8iyrDAgGRUyLfu46OtwrcrJ8mjaBkF1AifJ7jAbHDJnxnWqiVzrhT2FDEAGzIBbH_hrFhIK7sHUdQNkBhn1XvPj0nX-zeXr78vOAjDuxW23bLtwSnVYZY2-8Xs/s4032/20210609_163437.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVw26VwAYicIBv0k1G8iyrDAgGRUyLfu46OtwrcrJ8mjaBkF1AifJ7jAbHDJnxnWqiVzrhT2FDEAGzIBbH_hrFhIK7sHUdQNkBhn1XvPj0nX-zeXr78vOAjDuxW23bLtwSnVYZY2-8Xs/w480-h640/20210609_163437.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A little overbaked, but I'll blame that on the oven</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2H18i0ejesRNWuDo2EdDYEjuVHlA-BG5i3MZAYZWG1dyZhmrfk7LXm2Ni46ebB9_aVc7GU0Db7LL1GbLLswhMdoWnJFGrIGv_5GDGKChuGDkJU0XchTJIvTjh7-buAqlASzmx_1lquwE/s4032/20210609_165638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2H18i0ejesRNWuDo2EdDYEjuVHlA-BG5i3MZAYZWG1dyZhmrfk7LXm2Ni46ebB9_aVc7GU0Db7LL1GbLLswhMdoWnJFGrIGv_5GDGKChuGDkJU0XchTJIvTjh7-buAqlASzmx_1lquwE/w480-h640/20210609_165638.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brulee torch covers a multitude of sins, and as Julia Child said, every woman needs a blow torch<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><i>Ciao for now. </i><br /><p><br /></p>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-11082936055667398322021-05-23T18:31:00.000-07:002021-05-23T18:31:27.823-07:00Breaking Out; Guava Glazed Ribs<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnq1v16XZKxJqzJc7OoRWiRd976Y-8BuNo7mJf-TU1_QZEzgM9yLarLMQ-eSIsja-HqGTIuIjaZB4DVpULuNam7K7Z7v7WIzmHWq9naSDF5onpOLcVw8LdzDF5gswMJNF4yiqdgOXeAbE/s2048/20210515_192334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnq1v16XZKxJqzJc7OoRWiRd976Y-8BuNo7mJf-TU1_QZEzgM9yLarLMQ-eSIsja-HqGTIuIjaZB4DVpULuNam7K7Z7v7WIzmHWq9naSDF5onpOLcVw8LdzDF5gswMJNF4yiqdgOXeAbE/w640-h480/20210515_192334.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> A week ago, Dr. C, our son, and his girlfriend went to the Big Island of Hawaii for a short break. We had some electronic certificates with United, and ironically the Big Island was the best deal. The photo is some amazing deliciousness that we had at the <a href="http://www.redwatercafe.com/" target="_blank">Red Water Cafe</a> while dining with friends. These are guava wood-smoked ribs with a guava glaze. They were amazing. So today being Sunday I decided it was time to bring back a bit of Aloha here at the house. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Ribs are something that I will order out, but they are also simple to cook at home if you have an Insta-Pot or Pressure cooker, you can pre-cook/steam the ribs, and then set them on the grill to glaze and get some smoky flavor. For the glaze I gathered together about 7 different recipes, trying to figure out which would be the best option, and then went on the road less traveled---my own. I think I'm close to the original, but don't have any guava wood to smoke these babies, and so they are a bit different, but we all decided they were worthy! </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Guava Glaze</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Makes about 2 cups</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">14 ounces Guava paste (see note)</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 tablespoon vegetable oil</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 garlic cloves, minced</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 tablespoon finely grated ginger</div><div style="text-align: left;">3/4 cup soy sauce</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/4 cup water</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 teaspoons chili garlic sauce</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Put the guava paste into a microwavable bowl, cover loosely and cook on high for 2 to 3 minutes until the paste is melted. </div><div style="text-align: left;">In a saucepan, heat the oil, and swirl the garlic and ginger for 30 seconds until fragrant. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Add the melted guava paste, soy sauce, water, Worcestershire, and chili garlic sauce. Bring to a boil and simmer gently, stirring for 2 to 3 minutes. Taste for seasoning, adjust with soy sauce, Worcestershire or chii garlic sauce. The sauce will keep in the refrigerator for up to 7 days. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Cook's Note: </u> The brand of <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B008G00BZA/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1" target="_blank">guava paste</a> that I bought (on Amazon) was 14 ounces. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>For the Ribs</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">2 racks baby back ribs</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/4 cup Penzeys 4S Smoky Salt</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 teaspoon celery seed</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Arrange the ribs on a large piece of aluminum foil. In a small bowl, mix together the brown sugar, smoky salt, and celery seed. Wrap the ribs in the foil and refrigerate for at least 4 hours, preferably overnight. </div><div style="text-align: left;">In the pressure cooker or Insta-pot, pour in 1 cup of rootbeer (or water) </div><div style="text-align: left;">Arrange the ribs in the pressure cooker/Insta-pot and cook on high for 20 minutes, with a natural release. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>If you don't have a <a href="https://wmfamericas.com/index.php/perfect-plus-pressure-cooker-set-4-5-qts-and-8-5-qts.html" target="_blank">pressure cooker</a>/Insta-pot</u>, preheat the oven to 300 degrees, line a baking sheet with aluminum foil or silicone and pour in 2 cups of rootbeer. Place the dry-rubbed ribs onto the baking sheet, bone side down, cover tightly with aluminum foil and roast for 2 to 2 1/2 hours. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Cool the ribs, and refrigerate or cool for 1 hour before grilling. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Preheat the grill for 10 minutes. Brush the ribs with the glaze, over indirect heat (turn off the middle burners, or push coals to the sides of the grill) place bone side down onto the grill and cook covered for 10 to 15 minutes, until the glaze is bubbling on the top of the ribs. Serve with warmed glaze on the side. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Cook's Note: </u> Rootbeer gives the ribs a smoky, sweet flavor, you can sub in beer, or water, it's really about personal taste. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52Jw6hPF-JMGz7alyEp4TmmrGbjGRsEZrnlclC8fuM08bwO1jcp-Oik5pPbE9ZrVBvd8bWIt2422vNyYgMJHfq00_FvQcLXZiFrDLjxJ92Hcuaezn-6_OCcH-2a1hKPDd7qubqXP-OJU/s2048/20210523_112815.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52Jw6hPF-JMGz7alyEp4TmmrGbjGRsEZrnlclC8fuM08bwO1jcp-Oik5pPbE9ZrVBvd8bWIt2422vNyYgMJHfq00_FvQcLXZiFrDLjxJ92Hcuaezn-6_OCcH-2a1hKPDd7qubqXP-OJU/w480-h640/20210523_112815.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the beginning there was garlic and ginger and guava paste</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBC3x4Foobd1-CaiXZaiLEnrfsvE3m2ndOV5pr8FVIBc-E2b7qe_xGoLe1HE-LR7aZk6RZ9xfIjakKoGLT1MGw4XlF7Aj1vM-oIEb_SIBgOGsn_p5hYkIaxhqt-1HkbBOc6tdD8hvDPzQ/s2048/20210523_113212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBC3x4Foobd1-CaiXZaiLEnrfsvE3m2ndOV5pr8FVIBc-E2b7qe_xGoLe1HE-LR7aZk6RZ9xfIjakKoGLT1MGw4XlF7Aj1vM-oIEb_SIBgOGsn_p5hYkIaxhqt-1HkbBOc6tdD8hvDPzQ/w640-h480/20210523_113212.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">This is my favorite new tool, a <a href="https://www.microplane.com/3-in-1-ginger-tool-black-grey" target="_blank">ginger grater</a></p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCeBUiilgmpOci1QQD0F6Nrc6-Jd5U53q9ic_aNCy3SQ3RueEYSNe6hYH0wVRItEHMLXjLIzF_wspbm-AFfj8bDAKZpDH4GqhO6O6XSEJNKc5uUXAXdF1y_7qZKgu73KlQ2L7OYh4UIU/s2048/20210523_113437.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqCeBUiilgmpOci1QQD0F6Nrc6-Jd5U53q9ic_aNCy3SQ3RueEYSNe6hYH0wVRItEHMLXjLIzF_wspbm-AFfj8bDAKZpDH4GqhO6O6XSEJNKc5uUXAXdF1y_7qZKgu73KlQ2L7OYh4UIU/w640-h480/20210523_113437.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Swirl the garlic and ginger, don't let it brown, you only want it to release some of its oils</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazQAHJVLMUeZ3g1zW9qc6wZoSnORTbqXCVt0de28xdcLa8FCekjkEM0prFWyOijZlK8sQJEKtlC1ud-U7srxdLWuNrYfA5mdv6YflhXvVQiI5WI4HUXj9VareprBpDFja0wK-JOTstkY/s2048/20210523_114206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjazQAHJVLMUeZ3g1zW9qc6wZoSnORTbqXCVt0de28xdcLa8FCekjkEM0prFWyOijZlK8sQJEKtlC1ud-U7srxdLWuNrYfA5mdv6YflhXvVQiI5WI4HUXj9VareprBpDFja0wK-JOTstkY/w480-h640/20210523_114206.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">So, I realized that in order to get the guava paste to melt, I would need a low temperature on the stovetop, otherwise it would burn. Best to microwave the paste first, and then add to the pan. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxMtkU_-iO0yqiAMelHss0umKXuNUF7AuXMFh2mm261Oj6i5B8sGBnBesXuXEC6IU88jVi_xRK8-BErjZ0Tq5kpWtLV_ePMwcMRwOIP_tuhJeabVy5ZM7GDhUj8_FEjpPdFX_jZA_hyphenhyphenc/s2048/20210523_115915.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXxMtkU_-iO0yqiAMelHss0umKXuNUF7AuXMFh2mm261Oj6i5B8sGBnBesXuXEC6IU88jVi_xRK8-BErjZ0Tq5kpWtLV_ePMwcMRwOIP_tuhJeabVy5ZM7GDhUj8_FEjpPdFX_jZA_hyphenhyphenc/w640-h480/20210523_115915.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Not much to look at, but it's really tasty!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQe20rz1Tnr_rrumQgZ_nCS5ZO3BMXetmAMmyzbhU-Ek51QaALYk7BHDxavmguHPwLUgaRR7VXjC3Gf1tUlek-oz1HYl98g7zcPGnVF2RoITTUKKiA0agSwM7Hn_J63Ps3ycVDlVUobY/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQe20rz1Tnr_rrumQgZ_nCS5ZO3BMXetmAMmyzbhU-Ek51QaALYk7BHDxavmguHPwLUgaRR7VXjC3Gf1tUlek-oz1HYl98g7zcPGnVF2RoITTUKKiA0agSwM7Hn_J63Ps3ycVDlVUobY/w640-h480/ribs.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Dry rubbed the night before</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkeIFhCb2IaNo5phUpBb3NgepAiqYscdXLaTklHVYRPNyrhxEsvCSxtaq0pV3PQR36tiSQms6Q5BdDCiJ91PIUxQeVGkwz-fZar8R3Vn2R8Br6r8m_Zub8ptt97vShrAn15ddvc7nD_4/s2048/20210523_120232.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkeIFhCb2IaNo5phUpBb3NgepAiqYscdXLaTklHVYRPNyrhxEsvCSxtaq0pV3PQR36tiSQms6Q5BdDCiJ91PIUxQeVGkwz-fZar8R3Vn2R8Br6r8m_Zub8ptt97vShrAn15ddvc7nD_4/w480-h640/20210523_120232.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">My favorite pressure cooker of all time the Cadillac <a href="https://wmfamericas.com/index.php/perfect-plus-pressure-cooker-set-4-5-qts-and-8-5-qts.html" target="_blank">WMF</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VSrAZ20QWp5p1s9vBruMT7o4GSCOJGnQlmbC9sg02oJYtg8QhwgdEhluCV-7KxgIv4l6W786J4TMpy3jZtzg5f7FB5DiIGSwWlG4OwkprgcyTggV0H_ssRa9kRFiGFwcdZA71RXV74c/s2048/20210523_114942.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5VSrAZ20QWp5p1s9vBruMT7o4GSCOJGnQlmbC9sg02oJYtg8QhwgdEhluCV-7KxgIv4l6W786J4TMpy3jZtzg5f7FB5DiIGSwWlG4OwkprgcyTggV0H_ssRa9kRFiGFwcdZA71RXV74c/w480-h640/20210523_114942.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Arrange in the pot</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3qSQVFzZ7NWe1-JLdsSH39HU81MoRO-dYXg5rEZNIsx3216Swc5Q0LHyCqWVvY2bNLWmYXtPTEco8hDhXQ8oBS1iRiHOHgRblmmIbWNzf2Nuk4vBuNcFDziZTyG6-5e-DC8tAKnutkA/s2048/20210523_125508.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc3qSQVFzZ7NWe1-JLdsSH39HU81MoRO-dYXg5rEZNIsx3216Swc5Q0LHyCqWVvY2bNLWmYXtPTEco8hDhXQ8oBS1iRiHOHgRblmmIbWNzf2Nuk4vBuNcFDziZTyG6-5e-DC8tAKnutkA/w480-h640/20210523_125508.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">20 minutes on high, tender and delicious</div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0eM847-wp7ruaVvgzpxQX35P81dCfONKQZ79fg4fphIE1DD19kcThSsnNGsv_P-0MGmlYoyJ3i-LUdV1DNFnYPeSN75GfyJeIZPVQ6zDza9Wd8wJJqObe2nze9IkrBY-qr17eaJXksk/s2048/20210523_161829.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx0eM847-wp7ruaVvgzpxQX35P81dCfONKQZ79fg4fphIE1DD19kcThSsnNGsv_P-0MGmlYoyJ3i-LUdV1DNFnYPeSN75GfyJeIZPVQ6zDza9Wd8wJJqObe2nze9IkrBY-qr17eaJXksk/w480-h640/20210523_161829.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: center;">Paint the ribs with some of the sauce, save more sauce for serving</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7qEiCHAG3lU-ljJjTBcwg9B-5w7nScoyYhvXrZ8H8ubDUIcH3ZZGaEuIQkwOyW-RT5zgU3lLX_4FgJjhh0i5U_T0gkisOT6sxLSp-QZhDs6kW5VgfxA9EnzwZexEzqLKZycAlTVZx0Y/s4032/20210523_165757.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7qEiCHAG3lU-ljJjTBcwg9B-5w7nScoyYhvXrZ8H8ubDUIcH3ZZGaEuIQkwOyW-RT5zgU3lLX_4FgJjhh0i5U_T0gkisOT6sxLSp-QZhDs6kW5VgfxA9EnzwZexEzqLKZycAlTVZx0Y/w480-h640/20210523_165757.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">And, I think we have lift off</div><div style="text-align: left;">So, the unanimous opinion was that these are delicious. I'm not sure they are anywhere near the ones we had at the Red Water Cafe but they are so good, I will be putting these into the rotation. Some notes, I had a lot of sauce leftover, so I think I'll freeze it for future use. It will probably be delicious on chicken as well. The sauce is really thick, I'm thinking next time I'll whisk in a little (or a lot) of dark rum and see how that fares. All in all, this was a fun experiment. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Speaking of experiments I took a zoom class on Saturday with my colleague and friend <a href="https://rickrodgers.com/" target="_blank">Rick Rodgers</a>. He taught the world-famous English muffins from the <a href="http://themodelbakery.com" target="_blank">Model Bakery</a> and it was a joy to watch him in action. He will be offering a variety of classes and I highly recommend them, click <a href="http://coffeeandcake.org/cooking-classes/" target="_blank">here</a> for details. </div>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-47652546051434617372021-03-31T20:00:00.000-07:002021-03-31T20:00:19.882-07:00Dear Elizabeth Minchilli; Thank you for Pistachio Cake<p> Dear Elizabeth, </p><p>Thank you for your blog, your generosity in sharing your homes in Rome and Umbria, your recipes, the photos, all make armchair traveling so satisfying, especially during this time of quarantine. A few years ago, you posted a <a href="https://www.elizabethminchilli.com/2014/06/pistachio-pound-cake-hotel-il-san-pietro-positano/" target="_blank">pistachio cake </a>recipe on your blog, and although my intentions were to make it immediately, I finally made it tonight since I dug out the pistachio flour from the freezer. What a delicious treat! Thank you again. I'll preface this by saying, I'm not a baker, but I do love a good bake. The recipe called for making two loaves, but since the loaf pans I have aren't the same size, I figured I'd try and make it a bundt cake, and it's glorious! I'm so grateful for your generosity in sharing your favorite places, foods, and your writing and hope one day to meet you in person when we are finally in Italy again. Gratefully yours, D</p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Elizabeth Minchilli's Pistachio Cake (adapted)</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Makes one 9-inch bundt, or two loaves</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>The original recipe called for yogurt, I didn't have any so subbed in sour cream, and it's delicious. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: left;">11 ounces salted butter </div><div style="text-align: left;">2 cups sugar</div><div style="text-align: left;">8 large eggs</div><div style="text-align: left;">3 tablespoons <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/PARIANI-Sicilian-Pistachio-Unsweetened-6-35oz/dp/B078HQ88H9/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?dchild=1&keywords=pistachio+paste&qid=1617245037&sr=8-3-spons&psc=1&smid=A6NMA4V91OR75&spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzRDZSTkxVODFLWUNWJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNzExNjIxMkE2MFlINUU3MUVXNCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzU5NTEyMTM3WktYTUJMMVEzTyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=" target="_blank">pistachio paste</a> (see link)</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 cup plain yogurt, or sour cream or creme fraiche</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/3 cup <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Giannetti-Artisans-Pistachio-CERTIFIED-Pistachios/dp/B07F1HMLNZ/ref=sr_1_4?dchild=1&keywords=pistachio+flour&qid=1617245085&sr=8-4" target="_blank">pistachio flour </a>(see link)</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 cups 00 flour, or all-purpose (I used 00)</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 tablespoons baking powder</div><div style="text-align: left;">confectioners' sugar for garnish</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and coat the inside of a 9-inch bundt pan, or two loaf pans with non-stick cooking spray. (I use <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Bakers-Joy-Original-No-Stick-Baking/dp/B077YW7JY9" target="_blank">Baker's Joy</a>--never fails)</div><div style="text-align: left;">In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until fluffy. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Add the eggs, one at a time, then add the pistachio paste and yogurt or sour cream. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Add the flours, and baking powder, and beat until blended. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Transfer to the prepared pan, and bake for 1 hour, until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Cool on a wire rack for <b>exactly 10 minutes</b>, then turn out on the rack to cool completely.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Sift powdered sugar over the cooled cake and serve. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiV1U-iPfmrXk-6MlZbW5otdDUhc-IdjO4ZkxNOAQNeIil_G4lHHkcTAk8iaU9vj3tYWyw79GF-HZgvrAzboXjKy31Mt3Bzfbw-M66X2WqVCUyxZ6LA2sll8Om_bNn6dbTsc_jlRNaIvQ/s2048/20210331_174259.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiV1U-iPfmrXk-6MlZbW5otdDUhc-IdjO4ZkxNOAQNeIil_G4lHHkcTAk8iaU9vj3tYWyw79GF-HZgvrAzboXjKy31Mt3Bzfbw-M66X2WqVCUyxZ6LA2sll8Om_bNn6dbTsc_jlRNaIvQ/w480-h640/20210331_174259.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZyXsIV6kRCWCte4EVls8MRz7ug-Qg_B62k0ZB3Ik82eAfDKcjGxEu63cQ7C8UAe9NnMh8fweossRjojz6JPZLOIwiBtzWw_3duCk67uo5xGMt9RzaH9IxBMj_u-4VIT9K5Hg4tJU29I/s2048/20210331_184042.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyZyXsIV6kRCWCte4EVls8MRz7ug-Qg_B62k0ZB3Ik82eAfDKcjGxEu63cQ7C8UAe9NnMh8fweossRjojz6JPZLOIwiBtzWw_3duCk67uo5xGMt9RzaH9IxBMj_u-4VIT9K5Hg4tJU29I/w480-h640/20210331_184042.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZr4zMcDcpDy02C-E154Ztt-SW1Vkp6Nyz5x9wHJac6w_yLbcRGIxFUvJ5fDMpQYUr6WAUb9lTx3XBRgKUxxj4cPpMKB-gW3x1_RDc42Iy55jcGpQmxNny2Cm3NlGwqp1zMEeVnthcrI/s2048/20210331_185253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdZr4zMcDcpDy02C-E154Ztt-SW1Vkp6Nyz5x9wHJac6w_yLbcRGIxFUvJ5fDMpQYUr6WAUb9lTx3XBRgKUxxj4cPpMKB-gW3x1_RDc42Iy55jcGpQmxNny2Cm3NlGwqp1zMEeVnthcrI/w480-h640/20210331_185253.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTc4uuzsOFY2VeieDDlR5KF29WvFLz7VU1XAk3u5H5AsFGXqgGICoiQRKdjMyCAVXYpzUeZ1ehH7UoRExyNSbj5ZTFaqaXbfq_A7mP6tc8V7ou8pmr1PGnKcZ1nYXXjCssUaiTHe55-nE/s2048/20210331_191802.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTc4uuzsOFY2VeieDDlR5KF29WvFLz7VU1XAk3u5H5AsFGXqgGICoiQRKdjMyCAVXYpzUeZ1ehH7UoRExyNSbj5ZTFaqaXbfq_A7mP6tc8V7ou8pmr1PGnKcZ1nYXXjCssUaiTHe55-nE/w480-h640/20210331_191802.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This piece was still quite warm, but none-the-less, it was buttery, and delicious, with a crispy exterior. </td></tr></tbody></table>Now that I've made the investment in the pistachio flour and pistachio paste, I may just go into business making these cakes, it's that easy! I do plan to make another and freeze it to have on hand. This one will go quickly. Once again, thanks to Elizabeth Minchilli, if you aren't following her and her daughter Sophie on Instagram and getting their blogs, you are missing out. <i>Ciao for now. </i><br /><p><br /></p><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-79893982845764556152021-03-24T19:31:00.002-07:002021-03-24T19:31:14.861-07:00Oldies; Shrimp FlorentineWhen Dr. C. and I were first married, we were stationed at MCRD here in San Diego with a group of people who were always up for a good time. When the <a href="https://www.queenmary.com/" target="_blank">Queen Mary</a> opened in Long Beach we took the trip up to tour that and the Howard Huges plane the <a href="https://www.evergreenmuseum.org/the-spruce-goose" target="_blank">Spruce Goose</a>, which was in a hanger next to the Queen Mary. On the way home, our friends suggested that we stop at a place called Delaneys' Seafood Shanty in Newport Beach, and it was there, that I fell in love with this dish. Delaneys no longer exists, but I went home and figured out how to make this rich, creamy, seafood dish. This is the menu from way back when. <div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFMImbsp_0lq7wVRMwb1FH3b9G27ffg9aPcInWVquHQkGuFi8iQfBHCG2frSG9ipEekgswTKhdJkeRdKpPQzIqfRJNor7PwFP-bW7KkYPJ1tQwCE4wooNKC-vwdzEuuGNs1o7rpk00WU/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="951" data-original-width="600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFMImbsp_0lq7wVRMwb1FH3b9G27ffg9aPcInWVquHQkGuFi8iQfBHCG2frSG9ipEekgswTKhdJkeRdKpPQzIqfRJNor7PwFP-bW7KkYPJ1tQwCE4wooNKC-vwdzEuuGNs1o7rpk00WU/w403-h640/delaneys.webp" width="403" /></a></div>Look at those prices! Unfortunately, as with so many family chain restaurants, they were bought by a conglomerate, and eventually, they ruined the food, the ambiance and closed. </div><div>I've loved this dish for years, and my favorite memory was going to my mom's house and saying I wanted to make it for dinner for she and my brothers and sister-in-law. Mom said my brother Bob would not eat it, he ended up eating 3 full plates. Proving her wrong was quite satisfactory! Tonight I asked Dr. C. how he'd like his shrimp and he requested this. Granted, we don't eat like this every night, but it was a lovely dinner, and since we are still kind of quarantined I like having something to make that has a few moving parts, it keeps me in the kitchen, and that's my therapy. </div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large; text-decoration-line: underline;">Shrimp Florentine</span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Serves 6</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2 tablespoons unsalted butter or extra virgin olive oil </div><div style="text-align: left;">2 tablespoons finely chopped shallots</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 pounds baby spinach, washed and spun dry</div><div style="text-align: left;">salt and pepper</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In a large skillet, heat the butter or olive oil and saute the shallots until they are softened about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the spinach, and season with salt and pepper, and nutmeg, sauteeing until the spinach is wilted. Transfer the spinach to a 13-by-9-inch casserole dish and set aside. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">3 tablespoons unsalted butter</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 tablespoons finely chopped shallot</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 pounds U-15 jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/4 cup sherry</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/4 cup all-purpose flour</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 1/2 cups milk or 1/2 and 1/2</div><div style="text-align: left;">salt and pepper</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 1/2 cup shredded Gruyere cheese</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/2 cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Wipe out the skillet that the spinach was cooked in and melt the butter. Add the shallots, and saute for 2 to 3 minutes until the shallot is softened. </li><li>Add the shrimp to the skillet, cook until the shrimp turn pink.</li><li>Add the sherry, and bring to a boil.</li><li>Remove the shrimp to a plate, and add the flour to the skillet. </li><li>Whisk for 2 to 3 minutes to cook the flour. </li><li>Add the milk, and bring to a boil. </li><li>Season with salt and pepper.</li><li>Remove the sauce from the heat, add the cheeses, and stir until the cheeses are melted. </li><li>Add the shrimp and any of their cooking liquid to the sauce. </li><li>Pour over the spinach and bake for 30 minutes or until the sauce is bubbling, and the sauce is golden brown. Allow the dish to rest for 5 minutes, and serve. </li><li><u>Cook's Notes: </u>You can use your choice of seafood, this is delicious with crab/shrimp/lobster or any thick fleshed white fish like halibut or seabass. You can also substitute chicken (cut into bite-size pieces) </li><li>Cook's Notes: Once the sauce and shrimp are poured over the spinach, you can cool, cover and refrigerate for up to 24 hours. </li></ol><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyidFLRsaFwWHn2VvjlaThyOid_u7HS6G_1m9elYRvuZBoh08REQAqmgugewJAN91V13uVlQYQMFPoO9erIIW0X9qm93gtm5Ut2pjt_4hDG1L61WGKQFSNnpcQ6Nq5mm0sPwdOrLWmRHs/s2048/20210324_134319.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyidFLRsaFwWHn2VvjlaThyOid_u7HS6G_1m9elYRvuZBoh08REQAqmgugewJAN91V13uVlQYQMFPoO9erIIW0X9qm93gtm5Ut2pjt_4hDG1L61WGKQFSNnpcQ6Nq5mm0sPwdOrLWmRHs/w480-h640/20210324_134319.jpg" width="480" /></a></div> Sauteed Spinach</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslM4w0N0_VmasGW-D0H69luD0OS1vdYewsB_jwWNhxJlKKe0FjHdOhmpOa0JJyDxkZc4QtL5uwbeAuPCdhmp0wCBbDrSby6iKLF9ClLz_pDy7cdEhyenv_jQ5yoraPSEYxcwb7RA5zeY/s2048/20210324_135007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslM4w0N0_VmasGW-D0H69luD0OS1vdYewsB_jwWNhxJlKKe0FjHdOhmpOa0JJyDxkZc4QtL5uwbeAuPCdhmp0wCBbDrSby6iKLF9ClLz_pDy7cdEhyenv_jQ5yoraPSEYxcwb7RA5zeY/w480-h640/20210324_135007.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saute shallot</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4QpgMQJwqok8fUGcEeAHjqi_x4pExbUTrq93R3OIc6wG95pIfnUokbELqcpwClZRr6RHuYi5yH-RoiSPXY-CInd2u-AAOfElkzvbE9eLsAq0vuWObBymtUQzBifEYDtFKdyq7a_uzuM/s2048/20210324_135236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY4QpgMQJwqok8fUGcEeAHjqi_x4pExbUTrq93R3OIc6wG95pIfnUokbELqcpwClZRr6RHuYi5yH-RoiSPXY-CInd2u-AAOfElkzvbE9eLsAq0vuWObBymtUQzBifEYDtFKdyq7a_uzuM/w480-h640/20210324_135236.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add the Shrimp</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5iD4ddP7rlIFNMLmqIKxBJoEgs1JAE-5bt7Uo3MImFVNNnHPo0ooGKrQPno2lJEFV2E3CqNiTrxbisdO3si1lb9hS955ZsVeW00F1ZG1SqKnHD0sG_5Vw16bMxg0Hbj45MO9UY2pLlo/s2048/20210324_135353.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs5iD4ddP7rlIFNMLmqIKxBJoEgs1JAE-5bt7Uo3MImFVNNnHPo0ooGKrQPno2lJEFV2E3CqNiTrxbisdO3si1lb9hS955ZsVeW00F1ZG1SqKnHD0sG_5Vw16bMxg0Hbj45MO9UY2pLlo/w480-h640/20210324_135353.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add the sherry (if you prefer, add white wine or white vermouth)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_w9jxbfacfhAohw3TFOHip1wQwrikpvmO70FBCIekJIRUTJmpuq4vKeu_aaPtc63A2yEsxdIOqGGZ0BkNdvUC1AA_D4nuoqooeqhEbgzxt5wKZNiYT5b2WAwAJ4leraTDmfVSSMBRqU/s2048/20210324_135605.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0_w9jxbfacfhAohw3TFOHip1wQwrikpvmO70FBCIekJIRUTJmpuq4vKeu_aaPtc63A2yEsxdIOqGGZ0BkNdvUC1AA_D4nuoqooeqhEbgzxt5wKZNiYT5b2WAwAJ4leraTDmfVSSMBRqU/w480-h640/20210324_135605.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add the all-purpose flour</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75ZDB5nSVir6U1HML8P8Y6EX3d-gAFwCQV4fbJnU6ZXwGYYohfn2zJI9L1q2TUfVwGW0CAjCAfuKy2J_9nNT0Fo-J2AiKBul1eEgEwy_46gGdqxe3eS5_bZqfac6SpmKSK46u9mB66FE/s2048/20210324_140233.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj75ZDB5nSVir6U1HML8P8Y6EX3d-gAFwCQV4fbJnU6ZXwGYYohfn2zJI9L1q2TUfVwGW0CAjCAfuKy2J_9nNT0Fo-J2AiKBul1eEgEwy_46gGdqxe3eS5_bZqfac6SpmKSK46u9mB66FE/w480-h640/20210324_140233.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add the milk</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5X0SbU-bT24OVdyDsvrYF-zL1TQ0ot3_n1CFDCfVuz3-RJkre9H8vUB_F3Vt2Q25W-Oo0Fu73RMb8cGM_iX7MPTp1P4mFGmfwakLAqorhRWCi-gcAeyVAFIJWywXc_UL1ttUqebZZkw/s2048/20210324_140450.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn5X0SbU-bT24OVdyDsvrYF-zL1TQ0ot3_n1CFDCfVuz3-RJkre9H8vUB_F3Vt2Q25W-Oo0Fu73RMb8cGM_iX7MPTp1P4mFGmfwakLAqorhRWCi-gcAeyVAFIJWywXc_UL1ttUqebZZkw/w480-h640/20210324_140450.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pour over the spinach</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYof-iHbB3B4YihF6hfrJRPaa5eFdnH3N1KOaUK6Q7HDPmwvkQlpKO3m9BspPKEmz_lO1TuhwmS6t2t017lOFj_rd-YXKOMKH4UHwaZyvS-jAIHrTZCV_UF6EcDI6_WFgdpDlQbH6kAqU/s2048/20210324_182236.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYof-iHbB3B4YihF6hfrJRPaa5eFdnH3N1KOaUK6Q7HDPmwvkQlpKO3m9BspPKEmz_lO1TuhwmS6t2t017lOFj_rd-YXKOMKH4UHwaZyvS-jAIHrTZCV_UF6EcDI6_WFgdpDlQbH6kAqU/w480-h640/20210324_182236.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bake until bubbly</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dD0wfOT2GKs6nRFxVmNNQXtvZdfdfZBe8cHjRqd0hyphenhyphennGUydD6cw-Z3QahsKltxOd71zaYZTs3NNjjcCc5dvyF2LRpiskPywUSbUIXderyYgM2_PApB9jEMJJ91vGUQdKicGu4ZSJYFo/s2048/20210324_182331.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4dD0wfOT2GKs6nRFxVmNNQXtvZdfdfZBe8cHjRqd0hyphenhyphennGUydD6cw-Z3QahsKltxOd71zaYZTs3NNjjcCc5dvyF2LRpiskPywUSbUIXderyYgM2_PApB9jEMJJ91vGUQdKicGu4ZSJYFo/w640-h480/20210324_182331.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I normally serve this with rice, but we're trying to limit carbs, so we served it with a salad</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This is really a simple dish to make, and with the advent of pre-washed baby spinach, and peeled and deveined shrimp. </div><div style="text-align: left;">As we are coming into another week, I hope that you all are closer to getting a vaccine and that you will continue to wear a mask. <i>Ciao for now!</i><br /><div><br /></div></div><br /></div>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-32723599023497698172021-03-22T20:03:00.001-07:002021-03-22T20:03:55.369-07:00Chocolate Salted Caramel Chip Cookies<div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDV-9BIB5W3ITHylxKFzAb3G2N4c9IZI9VsqjMKa0Dk_gN_w-0Jp7TPlfadhilhFXleqhbuIPc-txRM9LTn3gwAd4kxMiYBEMyMirVt3-UhhW7wXUd7y7qqMxcVooRojhxY09HVfhwdpY/s615/0_vwtmE6kZFO0rIq9o_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="615" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDV-9BIB5W3ITHylxKFzAb3G2N4c9IZI9VsqjMKa0Dk_gN_w-0Jp7TPlfadhilhFXleqhbuIPc-txRM9LTn3gwAd4kxMiYBEMyMirVt3-UhhW7wXUd7y7qqMxcVooRojhxY09HVfhwdpY/w640-h426/0_vwtmE6kZFO0rIq9o_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> </div><div style="text-align: left;">So, I've said this before, I LOVE cookies! I have my favorites, but I'm always willing to try something new, and that new thing was some salted caramel chips from <a href="https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/" target="_blank">King Arthur Baking</a>. I waited a long time to try them since they were out of them and over the summer they don't ship them because it's too hot and they might melt. These chips are pretty sweet, and I thought they'd probably be too sweet for a chocolate chip type cookie, so I decided to add them to a chocolate cookie---since chocolate and salted caramel are matches made in culinary heaven. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjAsGIxDQE8qVP-Bf4ah4JFH7tPE3rEbX4hF0IlVQ8nBeFDxiAaTundFTS1Q2hPaeGK0b_wdYjYMGlqiq9VzrvRkT0w5FaUMPqBRIhrGCqATlEaLrSW4HgEEyXUO7z1h1TP570HgQuN4/s2048/20210322_111031.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUjAsGIxDQE8qVP-Bf4ah4JFH7tPE3rEbX4hF0IlVQ8nBeFDxiAaTundFTS1Q2hPaeGK0b_wdYjYMGlqiq9VzrvRkT0w5FaUMPqBRIhrGCqATlEaLrSW4HgEEyXUO7z1h1TP570HgQuN4/w480-h640/20210322_111031.jpg" width="480" /></a></div>I picked up some Lindt cocoa in Italy---it's really delicious, and I can't find it readily here. You can use your favorite cocoa in the recipe. This recipe is simple to put together, I used a portion scoop to shape the cookies, and then pressed the cookies down once they were on they are on the baking sheet. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u> Chocolate </u></span><u style="font-size: x-large;">Salted Caramel Chip</u><u style="font-size: x-large;"> Cookies</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Makes about 24 cookies</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1 cup unsalted butter softened</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 cup sugar</div><div style="text-align: left;">2/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar</div><div style="text-align: left;">2/3 cup cocoa</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 teaspoon salt</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/2 teaspoon baking soda</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 teaspoon baking powder</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 teaspoons vanilla paste or extract</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 large eggs</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/4 cup milk</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 1/2 to 2 cups salted caramel chips (see note)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and line baking sheets with silicone, aluminum foil, or parchment. </div><div style="text-align: left;">In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat together the butter, sugars, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, powder, and vanilla. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Add the eggs beating until smooth. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Beat in the milk, flour, and chips, until combined. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Using a portion scoop, or a tablespoon, form the dough into balls and place 2-inches apart on the prepared sheets. Wet your hand, and press each cookie down to flatten.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bake 12 minutes, until the cookies are no longer shiny, and look set. Allow them to cool on the baking sheets, then store them in an airtight container. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Note: </u> Because these chips are really sweet, I went with 1 1/2 cups, I think 2 cups would be fine. The chips don't melt, they stay solid in the cookie. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Note: </u> I adapted this recipe from the King Arthur website</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bvNwMH-W-G8-3mGDlOrkqwylnmbtYOrwHx_gV9gnsJKScUBPbaAr_gBDjmv0mM8oJJr3Cisy23-dKkdTRyaIJnLbObj7RdPTsWFKZeKUKyPnyw4_7eamEWCFLBdN3SbG2W0DytIyxdY/s2048/20210322_113359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9bvNwMH-W-G8-3mGDlOrkqwylnmbtYOrwHx_gV9gnsJKScUBPbaAr_gBDjmv0mM8oJJr3Cisy23-dKkdTRyaIJnLbObj7RdPTsWFKZeKUKyPnyw4_7eamEWCFLBdN3SbG2W0DytIyxdY/w480-h640/20210322_113359.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYB9rYYLTgqx3VGb_VO7hutiLJMVujxdlFMBnObFVx85UXkNpL85W7rg4n7YW4Xjx1JxIeSnaHdPkNZNesjegYotsG0yCuJ0nXD3AE_baVbsdBkPwqJBhyQHx7HYa36b6_InghHiYA3Hc/s2048/20210322_190726.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYB9rYYLTgqx3VGb_VO7hutiLJMVujxdlFMBnObFVx85UXkNpL85W7rg4n7YW4Xjx1JxIeSnaHdPkNZNesjegYotsG0yCuJ0nXD3AE_baVbsdBkPwqJBhyQHx7HYa36b6_InghHiYA3Hc/w480-h640/20210322_190726.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">There they are, just waiting for a glass of milk, a cup of tea, or coffee. I hope you are all safe a well. Dr. C and I have been vaccinated, and that feels hopeful. <i>Ciao for now!</i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-25437100407984652642021-03-19T20:10:00.000-07:002021-03-19T20:10:11.302-07:00Life Changing Pasta and Stanley Tucci<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2rXpFfYN_mfci5I1fiIgUNBFNFhHzQpB7NS1b99yTfCqxyrzgtFZphz3PkyAmbQq2NiHBRiniQzVbE4icncFhNlJO0JaulBKfem7STcW56Tx_sWM8QBA4e5jo1aQVi7xj94SB7MtPy0/s275/download+%25283%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="183" data-original-width="275" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ2rXpFfYN_mfci5I1fiIgUNBFNFhHzQpB7NS1b99yTfCqxyrzgtFZphz3PkyAmbQq2NiHBRiniQzVbE4icncFhNlJO0JaulBKfem7STcW56Tx_sWM8QBA4e5jo1aQVi7xj94SB7MtPy0/w640-h426/download+%25283%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><div style="text-align: left;">If you have been asleep at 9 p.m. on Sunday nights you may have missed this great new original series by Stanley Tucci on <a href="https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/stanley-tucci-searching-for-italy-restaurants/index.html" target="_blank">CNN</a>. Here, he and his wife are on the Amalfi coast, eating what he described as "life-changing" pasta. If you dream of Italy, or Italian foods, this is a great show. He picks a specific region and focuses on the foods of that region, giving you a hint of the flavor there. Those in the know in Italy have had criticisms about the restaurants he's chosen, or places he's visited, but Italy and its food are the stars here, and with this pandemic, and not being able to travel, I've nothing to complain about. <br />So, I was intrigued by the pasta that was life-changing ---come on, when someone says that, you want to try it. Let me just say that I've eaten some life-changing dishes in my time, but pasta is a food that I grew up with, eat regularly, and teach to students, so this had to be something special. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Another caveat here, is that when an Italian gives you a recipe they tend to leave out one thing, either an ingredient, or a technique, and it's up to you to figure out why that dish doesn't taste the way it did when you first had it. This dish is a simple pasta with deep-fried zucchini, a "knob" of butter, some cheese, and pasta. In this episode, he accuses the sister of the chef for leaving out the butter when she shared the recipe. Tradition has it, that the dish is from the small city of Nerano, originating at a restaurant in 1952 by a chef named Maria Grazia. There was really no recipe for this when watching the show, so I decided to go rogue and figure this out. Just FYI Stanley Tucci is coming out with a book, I'm not sure that there will be recipes from the show, but this is the <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Taste-My-Life-Through-Food/dp/1982168013/ref=sr_1_3?crid=NC6BNWH0I4H6&dchild=1&keywords=stanley+tucci&qid=1616209005&sprefix=stanley+tucci%2Caps%2C287&sr=8-3" target="_blank">pre-order page </a>on Amazon. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Life Changing Pasta All'Amalfitana</span></u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Serves 4</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1/2 inch extra virgin olive oil (see note below)</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 garlic clove, sliced</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 cups thinly sliced zucchini (2 medium or 4 small)</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/2 cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano (the show used aged Provolone, which can be hard to find)</div><div style="text-align: left;">3 tablespoons unsalted butter</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/4 cup finely chopped basil</div><div style="text-align: left;">6 nests tagliatelle or 1/2-pound fettuccine cooked al dente, saving a bit of hot pasta water</div><div style="text-align: left;">salt and pepper</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In a large skillet, heat 1/2-inch of extra virgin olive oil, add the garlic, and cook until the garlic is translucent, remove from the pan, add the zucchini, and fry until the zucchini is browned on both sides. You may have to do this in batches, remove the browned zucchini to a pasta bowl, and continue to cook until all the zucchini is fried. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Add 1/4 cup of cheese, the butter, and basil to the pasta bowl with the zucchini.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Add the hot pasta to the pasta bowl, and toss to coat, adding some of the pasta water to make a creamy sauce. Season with salt and pepper, and serve garnished with the remaining cheese. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I used <a href="https://www.pasta-garofalo.com/us/" target="_blank">Garafalo</a> tagliatelle, but you could use fettuccine if you can't find tagliatelle which is sold in nests.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Deep frying isn't my favorite method, but this gave the zucchini an interesting flavor, and I added basil to this since I was afraid the zucchini was going to be too bland. At the restaurant, they deep fry the zucchini, then refrigerate it overnight, then proceed----I don't have that kind of time, nor do I want to wait, so I just proceeded with the recipe. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Bottom line</u>: Would I make this again? As Dr. C. said it is a nice change from the usual. Was it life-changing? No, but it's pretty darned good, and I think it's worth the effort. Anyone that knows me knows that flavor is my big deal, and this is delicious, flavorful and different, so I highly recommend that you try it. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-cZdZApfBnkbBEZdSSChViYF22WtvND46Nwq-i04_V-MCmryXsxkfVIlzqB5tyRXz5jb8aigmYKi-DUrYen1X8v3OHEfcadsoKFszn6IcuK-x5CYxjbqsKO62xcy7HqWAx-FUVSH-T8/s2048/20210319_181020.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-cZdZApfBnkbBEZdSSChViYF22WtvND46Nwq-i04_V-MCmryXsxkfVIlzqB5tyRXz5jb8aigmYKi-DUrYen1X8v3OHEfcadsoKFszn6IcuK-x5CYxjbqsKO62xcy7HqWAx-FUVSH-T8/w480-h640/20210319_181020.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP756qZ3ooYwVnSerSFcrzKCcFwyjumUo6pIwbWdCBpffQsUzsh4714yD_OjALxTN82GVeLTU8Iu9tsYaPAAi4bbaeTAcgLGxGah4_umaDuCr3AG8woi1bHJK9yLN59hqblB-F_TGjQtw/s2048/20210319_182350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-size: x-large; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP756qZ3ooYwVnSerSFcrzKCcFwyjumUo6pIwbWdCBpffQsUzsh4714yD_OjALxTN82GVeLTU8Iu9tsYaPAAi4bbaeTAcgLGxGah4_umaDuCr3AG8woi1bHJK9yLN59hqblB-F_TGjQtw/w480-h640/20210319_182350.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Use really good extra virgin olive oil, none of that $2.00 stuff</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV2bPRBf6BxtJW2GMQks5TczB5L_FcA0pdxiH6yveUYlP52wFdN3CJ5Bljuxhk5OUntQQiVIeDuFY0OnvzuW6_j-9e5u0WUlT50yxfYYIvMjjYrje8_D2oz0jI6DsviALDpByiYoE3310/w640-h480/20210319_184439.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope you'll try this pasta, and that you'll watch the show, it's a nice way to spend the end of the weekend. At some point, we'll all get to travel again, and enjoy drinking in the sights, sounds and aromas of foreign lands. As we crossed the one-year threshold, I still am thankful for time, for the people that I love, and for the vaccine that will help to rid our country of the virus. <i>Buon appetito! </i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><p><br /></p>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-28660648653391587412021-01-25T14:16:00.002-08:002021-01-25T14:16:30.844-08:00Quarantine Kitchen: Cottage Pie <p style="text-align: center;"> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='531' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx0ckVi6TSAsLZHzla-T9oWiGmdcAnQ4XM_IIG-Q445lU-py29EemLjIZh2Mzomo9c7Y9b0RGT2YtaDTzF1vA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p></p><div style="text-align: left;">That old Mamas and the Papas tune It Never Rains In Southern California wasn't true today. We are in for about a week of rain and weather here, and this morning, I woke up to this spectacular double rainbow. Unfortunately, the pot of gold has remained elusive. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Last night after two days of prep, I served a cottage pie for dinner. Cottage pie is a beef stew, made with ground meat, but I prefer chunks of beef. The entire dish is covered with mashed potatoes---it's hearty and savory, and delicious. Now, this isn't a difficult meal to make, it's just that I think it's better when you let the flavors in the stew sit overnight before you serve it, that gives you time to make everything ahead of time, then you just pop this delicious creation into the oven and wait for the accolades. This dish is the one our future daughter-in-law requested for her birthday dinner. Shepherd's pie is made with lamb, which is also delicious, so you can decide which one you prefer. I've also made chicken pot pie and covered that with mashed potatoes---it's just as delicious as you can imagine! </div><div style="text-align: left;">A few things before I get started, I use <a href="https://www.betterthanbouillon.com/products/roasted-beef-base/?gclid=CjwKCAiAr6-ABhAfEiwADO4sfZ2HzIS5JZMxIa1m1HzZfYk-OvTOSNiF3gsc5MaRdd2JEvmfs_1nQBoCGJAQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">Better than Bouillon beef base</a> for this dish, and I don't follow their directions for reconstituting it, giving the stew a richer flavor. I use Yukon Gold potatoes, but you can use any low starch potato, like a white creamer, or red bliss, I find that Russett baking potatoes give you a softer mashed potato that can sink into the stew. I don't put green vegetables into the stew, after a long simmer, they become a very unattractive khaki green, rather have them brilliant and green on the side. I also like to make the stew in the slow cooker since I don't have to tend it all day long, but it's easy enough to make in a Dutch oven. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cottage Pie</span> </u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Serves 6 to 8</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: center;"><u>For the Potatoes</u></p><div style="text-align: left;">2 1/2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes, peeled, and cut into 1-inch chunks</div><div style="text-align: left;">4 to 5 tablespoons unsalted butter</div><div style="text-align: left;">salt and pepper</div><div style="text-align: left;">heavy cream or milk or sour cream</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Put the potatoes into water to cover, and bring to a boil. Simmer for 20 minutes, or until tender. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Drain thoroughly, and mash with 4 tablespoons of butter, season with salt and pepper. You want a really stiff mash here, if your potatoes are really stiff add a few tablespoons of heavy cream, milk or sour cream to the mash. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAOT9R35DkIBMbMb_yumCezV7AU5aHcwph1IZ7iUtcR3Zx2wjW4TT7fxrwPcosxa2_Rk4x916dsd4cz0z8hyphenhyphendqXlu8jKGtsdV11WB0Z57r_W3QMh1zAxEUDxj0refd7Jan3-URiSD1HOY/s2048/20210122_092946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAOT9R35DkIBMbMb_yumCezV7AU5aHcwph1IZ7iUtcR3Zx2wjW4TT7fxrwPcosxa2_Rk4x916dsd4cz0z8hyphenhyphendqXlu8jKGtsdV11WB0Z57r_W3QMh1zAxEUDxj0refd7Jan3-URiSD1HOY/w480-h640/20210122_092946.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Spread the mash about 1/2-inch thick onto a Silpat on a baking sheet. Cool, cover, and refrigerate to firm up the potatoes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKNxM_mJVZwrMHMm9YztMzc6cw5R6Vf7PqyO0VqGwFO7hpm8MXIw5bA1TWb6X5HqXoxd4fcPsuuG77Y7sAndH_HeqkoE8-3838M958dvoFXx0slOZ368g-lQlenLLE-VFq2DzVDBhdkw/s2048/20210122_175434.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvKNxM_mJVZwrMHMm9YztMzc6cw5R6Vf7PqyO0VqGwFO7hpm8MXIw5bA1TWb6X5HqXoxd4fcPsuuG77Y7sAndH_HeqkoE8-3838M958dvoFXx0slOZ368g-lQlenLLE-VFq2DzVDBhdkw/w640-h480/20210122_175434.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>For the Stew</u></div><div style="text-align: left;">2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil</div><div style="text-align: left;">salt and pepper</div><div style="text-align: left;">3 pounds beef stew meat, fat trimmed</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 cup finely chopped onion</div><div style="text-align: left;">4 medium carrots, scraped and cut into large dice</div><div style="text-align: left;">3 ribs celery, cut into large dice</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 garlic cloves, minced</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 teaspoon dried thyme</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 teaspoon dried sage</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 tablespoons tomato paste</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/4 cup Better Than Bouillon Beef base</div><div style="text-align: left;">3 cups water</div><div style="text-align: left;">3 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 bay leaf</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 1/2 cups corn kernels, either cut from the cob or frozen and defrosted</div><div style="text-align: left;">4 tablespoons unsalted butter mixed with 5 tablespoons all-purpose flour</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into small bits</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In a Dutch oven, heat the oil, liberally season the beef with salt and pepper, and brown the meat on all sides. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Add the onion, carrots, celery, garlic, thyme, and sage, and saute until the onion is softened </div><div style="text-align: left;">Add the tomato paste, and beef base, and simmer for 2 minutes.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Add the water, Worcestershire and bay leaf, and stir to blend. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Cover and simmer for 3 hours, or until the beef is tender. Add the corn, and bring the sauce to a simmer, </div><div style="text-align: left;">Whisk in the butter and flour mixture, bringing the sauce to a boil, until thickened. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNg58B1iQlOMa1W6l1AP8ybAn_4tdMFv6u9sQo1V75N08ZBXSR-KOkzBxHN8egrOnZm1dpkDRLbqKbSigVEhobmj9w5VhUOyont9WtaG8IdJghFU8uen_vdpBnhuBOPEJTimMy2Vs67c/s2048/20210122_170933.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPNg58B1iQlOMa1W6l1AP8ybAn_4tdMFv6u9sQo1V75N08ZBXSR-KOkzBxHN8egrOnZm1dpkDRLbqKbSigVEhobmj9w5VhUOyont9WtaG8IdJghFU8uen_vdpBnhuBOPEJTimMy2Vs67c/w640-h480/20210122_170933.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Season the sauce with salt and pepper if needed. At this point, the stew can be cooled, covered and refrigerated for up to 4 days, or frozen for up to 2 months. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and line a baking sheet with silicone or aluminum foil. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Pour the stew into an ovenproof 13-by-9-inch baking dish. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQM6Hb4HtRCsIiYrQTHAbeXHEPTet8mGDKQXmWfA0cOG8jUB0RVfOVLMvGPxhfQmbJtO0u208xIE4z8eNE8Z3cp4vh1BlMxXpcmgMaoZDJRtbO8IHf2PK_oZJFHFiglDnZKo4mvaK_es/s2048/20210122_175355.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQM6Hb4HtRCsIiYrQTHAbeXHEPTet8mGDKQXmWfA0cOG8jUB0RVfOVLMvGPxhfQmbJtO0u208xIE4z8eNE8Z3cp4vh1BlMxXpcmgMaoZDJRtbO8IHf2PK_oZJFHFiglDnZKo4mvaK_es/w640-h480/20210122_175355.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Using the Silpat, transfer the potatoes to the top of the stew. Dot the top of the potatoes with the remaining butter, and bake for 35 to 45 minutes, until the potatoes are golden brown. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseeW8E5PY3erNYoXLZEissqB9SUtHMBK_UErZV8wt8HkEDZdFjGw6hRc_sacQhpalpt3pT1ACtCfnIR6q_AFSjJHyO7qqXsb08bOpFsNgfoBeR5crveIcIFq03ZIudkkZPvPbSzbvS8k/s2048/20210122_175545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhseeW8E5PY3erNYoXLZEissqB9SUtHMBK_UErZV8wt8HkEDZdFjGw6hRc_sacQhpalpt3pT1ACtCfnIR6q_AFSjJHyO7qqXsb08bOpFsNgfoBeR5crveIcIFq03ZIudkkZPvPbSzbvS8k/w640-h480/20210122_175545.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Allow the cottage pie to rest for 10 minutes before serving. As I said in the intro, I serve peas or green beans on the side. This is also delicious with a nice vinegary salad. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Slow-Cooker Savvy:</u> To make the stew in the slow cooker, saute all the ingredients before adding the tomato paste. Transfer to the slow cooker, and add the remaining ingredients. Cook on high for 4 hours, or low for 8 hours. To thicken, add the butter/flour mixture, and cook another hour on high. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Variations: </u> If you would like to make this with lamb, it's delicious with ground lamb, as well as lamb shoulder. I sometimes add grated sharp cheddar cheese to the potatoes, but the potatoes I made for our dinner were so good when I mashed them, I decided against it. There have been times when I haven't had any tomato paste, and just gone ahead and made the dish without it. It does add another depth of flavor, though, and I keep a tube of tomato paste in the fridge for times when I just need a bit. On a separate note, one of my friends in the UK suggested adding a can of Heinz baked beans to the stew---this must be a secret ingredient that I haven't found in any recipes for cottage pie, but it would certainly be a surprise!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsMNYBiqW3eX4MZQZHYGwSSoDqtHVaAUZQg4KE0SpW0FJ4nF6fxTyrrBkgPARv0Du0HdUkN9jlH4DzjeMI4DfF04U0UWytGOyhu3wUm8JZZh7wIV0WYYBNrkFCpMDHLSXufp4lLjBnws/s2048/20210125_085519.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgsMNYBiqW3eX4MZQZHYGwSSoDqtHVaAUZQg4KE0SpW0FJ4nF6fxTyrrBkgPARv0Du0HdUkN9jlH4DzjeMI4DfF04U0UWytGOyhu3wUm8JZZh7wIV0WYYBNrkFCpMDHLSXufp4lLjBnws/w640-h480/20210125_085519.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD39H-O1MvCmmsGmsoXE0Y9-eGlE2nYuRP3-OwXIlJOriJCG0Dn4-82YJGmEvDFINAmu4xLk7mPivtvUKQ78BjdGYD83z-jslwdA69dBNiZoiddsVRQhG9nOmC_PGQA1WckkNPKDPvI_g/s2048/20210125_085544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD39H-O1MvCmmsGmsoXE0Y9-eGlE2nYuRP3-OwXIlJOriJCG0Dn4-82YJGmEvDFINAmu4xLk7mPivtvUKQ78BjdGYD83z-jslwdA69dBNiZoiddsVRQhG9nOmC_PGQA1WckkNPKDPvI_g/w640-h480/20210125_085544.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0AvZ-pLaPtUCPDozArqP3FD1LP8yp6YOM6krGWk4fl-lHi63_-yo5Nxw9yfp3saqVaIkTGT2Fl9YQOt8rac6Q2KBWV6jYy_uovGubIHoDqKfL8fEKxPXmsiHwUnUKTCcjovhXuHMWns/s2048/20210125_085553.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp0AvZ-pLaPtUCPDozArqP3FD1LP8yp6YOM6krGWk4fl-lHi63_-yo5Nxw9yfp3saqVaIkTGT2Fl9YQOt8rac6Q2KBWV6jYy_uovGubIHoDqKfL8fEKxPXmsiHwUnUKTCcjovhXuHMWns/w640-h480/20210125_085553.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Today the wind off the ocean has gusted at up to 75mph, and it is downright cold for San Diego at 51 degrees. As I write this I am thinking about what I can make to ward off the cold, and so far no great ideas, but hopefully, by dinnertime, I'll have it sorted. We've been enduring this pandemic for so long, I pray each and every one of you is safe, well, and warm. Dr. C. and I have both gotten our vaccinations; he's had his second shot, I'm due for mine in February. Grateful for all the healthcare professionals who are helping to stem the tide of this pandemic. <i>Ciao for now. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p></div><p align="center" class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div><p><br /></p>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-85776531508149219842020-12-19T16:39:00.001-08:002020-12-19T16:40:03.328-08:00Quarantine Baking: Marble Chocolate and Tres Leches Cake<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcTQQ4ywNHge7BQsPvpyk0bY2duNIwboOv80P2P9XcYPvBX1M05fVv-3jWAT3eaXI0IjzT9Q6fKrVpMH33Qn1ZAcfPOY62JGZG5edZsfU_542eDPlDre0OQrwFNlRDGlQqb1U88MOnRc/s500/dulce+de+leche.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZcTQQ4ywNHge7BQsPvpyk0bY2duNIwboOv80P2P9XcYPvBX1M05fVv-3jWAT3eaXI0IjzT9Q6fKrVpMH33Qn1ZAcfPOY62JGZG5edZsfU_542eDPlDre0OQrwFNlRDGlQqb1U88MOnRc/w400-h400/dulce+de+leche.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>There is so much sugar, flour, and butter flying around my kitchen it's hard to keep track of what I'm making at any given time. So far I've made about 5 trays of toffee, and lots of cookies, I've got a panettone biga rising, and dried fruit stewing in Amaretto, and then I stumbled upon a recipe that I thought would be delicious, a chocolate, dulce de leche, vanilla loaf cake. The recipe came from a respected baker who has written award-winning cookbooks, and I followed the recipe, and it was a waste of the ingredients --- the cake was dry and had no flavor at all, and it was a loaf---who wants to eat a loaf? Give me a bundt or layer cake anytime. So I set about transforming this recipe, I wanted a flavorful cake that was moist, and I got it. It really doesn't need frosting, a dusting of powdered sugar will work, but a little more dulce de leche can't hurt. <p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><u><span style="font-size: large;">Chocolate Marble Dulce de Leche Cake</span></u></p><div style="text-align: left;">Makes one 9-inch bundt</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2 ounces bittersweet chocolate</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 ounces unsweetened chocolate</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 cup unsalted butter, softened</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 1/4 cups granulated sugar</div><div style="text-align: left;">3 large eggs</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 cup sour cream</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 tablespoon vanilla paste or extract</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour</div><div style="text-align: left;">3/4 teaspoon baking soda</div><div style="text-align: left;">3/4 teaspoon baking powder</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/4 teaspoon salt</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/3 cup dulce de leche</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Melt the chocolates in the microwave at 50% power, or on the stovetop over medium-low heat, and allow to cool. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and coat the inside of a bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray.</div><div style="text-align: left;">In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, until they are combined. Add the sour cream and vanilla, beating to combine. (the mixture will look curdled)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Add the flour, baking soda, powder, and salt, and beat until smooth. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Divide the mixture in half, and beat the chocolate into one half and the dulce de leche into the other. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Spread the chocolate into the pan, top with the dulce de leche, and using an off-set spatula, draw the spatula through the batters to create a marble effect. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Bake for 50 to 60 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake, comes out clean. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Let cool on a rack for exactly 10 minutes, then turn onto the rack to cool completely. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A few notes: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The Bundt pan I used is gorgeous when the cake is turned out, but difficult to cut into attractive slices. </li><li>There is no vanilla marble component in this cake like the original because really, who needs vanilla when you've got chocolate and dulce de leche? You could divide the batter into 3 equal parts, and then have chocolate, vanilla and dulce de leche. </li><li>The basis for this cake came from a cake in the book <a href="https://smile.amazon.com/Tates-Bake-Shop-Baking-Friends/dp/0578102587/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=baking+for+friends&qid=1608423634&sr=8-1" target="_blank">Baking for Friends</a> which is a terrific cookbook. </li><li>Remember when you spread the first layer into the pan, that will be the layer that you will see when you turn out the cake---you can reverse the chocolate and dulce de leche if you would like. </li><li>This cake will freeze beautifully for about 6 weeks. </li></ul><div><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULdNZ1nMT_Abw7cePTcFZ6zUrJnoSML3jm4jUlygMmaOD8WGiSrTVM7G2dwEF7_iqdC0UJxTrF4GDDjaL2353L0dCDzvASvAjnmQxr3qVfqcH1yhC580AK1QeXfS5PXL-KFfpCwSe8XU/s2048/20201219_113424.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULdNZ1nMT_Abw7cePTcFZ6zUrJnoSML3jm4jUlygMmaOD8WGiSrTVM7G2dwEF7_iqdC0UJxTrF4GDDjaL2353L0dCDzvASvAjnmQxr3qVfqcH1yhC580AK1QeXfS5PXL-KFfpCwSe8XU/w480-h640/20201219_113424.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Chocolate layer going in---I have to be honest, I just eyeballed the amount<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-3ZYQyU9vus_qxVY9FbPXylGxXC9-JNj-lxMa_xYwurhnndPaW4-a4AQcZ4CCV5g9UD1bivRyL5Q_9rQzDOvig0Zg6Q5_Qh8HKc0i4OGeDoJXW6CGmn-wN5EGJKV5R9ecNbjiPLrgf4/s2048/20201219_113431.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-3ZYQyU9vus_qxVY9FbPXylGxXC9-JNj-lxMa_xYwurhnndPaW4-a4AQcZ4CCV5g9UD1bivRyL5Q_9rQzDOvig0Zg6Q5_Qh8HKc0i4OGeDoJXW6CGmn-wN5EGJKV5R9ecNbjiPLrgf4/w480-h640/20201219_113431.jpg" width="480" /></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> Dulce de leche</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9Bb5l7ClBBzqaTH9OHmi25rHtgkV4HBQe4hPklPMVVxF1YZTDPIAEpoCkVqbxphb6uNEcOMx_MsORtSP6QnwUwH-EWSukQ8LRMXV1CyPFYSzrGZFpengcIHkOr_yvQ1TcRkjFaoF01w/s2048/20201219_113632.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl9Bb5l7ClBBzqaTH9OHmi25rHtgkV4HBQe4hPklPMVVxF1YZTDPIAEpoCkVqbxphb6uNEcOMx_MsORtSP6QnwUwH-EWSukQ8LRMXV1CyPFYSzrGZFpengcIHkOr_yvQ1TcRkjFaoF01w/w640-h480/20201219_113632.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Swirled<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UWsRBsoOq29mXNj2Oy1rrvsvexLMs6Oso2t21LaWaC4CdU4kZu5Rx7RmPxs2ht7fynvCtEPhOPbOQUNeNKVPWZDBf2cd0KwlkQZaFYtARHvKnrJCqtg9YD-t0txoCsjco089gQLzhvI/s2048/20201219_124557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7UWsRBsoOq29mXNj2Oy1rrvsvexLMs6Oso2t21LaWaC4CdU4kZu5Rx7RmPxs2ht7fynvCtEPhOPbOQUNeNKVPWZDBf2cd0KwlkQZaFYtARHvKnrJCqtg9YD-t0txoCsjco089gQLzhvI/w480-h640/20201219_124557.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can just see the marbling down the center<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As I said at the beginning, this really doesn't need a frosting, but a drizzle of dulce de leche over the bundt would give it a lovely look. I hope that you are all enjoying some holiday cheer (read that strong cocktails) as we wait out this virus and its devastation. We are just grateful to be safe and well, and wish you a holiday season filled with comfort, joy, and good health. <i><span style="color: red;">Buon</span> <span style="color: #38761d;">Natale!</span></i></div><br />diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-46734089303785126272020-10-27T10:28:00.000-07:002020-10-27T10:28:25.476-07:00Autumn in San Diego, Time for Pork Braised with Apples and Cider<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55krRSykObGDY7yAOynU03NPZlVqTRtOZ5m0PBvCRAR6yJktRDLQwDHE2GbUJ9a0rnPSUW0CYRoU7hAAZxEniO-A0TC1DNgHMoa5Ol324e5wy6MAzv5UBQHxLu29_-q_i4Jjs4wZoTmc/s2048/20201026_124904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj55krRSykObGDY7yAOynU03NPZlVqTRtOZ5m0PBvCRAR6yJktRDLQwDHE2GbUJ9a0rnPSUW0CYRoU7hAAZxEniO-A0TC1DNgHMoa5Ol324e5wy6MAzv5UBQHxLu29_-q_i4Jjs4wZoTmc/w480-h640/20201026_124904.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /> 70 degrees feels like fall here in San Diego after the very hot, humid weather we have been experiencing into October. I never thought I'd get tired of wearing sandals and tank tops, but I've been jealous of my friends on the East Coast in their new sweaters, and boots. One of my favorite dishes in cool weather is one we had in Normandy, France, pork braised with apples and cider. I usually serve this over buttered noodles, but you could serve it over mashed potatoes, or polenta. It's a great slow cooker recipe, but you can also make it on the stovetop in a Dutch oven. <p></p><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Pork Braised with Apples and Cider</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Serves 6</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: left;">1/4 cup Dijon mustard</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar</div><div style="text-align: left;">Six one-inch-thick loin pork chops (bone-in or boneless---the bones fall off in cooking)</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 large sweet yellow onion, thinly sliced</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 teaspoons dried thyme</div><div style="text-align: left;">4 <a href="http://www.honeycrisp.com/honeycrisp_apple.html">Honey Crisp</a> apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 8 wedges</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 1/2 cups apple cider</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 beef bouillon cubes, or 2 teaspoons <a href="https://www.betterthanbouillon.com/our-products/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwit_8BRCoARIsAIx3Rj6KJqa9W14eS7hHz1JI3YsTnyTRinLPDVco7aDmG5HM0HRVUPbBiBEaAmSrEALw_wcB">Better Than Bouillon</a> beef base</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/3 cup heavy cream (this is optional, but really rounds out the flavor)</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 tablespoons cornstarch mixed with 1/4 cup water</div><div style="text-align: left;">salt and pepper</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 pound wide egg noodles, cooked al dente for serving</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>In a small bowl, stir together the mustard and sugar. Spread it onto the pork chops, this is a messy business, but it works. </li><li>Heat the oil in a Dutch oven, and brown the pork chops on both sides. Remove the pork chops to a plate, and add the onion, thyme and apples to the pot. Saute until the onions are translucent.</li><li>Add the apple cider and bouillon cubes. </li><li>Return the pork to the pan, cover, and cook over medium-low heat (at a simmer) for 1 1/2 to 2 hours, until the pork is tender. </li><li>Add the cream and the cornstarch mixture. Bring to a boil, and taste for seasoning. </li><li>Serve the pork over buttered noodles, mashed potatoes or polenta. </li></ol></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u style="font-weight: bold;">Slow-Cooker Savvy:</u> </div><div style="text-align: left;">Saute through step 3, then transfer to the slow cooker insert. Cook on high for 4 hours, or on low for 8 hours. Add the cream and cornstarch, cook on high for 30 minutes, on low for 1 hour, till thickened. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xJzuigz1Mb4nU67gye7cM8DKn0PTMMGoD-K5xb-DXu_-Ryt_VpgqcGPtGhzETb0VKavM8bP41lMVMyKtnBvc_nIuqj1Qui9psfsXsJAGhcsICBbwm_WpOTwGWqqDFHVoF2LvFbif8ZU/s2048/20201026_121700.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xJzuigz1Mb4nU67gye7cM8DKn0PTMMGoD-K5xb-DXu_-Ryt_VpgqcGPtGhzETb0VKavM8bP41lMVMyKtnBvc_nIuqj1Qui9psfsXsJAGhcsICBbwm_WpOTwGWqqDFHVoF2LvFbif8ZU/w640-h480/20201026_121700.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Brown the pork chops</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrnj9nmj5MnLTrsxI_0aU85sdtrHBmjo6qRig-ntdzA2W7siWYdZn2_8VR6yzH2hw5yu5yLEV7aSWZ_shuO3rX4e_tlZJqHTgCZTWV9eYcEdDvdOri6VLvEVvAufU30v7-d490W_FjkM/s2048/20201026_121909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrnj9nmj5MnLTrsxI_0aU85sdtrHBmjo6qRig-ntdzA2W7siWYdZn2_8VR6yzH2hw5yu5yLEV7aSWZ_shuO3rX4e_tlZJqHTgCZTWV9eYcEdDvdOri6VLvEVvAufU30v7-d490W_FjkM/w640-h480/20201026_121909.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saute onions<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6OLNMrvv1gY7vkCCvXUEjlIQxR3MdXO9CiHHylWLjPRIQuvefXC1DfEaqlbCu5AfCmKNjOBQkTnVfNLZqojoDElatQSl352PCdAo2cQlNhuUlnIeHnCJTl08XeBdg02n4-Y9Foti-KuM/s2048/20201026_122401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6OLNMrvv1gY7vkCCvXUEjlIQxR3MdXO9CiHHylWLjPRIQuvefXC1DfEaqlbCu5AfCmKNjOBQkTnVfNLZqojoDElatQSl352PCdAo2cQlNhuUlnIeHnCJTl08XeBdg02n4-Y9Foti-KuM/w640-h480/20201026_122401.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Saute apples and thyme</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMr8tSe2AjvsBNhiJ3KXaPGb5b7A8thHxCV0W7Di1mjgBwruqDJccaNLuFLW2bRr05t7Es30VPVbWdvv0ko7u3TtwGe7scIw0bB4Iiq69gs3OPelJznK69RYpmwMOd01YyYnWqp8GijE0/s2048/20201026_122604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMr8tSe2AjvsBNhiJ3KXaPGb5b7A8thHxCV0W7Di1mjgBwruqDJccaNLuFLW2bRr05t7Es30VPVbWdvv0ko7u3TtwGe7scIw0bB4Iiq69gs3OPelJznK69RYpmwMOd01YyYnWqp8GijE0/w640-h480/20201026_122604.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="640" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add the cider, bouillon, and pork to the pot<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMr8tSe2AjvsBNhiJ3KXaPGb5b7A8thHxCV0W7Di1mjgBwruqDJccaNLuFLW2bRr05t7Es30VPVbWdvv0ko7u3TtwGe7scIw0bB4Iiq69gs3OPelJznK69RYpmwMOd01YyYnWqp8GijE0/s2048/20201026_122604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqElPUTFSz8XbVFaUC9RWdL2miz2iHkl1foA38gx0uvK5lSQHlzY3RvnvyjJZPyIv4uGaxIzCa4raZqnQ4M9jzqLDNwP1FGc1OQI5SzplUlFszotlsvFmW5fasmUcoid28DH07geu-hY/s2048/20201026_173932.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcqElPUTFSz8XbVFaUC9RWdL2miz2iHkl1foA38gx0uvK5lSQHlzY3RvnvyjJZPyIv4uGaxIzCa4raZqnQ4M9jzqLDNwP1FGc1OQI5SzplUlFszotlsvFmW5fasmUcoid28DH07geu-hY/w640-h480/20201026_173932.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Add the cream and cornstarch<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllQUFjiI6gwFrtKBrcaZ0wMlXOD8XqAimIhcKDpywtlX6paG2lJ8QJmxh0Y3vjvlha-01gDysxK2KXIhtjLkx1zvX-Prc4u1_rTf6EHvrE03fFnsjX_svv2gJLpIspAAPjlxgsnINytY/s2048/20201026_175534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjllQUFjiI6gwFrtKBrcaZ0wMlXOD8XqAimIhcKDpywtlX6paG2lJ8QJmxh0Y3vjvlha-01gDysxK2KXIhtjLkx1zvX-Prc4u1_rTf6EHvrE03fFnsjX_svv2gJLpIspAAPjlxgsnINytY/w640-h480/20201026_175534.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I served this with sauteed spinach<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>So I still have no idea what day it is, but I do know that crisp fall days are a welcome relief after hot and humid weeks. I'm wearing a sweater today, which feels cozy, and the daytime temperature will probably be 70, but it feels like fall! <div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsmqHrOd0nCxSXJdwrwybTY7G4jrSpC_LMk4J2DOLhRqU95K3N4cjIqG3ZY5vQqTLyr6xXIVNU4I0qFys4MWpT4nf0GGZ4uAga1eug7knb6uWReYlxLnGe7M550L6ET4Y758CGuOvesk/s4032/20200726_102618.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOsmqHrOd0nCxSXJdwrwybTY7G4jrSpC_LMk4J2DOLhRqU95K3N4cjIqG3ZY5vQqTLyr6xXIVNU4I0qFys4MWpT4nf0GGZ4uAga1eug7knb6uWReYlxLnGe7M550L6ET4Y758CGuOvesk/w480-h640/20200726_102618.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br />I've finally gotten out into the garden to whack away some of the milkweed which feeds the monarch butterflies. We are hoping they are on their way to Mexico, and we'll see them back here in the spring. </div><div>The wildfire season has been devastating combined with the pandemic, right now we are praying for our friends in Orange County evacuating from the fires that exploded yesterday. </div><div style="text-align: center;">Stay safe and stay well. </div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p><br /></p></div>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937296993438119520.post-48576416306450503252020-10-17T18:48:00.000-07:002020-10-17T18:48:19.359-07:00Cornmeal Biscotti, Quarantine Kitchen<div style="text-align: left;"> So, I still don't know what day it is, but I do know that I went to Trader Joes' the other day and picked up a small packet of cornmeal biscotti. Now, I know, I should make these myself, but I really wanted to see what they tasted like and whether I would even like them. They were your standard hard-as-a-rock biscotti, with a little bit of a sandy cornmeal texture, and not many identifiable nuts. But, it got me thinking that for what I paid for these 12 biscotti I could be manufacturing 100's of them them in my own kitchen. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Today was another hot day here in San Diego, so weird for October. </div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLga5pt4VxjUS4gLkkcT6K4g4hiu-DIBOMt4rthRxoajvXZv3IG1C46NIAQWOZzaHNA-dQxFyxoQtBv5xRkgju35-E6lHMTuab2ZIw5pVnRkJvxCwqBg7_dc8yVKSm_BIFsgPhkFKHKzc/s2048/20201017_183850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLga5pt4VxjUS4gLkkcT6K4g4hiu-DIBOMt4rthRxoajvXZv3IG1C46NIAQWOZzaHNA-dQxFyxoQtBv5xRkgju35-E6lHMTuab2ZIw5pVnRkJvxCwqBg7_dc8yVKSm_BIFsgPhkFKHKzc/w640-h480/20201017_183850.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Normally we see the ocean and the freeway here, but tonight we are fogged in<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'd made a batch of<a href="https://cucinadivina.blogspot.com/2020/03/soup-is-good-food-day-12-quarantine.html" target="_blank"> Marcella Hazan's </a>broccoli potato soup for dinner but really wanted to try to make some biscotti, my way. I trolled the internet for some ideas, and this recipe is a winner, thanks to <a href="https://www.davidlebovitz.com/" target="_blank">David Leibovich</a> and his wonderful blog. I did adapt it a bit since I like a more buttery taste, and I used my favorite nuts, pistachios. I think these would be great with an addition of dried cherries, or cranberries for the holidays, and pecans would be a nice sub for the pistachios. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><u>Quarantine Cornmeal Biscotti</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u>Makes about 40</u></div><div style="text-align: left;"><u><br /></u></div><div style="text-align: left;">5 tablespoons salted butter, melted</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 cup sugar</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/4 teaspoon salt</div><div style="text-align: left;">2 large eggs</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 teaspoon vanilla extract</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 teaspoon lemon paste (or 1 teaspoon lemon extract) </div><div style="text-align: left;">1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour</div><div style="text-align: left;">1/2 cup stone-ground yellow cornmeal</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 teaspoon baking soda</div><div style="text-align: left;">1 cup chopped salted pistachios</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Preheat the oven to 350 degrees, and line a baking sheet with silicone or parchment paper. </div><div style="text-align: left;">In a bowl, combine the butter, sugar salt, and eggs, until combined. Add the extract and lemon paste. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Add the flour, cornmeal, baking soda, and pistachios. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Shape the dough into two logs about 13-inches long. (they will expand in the oven)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhenQv9SFWKX4yfHs7qw3vQh7go2dFDGVSOmJEosLZnnHkuRv9wkq5JWc9CmvswP3tJsJUcUIufbFMz-yAjUwTlBQg0JYgRN_1cCdJCbBLc1mqByUPKhPyC5tbejWVtYSKhDfYQ_crITcU/s2048/20201017_160744.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhenQv9SFWKX4yfHs7qw3vQh7go2dFDGVSOmJEosLZnnHkuRv9wkq5JWc9CmvswP3tJsJUcUIufbFMz-yAjUwTlBQg0JYgRN_1cCdJCbBLc1mqByUPKhPyC5tbejWVtYSKhDfYQ_crITcU/w480-h640/20201017_160744.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They don't look like much, but they expand in the oven<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;">Bake for 20 minutes until set. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Reduce the oven temperature to 250 degrees, and allow the logs to rest for 20 minutes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFGL9zMqhaNdKYQD8xKhCE7dNvxOCZcKBCHDvGsfmx_U9C4WputpCXrvELqEbtcioU4JlYOvIRtKwNHprOaCneNQhiUqVQXV_Km407H7IioEf3ijTzxDKLx_uiXOd3K1ufJ_z_P_Emgk/s2048/20201017_171349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixFGL9zMqhaNdKYQD8xKhCE7dNvxOCZcKBCHDvGsfmx_U9C4WputpCXrvELqEbtcioU4JlYOvIRtKwNHprOaCneNQhiUqVQXV_Km407H7IioEf3ijTzxDKLx_uiXOd3K1ufJ_z_P_Emgk/w640-h480/20201017_171349.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Cut the logs into 1/2-inch cookies, and arrange on the baking sheet --- I like to follow my friend <a href="Lorabrody.com" target="_blank">Lora Brody's</a> way of doing this and standing them upright. Bake for 15 minutes until golden brown. </div><div style="text-align: left;">The biscotti will keep in an airtight container for 2 weeks, or you can freeze them for up to 2 months. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHt4-JAOCaug2lt861DswyGg-EGN3jtSvUnLjm9jwb0CTGr8L9fA-k4r6s2zxUXY855LGn12wpLSAW0eOP1EtCbq-Ank-oGXhei_K1aQ4X7DVGY4TSQf_Br3tBkj31no4NlwvRXSiiwBo/s2048/20201017_171611.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHt4-JAOCaug2lt861DswyGg-EGN3jtSvUnLjm9jwb0CTGr8L9fA-k4r6s2zxUXY855LGn12wpLSAW0eOP1EtCbq-Ank-oGXhei_K1aQ4X7DVGY4TSQf_Br3tBkj31no4NlwvRXSiiwBo/w640-h480/20201017_171611.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">So, a few notes here, if you wish to add dried fruit, about 1/2 cup will work well. A drizzle of bittersweet chocolate would also be spectacular on these once they are cooled. I've been using salted butter for cookies lately, and the difference is really interesting---deeper flavor for chocolate chip cookies, and vanilla cookies. These also benefitted from the salted butter. If you only have unsalted butter, use 1/2 teaspoon salt, rather than the 1/4 teaspoon. </div><div style="text-align: left;">What is Lemon Paste, you ask? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbMjC7HCLKWY0-xsfnIR5cotPCoKlhpLQF8SaSLmNrV3Z7zEmy1t25TXfWii5OtwVUekv2oP9PFgei6X7W32PnBDsirfysTAdhyiMg3LnZR_6DCp93AXyNQv38mouty7MIAHcKxwX600/s2048/20201017_171745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZbMjC7HCLKWY0-xsfnIR5cotPCoKlhpLQF8SaSLmNrV3Z7zEmy1t25TXfWii5OtwVUekv2oP9PFgei6X7W32PnBDsirfysTAdhyiMg3LnZR_6DCp93AXyNQv38mouty7MIAHcKxwX600/w640-h480/20201017_171745.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://nielsenmassey.com/vanillas-and-flavors/#anchor3" target="_blank">Neilson and Massey</a> who make my favorite vanilla paste, have come out with a lemon paste, a combo of zest and extract---use it as you would extract, you'll get a nice punch of flavor. I have used this in cakes, and these cookies, and am sold! </div><div style="text-align: left;">So, we are into October, and Dr. C. and I have canceled our trip to Maui at Thanksgiving---I'm not whining, we are just sad for our country and the number of people who are sick and have died. Please wear your mask, stay safe, stay well and VOTE. </div>diane phillipshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08175589046689725933noreply@blogger.com0