Mousse au Chocolat...

as I like...

Never mind all the recipes by Torreblanca,...by Hermè,...by Ducasse,...by all the Great ones I have been reading about these days...

Never mind if it's not a Chef Recipe...

It's simply the chocolat mousse exactly as I wanted...with bitter chocolate (70% cocoa), egg yolks, whipped cream and Italian meringue, according to my personal taste...

Look at the results...

...Doesn't it look good?

I guarnish it with some whipped cream and crumbs of baked meringue and confit rosmarine...serve it with peach sauce and crunchy Pain d'Amande...

A lovely refreshing dessert for this quiet hot sunday, when I am still thinking about going or not to London for the working trial at the Roast... "Should I stay or should I go"...

Italian Cheese Cake

While waiting for the important visit (in this blog of course!) of Mr Lawrence Keogh, Head Chef at the Roast in London...



I make my Cheese Cake to offer him...

I use some organic Ricotta, very fresh, made yesterday by the shepherd, fresh eggs from our hens... To give the cake a distinct refreshing flavor of lemon, I add tbsps of fresh lemon juice and grated lemon zest... Completing with a small amount of sour cream as in the New York Style...

I bake the cake slowly in the oven at low temperature...

...and here it is...

for You Mr Lawrence...

...a lovely Ricotta Cheese Cake on a Digestive Base aromatized with ground ginger, served with nectarine peach (grown in our garden!) sauce and with wild blackberries and lavander to garnish...

I hope you appreciate my gift... YOU'RE VERY WELCOME TO MY KITCHEN!!!

Melting Heart Pudding...

...with a lovely nutmeg flavour, winter basil leaves and lavander decorations,

on a Pannacotta and strawberry sauce base...

Shaped Spinaches..

Pappardelle casalinghe...

...Handmade Pappardelle with Walnut Pesto Sauce...

I am not keen on Pasta (not a good Italian, am I? ) and I don't make it often, even if I should, as I know my husband like it much...

However, today, having some fresh duck eggs and needing some more practice for the final exam of the course for cook, I decided to prepare the dough and make some Pappardelle...

In the fridge, there was still some of the Pesto Sauce I'd made with fresh basil and walnuts (without Parmigiano) and few cherry tomatoes to garnish...

It's been a real surprise for my husband coming from work at lunch time... He's enjoyed the Pappardelle so much...!!!

Infact, they were good: the right thickness, right cooking time, right flavour and a good marriage with the Pesto Sauce and cherry tomatoes...

I must do it often, I even enjoyed making it ...

Traditional Meat Balls

...floured and fried...cooked in tomatoe sauce...

Alternatively, rolled in bread crumbs and fried...

Parmigiana in mould...

...with Pesto Sauce decorations...

Quiche Lorraine

...the original recipe...


...using very good quality bacon, the one my father-in-law makes himself...

Pea Soup...

served lukewarm with crunchy cubes of carrots and onions, Pesto sauce and Parmigiano Tuilles (Sprinkled with Coconut rapè) to garnish...

is a lovely light lunch choice on a hot summer day!

Basket of Bread

It is always pleasing for a customer being welcome with a little present...a lovely basket of bread...while it's looking at the menù...

This is just an idea of different kinds of bread you can delight with people coming to your restaurant...

Triangles of Onion Focaccia (dough aromatized with rosmarine and sage), Walnut chip Twists (same aromatized dough), Poppy seed Knots made from milk bread with lemon zest and Fennel seed Croissants from the same dough...

Bomboloni...

direttamente dal surgelatore....

Ne avevo preparati molti un giorno, (troppi!), così decisi di surgelarne alcuni, pronti per essere fritti dopo un ulteriore lievitazione...

Risultato...

Coconut Muffins...

Improved Recipe!!!

Coconut Muffins...

...made for my dear friend Roxy as a present for her birthday together with a marvellous whole organic Pecorino Cheese..., these are the kind of present we like giving each other on special occasions and often...

Waffle Liegi

...prima prova con risultato davvero soddisfacente...

Tozzetti con Nocciole

Very Savoury Muffins

...una versione di muffins salati, con pecorino sardo spalmabile, prosciutto di casa nostra e timo per aromatizzare... Morbidissimi, ma molto molto saporiti...un po' troppo per i miei gusti... 

Gelato alla Vaniglia con Mirtilli Sciroppati...

...su cestino croccante allo Zenzero...

Continuo a cucinare con la sola mano sinistra...

Black Muffins

...wonderfully tender and moist muffins...

with a double dose of chocolate, one from cocoa powder and the other from chocolate chips...

Gelato ai Fichi...

...Cannella e schegge di Cioccolato..

...senza l'uso della gelatiera...ed addirittura con una sola mano, la sinistra, dato che ho la destra immobilizzata a causa di una frattura...

Ma non rinuncio alle mie cucine, quando ho un altro braccio da sfruttare...

 

Broken Shoulder Pizza

...although I've got the right shoulder broken and a very annoying sling, I don't give up make my Saturday Pizza, only by the left arm (that is getting stronger in this conditions) and...
...look at this...



...figs, green tomatoes, Speck, Stracchino cheese (fichi, pomodori verdi, Speck, un po' di Stracchino) and lots of Passion...YAMMY YAMMY!