no-knead pizza and novel toppings

3-13--19-2023

 

 DINNERS --- homemade pizza : fennel and bacon pie ( tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella, fried bacon, Permigiano-Reggiano cheese ) ; rosa pie ( fresh tomato sauce, garlic clove, fresh oregano leaves, green olives, chili flakes) ; spicy eggplant pie ( Japanese eggplant, tomato sauce, grated fresh ginger, garlic clove,  bonito flakes, cilantro leaves, minced chili pepper) ;  Brussels sprouts and chestnut pie ( Bechamel sauce, Permigiano-Reggiano cheese, fresh mozzarella, bacon, Brussels sprouts, roasted chestnuts, red onion,  thyme leaves, celery salt, chili flakes ) |  steamed artichoke | pasta with roasted red pepper sauce and smoked fish | pan-fried shishito peppers | stir-fried Chinese celery and bean curd | soy braised short ribs and chestnuts

 

 spring has arrived in a cold day

fennel and bacon pie

 

Rosa pie

spicy eggplant pie

brussels sprouts and chestnut pie

 

 

soy braised short ribs and chestnut in the memory of mon uncle 

 

an Italian night: no-knead pizza, no-churn semifreddo

10-17--23-2022

DINNERS ---  homemade pizza:  four cheeses: fresh goat cheese, 1000-day gouda, parmesan, blue cheese; toppings: salami, shiitake, zucchini, roasted sweet pepper with homemade sofrito | homemade semifreddo with honey and raspberry jelly | wine |

| steamed manila clams  on table | shrimp and vegetable paella | curry stew of beef, cabbage, potato, turnip, carrots and fried tofu| beef osso buco soup with rice noodles and pea shoots | steamed okra with tomato sauce | steamed egg custard | parboiled greens | pan-fried lotus root 

 

 

**** pizza ***

*** semifreddo***

 

 

hiking ...  in Catoctin mountain

• no-knead pizza, 24-h fermentation 
  
• semifreddo:  1 cup heavy cream,  4 egg white,  1/4 cup sugar,  vanilla extract.  whip and fold,  form in mold box, freeze overnight.