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Jun. 29th, 2008
From a conversation Last night, here is the relevant link:
http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/welcome/awgsa_conference
From a conversation some time ago, I said I would put up the link to my writing that won me a Tin Duck, so here it is:
http://callistra.livejournal.com/2007/06/14/
http://www.ias.uwa.edu.au/welcome/awgsa_conference
From a conversation some time ago, I said I would put up the link to my writing that won me a Tin Duck, so here it is:
http://callistra.livejournal.com/2007/06/14/
July - Italian Month
Jun. 29th, 2008 06:13 pmName of Cuisine:
Italian
Dining Experience:
Lots of very solid, very yummy food. Stories of proper Italian dinners involving multiple courses and a fish course, a pasta course, a beef course, a chicken course....Lots of lovely desserts too, the most famous of which is tiramisu. Italian (to me) is very much a home food. Every one has their own version of Spaghetti Bolognese (also known as SpagBol, SpagBog, Bog) and Lasagne. Chesh and I are planning to make lasagne a family event, from making the pasta through to the final product. We think it will be a fun activity to do with *every one*. All the pastas mentioned below I expect to make by hand with Vinnie's assistance.
Customs and Notes:
Food is a very group and/or family affair. The care and love shown from growing the produce through to group processing and cooking and consumption is very much a tie in of food and love.
Recipes: (10 recipes)
1)Pizza with potato dough base and special tomato sauce
2)Roman Pan-fried Lamb
3) Gnocchi Romana
4) Pasta carbonara
5) Pasta Marinara
6) Lasagne
7) Parma-wrapped chicken stuffed with herbed garlic cheese
8) vegetarian Bean and Pasta Casserole
9) pancooked chicken with artichokes
10) Pumpkin and spinach cannelloni
11) Chicken (paprika) casserole
Main Ingredients I need to obtain (excluding meats):
Resources (Books/Blogs/Etc)
This is the book I am using:
Italian - over 180 tantalising recipes
The funny thing about this book is that I tried to give it away! I didn't like the formatting or the recipes, but Chesh said he did, and would mark some things he liked to try. So, it's now going to be my main reference for this month.
Also, an old favourite might have few entries/.
Livejournal Posts
Roman Panfried Lamb and Potato Base Pizza with Special Tomato Sauce
Other notes... Japanese month was a complete flop. I was sick for three weeks out of four, and we did a couple of recipes, but not the whole array I had planned. I'll tackle Japanese again later, probably in a warmer month. I want to explore cold noodle soups and salads more!
Italian
Dining Experience:
Lots of very solid, very yummy food. Stories of proper Italian dinners involving multiple courses and a fish course, a pasta course, a beef course, a chicken course....Lots of lovely desserts too, the most famous of which is tiramisu. Italian (to me) is very much a home food. Every one has their own version of Spaghetti Bolognese (also known as SpagBol, SpagBog, Bog) and Lasagne. Chesh and I are planning to make lasagne a family event, from making the pasta through to the final product. We think it will be a fun activity to do with *every one*. All the pastas mentioned below I expect to make by hand with Vinnie's assistance.
Customs and Notes:
Food is a very group and/or family affair. The care and love shown from growing the produce through to group processing and cooking and consumption is very much a tie in of food and love.
Recipes: (10 recipes)
1)
2)
3) Gnocchi Romana
4) Pasta carbonara
5) Pasta Marinara
6) Lasagne
7) Parma-wrapped chicken stuffed with herbed garlic cheese
8) vegetarian Bean and Pasta Casserole
9) pancooked chicken with artichokes
10) Pumpkin and spinach cannelloni
11) Chicken (paprika) casserole
Main Ingredients I need to obtain (excluding meats):
| Anchovies | Olives (green) | Olives (black) |
| Parma Ham | Gruyere | Parmesan |
| Eggs | Flour | Cheese |
| Pasata | Soft Cheese with herbs and garlic | Pasta Sauce |
| Onion | Crushed Tinned tomatoes | Artichoke Hearts |
| Cannelini Beans | ||
Resources (Books/Blogs/Etc)
This is the book I am using:
Italian - over 180 tantalising recipes
The funny thing about this book is that I tried to give it away! I didn't like the formatting or the recipes, but Chesh said he did, and would mark some things he liked to try. So, it's now going to be my main reference for this month.
Also, an old favourite might have few entries/.
Livejournal Posts
Roman Panfried Lamb and Potato Base Pizza with Special Tomato Sauce
Other notes... Japanese month was a complete flop. I was sick for three weeks out of four, and we did a couple of recipes, but not the whole array I had planned. I'll tackle Japanese again later, probably in a warmer month. I want to explore cold noodle soups and salads more!
Roman Pan Fried Lamb
Chesh cooked this! Awesome! Just delightful. Full and intense flavours with lots of layers. Lamb was cooked to perfection and suited the mashed potato superbly. Definitely do again, especially since we forgot to get photos cos it was so yummy and we were so hungry!
Potato Pizza Base
I think I stuffed this one a bit, as it called for mashed potato, so I use the leftovers from last night's mashed potato. Except that when you have left overs, it's already got milk and butter already in it, so I think it threw out the proportions too much. I'll have to do it again to see. We did like it, though it came out like a very thin slice of gnocci with pizza sauce and cheese on top. We didn't put any more toppings on that one as the tomato sauce had a lot of flavours and I wanted to see what the base was like. It didn't get crispy, and was very limp, but yummy. And solid. VERY solid.
Special Tomato Sauce
Frying pan tomato sauce with onion, capsicum, garlic, sugar, salt, herbs, simmered into thickness. Lovely. Very very nice indeed.
No photos cos... well, every one has seen homemade pizza. And I didn't think of it in time!
Chesh cooked this! Awesome! Just delightful. Full and intense flavours with lots of layers. Lamb was cooked to perfection and suited the mashed potato superbly. Definitely do again, especially since we forgot to get photos cos it was so yummy and we were so hungry!
Potato Pizza Base
I think I stuffed this one a bit, as it called for mashed potato, so I use the leftovers from last night's mashed potato. Except that when you have left overs, it's already got milk and butter already in it, so I think it threw out the proportions too much. I'll have to do it again to see. We did like it, though it came out like a very thin slice of gnocci with pizza sauce and cheese on top. We didn't put any more toppings on that one as the tomato sauce had a lot of flavours and I wanted to see what the base was like. It didn't get crispy, and was very limp, but yummy. And solid. VERY solid.
Special Tomato Sauce
Frying pan tomato sauce with onion, capsicum, garlic, sugar, salt, herbs, simmered into thickness. Lovely. Very very nice indeed.
No photos cos... well, every one has seen homemade pizza. And I didn't think of it in time!