BBQ BRISKET

KALAMATA OLIVES, PROSCIUTTO, & PESTO FINISHED WITH BALSAMIC GLAZE

PROSCIUTTO & PESTO WITH TRUFFLE COARSE SEA SALT

DINNER

SHAVED BRUSSEL SPROUTS WITH FARRO, GOLDEN RAISINS TOSS WITH A FIG VINEGAR

BQQ BRISKET BEFORE SLICING

SLICED WITH SOME EXTRA BBQ SAUCE

SHELLS MAC & CHEESE WITH AGED GOUDA 

FAMILY STYLE

SPICY ITALIAN HERB TOPPED WITH  SWEET CIPPOLINI ONIONS AND BASIL

VERMONT WEEKEND

I DID SOME COOKING THIS PAST WEEKEND WHILE I WAS UP IN VERMONT. SATURDAY WE PLANNED ON GRILLING OUTSIDE TO MAKE SOME BBQ CHICKEN, SPICEY VERMONT SAUSAGE AND SOME VEGGIES. WEATHER DID NOT PERMIT. 

TRI-COLOR FARFALLE WITH SPICEY VERMONT SAUSAGE, OVEN ROASTED HEIRLOOM TOMATOES AND PARMIGIANO- REGGIANO 

ROSEMARY BBQ CHICKEN

PESTO PIE WITH PROSCIUTTO,  BASIL & BALSAMIC GLAZE

CHIPOLTE-BASIL WITH PROSCIUTTO, BASIL & BALSAMIC GLAZE

PROSCIUTTO & BASIL WITH BALSAMIC GLAZE

MORE PIZZA'S & DINNER

I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR ALL OF THE GENEROUS COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS RECENTLY AND I AM GLAD I CAN MAKE YOU HUNGRY.

 AS YOU ALL CAN SEE AND MOST OF YOU KNOW,  I'VE BEEN CRANKING OUT PIZZAS AND HAVE NOT REALLY COOKED IN A WHILE.  I FINALLY HAD SOME TIME ON THIS RAINY DAY TO GET A SOUP GOING.

 I ATTEMPTED ONE OF THE CLASSIC SOUPS I LEARNED IN ESSENTIALS OF ITALIAN, ZUPPO DI FARRO WHICH IS IN AN EARLIER POST.

 ENJOY. 

 ZUPPA DI FARRO

ZUPPO DI FARRO WITH LEMON & GINGER OLIVE OIL AND  PIAVE AND BASIL CRISP

ZUPPO DI FARRO WITH THE PIAVE CRIPS MELTING INTO THE SOUP.

 FOR THE MAIN COURSE I ROLLED CHICKEN BREASTS WITH FIG GOAT CHEESE AND SOPPRESSATA. THERE ARE THREE PLATE VARIATIONS FOR EACH DINERS REQUEST.   EVERY PLATE WAS FINISHED WITH A FIG VINEGAR. THIS ADDED A DIFFERENT NOTE OF FIG ALONGSIDE THE CHEESE. 

HUGE BUBBLE 

CIPOLLINI ONIONS & SOPRESSATA WITH SOME BALSAMIC GLAZE