I can't believe it's already Thursday! The week has flown by thanks to beautiful weather and fortunately, some pretty good midterm grades!
Yesterday I had my foods class and don't worry, it didn't disappoint! We studied the regions of Umbria, Marche, and Lazio which are in central Italy (where you'll find Rome!).
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| Bucatini all'Amatriciana |
Let's just talk about how delicious this is. Bucatini is a type of pasta that is like spaghetti but a little bigger with a hole down the middle. This sauce is made by cooking pancetta (bacon) bits down for a long time and adding tomatos and peperoncino (a chili pepper) and just letting it all cook for a long time. It was pretty easy and divine!
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| Saltimbocca alla romana and funghi trifolati |
The meat is translated to, "veal cooked with ham and sage", and it's definitely my favorite veal dish I've had. After putting the three components together with a toothpick, the whole thing was floured and cooked in oil and then wine. The mushrooms are fresh mushrooms cooked down with just olive oil and garlic with parsley to garnish.
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| Crostata |
This fresh fruit tart is what Lucia, Allison, and I worked on and boy, it was delicious. Who knew I would become a number one fan of custard in Italy? It was similar to the custard cake we made a few weeks ago, but instead of sticking the crust and custard back in the oven, we put fresh fruit on top and refrigerated it. I ate over two servings of this, I don't want to know what my cooking teacher thinks about this!
Also, if you would like to applaud my productivity, I have posted my Paris pictures! You can find them here
We're about to be treated to a delicious dinner by Anna's mom--what a great way to start off the weekend!
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