Category: sauces
Il ragù della domenica (Sunday slow cooked meat & tomato sauce)
| March 18, 2012 | Posted by ameliaps under Italian, italy, sauces, tomato, tomatoes |
“It is impossible not to love someone who makes toast for you.” ~ Nigel Slater I just finished reading “Toast” by Nigel Slater. I am wiping off my tears from the last page, as I sit in my kitchen, chopping onions and carrots to make Sunday ragu’… unsure if the tears are from the onions… more
Summer dinner w/friends: cheeses w/wine jellies, smoked pork, crepes w/ricotta & spinach, mocha semifreddo
| June 5, 2010 | Posted by ameliaps under bechamel, cheese, chocolate, crepes, dessert, mousse, pork, sauces, semifreddo, summer |
We had friends over for dinner. This is my absolute favorite time of the year to entertain. Fresh pre-summer evenings in which we can sit outside with candles and the bugs are not there to bother us yet.We set up a loooong table, with draping tablecloths, ferns from the garden and many many candles.There was… more
Roasted lemon-rosemary leg of lamb with with mint-macadamia dipping sauce
| April 8, 2010 | Posted by ameliaps under easter, lamb, marinated, meats, sauces |
Spring, Easter and Lamb are a traditional combination. Easter means re-birth, renewal, resurrection. It’s a very hopeful time.The lamb represents Jesus and reminds us of the lamb sacrificed on the first Passover observed by the Jews. Spring…is in the air. I am including some images from flowers in my backyard (see my Easter lunch post).This year… more
1:1 Bolognese sauce, on fettucine (easy decadence)
| January 13, 2010 | Posted by ameliaps under meats, pasta and grains, sauces, winter |
Bolognese sauce is the ultimate winter comfort food when it comes down to pasta.I typically do not measure my ingredients when I make this sauce but I decided to pay close attention this time around to able to tell it to you, my readers. To make things easier I tested an hypothesis: that I could… more
on wild food foraging…
| January 5, 2010 | Posted by ameliaps under any season, books, foraging, herbs, pesto, plants, sauces, vegetarian |
(the picture above is of wild ramps, collected last spring) Yesterday I went to the library (I go once a week) to treat myself to some lost and forgotten books. I love digging for treasures, even in the food section.As I was seraching for edible plants, I found “The Wild, Wild Cookbook: A Guide for… more
Pumpkin and squash
| October 20, 2009 | Posted by ameliaps under appetizers, autumn, breads, dessert, meats, pasta and grains, pumpkin, sauces, side dishes, soups, squash, vegetarian |
“Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.” ~ Jim Davis This week-end our family went to pick pumpkins. We also did the customary hay-ride through the woods and pumpkin patches. The weather was wonderfully crisp, the sun was shining and the leaves were changing. It was as if… more
Carrots: Peter Rabbit’s food
| October 17, 2009 | Posted by ameliaps under appetizers, autumn, carrots, cupcakes, dessert, meats, pasta and grains, sauces, soups, vegetarian |
“I went into the garden; there I found Cross-patch and Suck-suck rooting up carrots.” ~from Peter Rabbit, by Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit’s food (carrots)Freshly picked carrots (not the super-market water-logged kind!) are one of my favorite “root vegetables”. They are also so incredibly versatile: I love them raw, glazed with maple syrup, in soup and purees,… more
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