What did you cook/eat today (June 2017)

[epicuric]

Technically a misnomer then - unless the recipe is designed to preserve the duck.

Source: Wikipedia

Yes, but the main point is that it is cooked totally immersed in the fat and then stored in it. The same principle as canning.

 

[MypinchofItaly]

My breakfast this morning

Caffè espresso, caffelatte, strawberries and some spelt biscuits

 

[MypinchofItaly]

@MypinchofItaly,

Which type of olives do you use for your " Tapenade " ( Olive Paté ) ?

I use Greek Kalamatas .. I have tried Niçoise however, we prefer the Kalamata ..


Have a lovely evening ..
23.45 ..

My last weekend of tour guiding until the 19th .. I am off from the 12th to the 19th .. So, I can post up a couple of récipes and take some photographs ..

I often try to use olives from Puglia or even "taggiasche" (more little) typical from Liguria. And both type of these olives have the nocciolo inside ( sorry I don't know how to translate nocciolo in english). Or I use also simple black pitted olives.

 

[MypinchofItaly]

Oh mio Dio, Mypinch!

Ehehehe....did you want some? Rigatoni con polpettine "spaccano"!

 

[Lynne Guinne]

Busy day, so a quick supper. Hubby grilled hot dogs, I made potato salad. We each got our own pickle from the jar. Whew! Hard work!

 

[epicuric]

My breakfast this morning
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Caffè espresso, caffelatte, strawberries and some spelt biscuits

I am trying to understand the mechanics of this - two types of coffee at the same time. Or have I misunderstood?

 

[Yorky]

Actually many eat it almost like that - using the lettuce as a sort of "spoon" or as per chapati or naan bread..

Anyway, here are the ingredients which will go into today's laarb.

@morning glory - I sliced the red onions and garlic with the violin without removing or damaging any of my extremities!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

nd both type of these olives have the nocciolo inside ( sorry I don't know how to translate nocciolo in english).

I think you are referring to the stone. So it is an unpitted olive, so the hard center - the bit that would germinate and grow to be an olive tree, is still inside the olive.

 

[MypinchofItaly]

I am trying to understand the mechanics of this - two types of coffee at the same time. Or have I misunderstood?

Oh ok I'll explain to you. This could confuse a non-Italian.
Caffelatte is a sort of cappuccino but without foam. Is very usual to do caffelatte for breakfast in Italy. Warm milk and then put inside some of espresso coffee ( Warm or cold, but often warm) and plunge some biscuits or piece of cake or pizza ( I'm kidding for this).
And after your caffelatte, you can taste your espresso coffee

 

[MypinchofItaly]

I think you are referring to the stone. So it is an unpitted olive, so the hard center - the bit that would germinate and grow to be an olive tree, is still inside the olive.

Yes, thank you @SatNavSaysStraightOn !

 

[Lullabelle]

The dough looks so much better than delivery pizza in the UK.

Our takeaways use bought in prepacked generic flat things.

I would like to go to Italy sometime and have a proper pizza

 

[Lullabelle]

I've taken some chicken out of the freezer for laarb gai this evening.

We first tried laarb 4 years ago in Koh Samui, wow it was so good.

 

[MypinchofItaly]

Our takeaways use bought in prepacked generic flat things.

I would like to go to Italy sometime and have a proper pizza

Yeee...

 

[Yorky]

The finished laarb gai (with other green stuff).

 

[Lullabelle]

The finished laarb gai (with other green stuff).

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