Recent Posts Tagged With 'veal'

• AND LUNCH IS BY ROSA

  Posted on Monday October 19th, 2009 at 06:57 in recipes, veal, rosa, aubergines

  I am about to partake of a lunch which Rosa brought me this morning. It is an Italo-Albanian dish of stuffed aubergine. Rosa says she chooses round aubergines, cuts them in two and digs out the pulp, which she chops. Then she cooks this with some cho...

• SPEZZATINO DI VITELLO E FUNGHI

  Posted on Sunday October 11th, 2009 at 16:19 in recipes, veal, verdura, spezzatino

  I have a milk allergy so don't often make a dish that requires cooked cream. However, Italian panna di cucina is much lighter than any type of British cream, and does not seem to upset me.A recipe for a casserole of veal with pleurotus mushrooms [whi...

• FOODIE FRIDAY - A VERY SPECIAL BIRTHDAY FEAST

  Posted on Friday September 11th, 2009 at 14:55 in friendship, dolci, pasta, potatoes, veal, rosa

  Yesterday was Rosa's birthday and I was invited to a very special lunch at her home to celebrate the occasion:First, there was pasta with sweet tomato sauce: Rosa had made two enormous Italo-Albanian types of focaccia, one with a filling of onions an...

• A DAY IN AGRIGENTO

  Posted on Tuesday August 25th, 2009 at 16:22 in architecture, food, friendship, pasta, fruit, agrigento, veal, cassata

  Ever since I came to live in Sicily, I've been trying to get back to Agrigento, whose breathtaking Valle dei Templi should surely be listed among the Wonders of the World. When I first visited Modica, it was just possible to do the journey to Agrigen...

• A DAY AT THE SEA

  Posted on Tuesday August 11th, 2009 at 17:16 in friendship, pasta, veal, gina, marina di modica

  I loved the sea as a child and I still love it - provided it's warm and once I'm in it, that is. I must admit, though, that the thought of going to a beach fills me with panic: not because I'm afraid of the sea or of showing more of me than is usual,...

• INVOLTINI DI VITELLO ALLA SALVIA

  Posted on Monday August 3rd, 2009 at 14:20 in recipes, Herbs, veal

  This is a quick and stress-free way to get some involtini [filled and rolled meat slices] on the table:For 4 people:8 escalopes of veal - get the butcher to pound them as thin as possible for you8 slices Parma or San Daniele hamfresh sage leavesa goo...