Saturday, December 24, 2011

rolling out Orecchiette

12-24-2011 Sat. cold, sunny.



WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee with baileys | bread and cheese | apple
LUNCH --- ( at Petits Plats french restaurant ) onion soup | escargots with garlic parsley butter | ratatouille | potato fries
AFTERNOON-TEATIME
--- tea | roasted seeds
DINNER --- grape fruit salad with greens and cheery tomatoes | Orecchiette ai Porcini alla Pugliese ( handmade orecchiette with traditional Apulian porcini tomato sauce ) | baked bronzini with garlic parsley sauce | wine | ice cream and chocolate crepes



tea snacks



grape fruit salad



making "little ears"


Orecchiette ai Porcini alla Pugliese


  • it took a couple of hours to make the intense flavored tomato porcini sauce, another hour to kneed and knife-roll those little ear-shaped pasta. the recipe is from Oreste and the excellent dish is accomplished by D.D.

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