Starting with the non-kitchen related curveball today..
Somebody built this snowman on the helipad during our recent period of unusual snow in Paris - it was just beautiful, the whole world turned white, walking to work in a snow storm (all the buses stopped and the transport was chaos...)
In Italy...
We started January in Italy at the tail end of our holidays...
Visit to our favourite pizzeria in Padova (Idon Pizzeria), and this was just about the most delicious pizza I've ever had with pumpkin cream, mozzarella, bacon and rosemary. If I could only share with you how fragrant this was...
There were daily trips to Galateia, my favourite gelateria. It was Fior di Latte for baby G and a different flavour each day for me..
And since we are in Italy, why not some fresh pasta for breakfast? These were filled with beetroot and ricotta
S and I went away to Verona overnight and one of the unusual desserts we had there was this sbrisolona, a giant thick crumbly biscuit, served with a shot of grappa to either dunk the biscuit in or pour over the biscuit. I found it fascinating that the dessert was so alcoholic!
While in Verona we tried the locally famous risotto amarone, cooked in amarone wine till it turns this rich gorgeous burgundy, mixed with a ton of parmesan. so sumptuous.
We also enjoyed this traditional Christmas cake called Nadalin, it's a star shaped pandoro, here cut in layers and filled with cream and chocolate chips, dusted with icing sugar.
Back in France...
January is galette season and this was a savoury galette I made with a lentil sweet potato filling for a dinner.
We've been visiting our local fromagerie (Quatre hommes) on the weekends and getting some beautiful cheeses.. it's about twice the price of the supermarket (often more.. sometimes eyewateringly so) but it's a great way to celebrate all the gastronomy that France to often. It's also hilarious to hear G trying to name the cheeses and say over and over Fromage! Fromage! Fromage!
S started a new tradition called Pasta Wednesdays. He bought a book on regional pastas and has been working through them - this one was a real hit, fettucini with olive tapenade, prawns, with a cannellini bean paste.
I made this spanakopita one evening when S' uncle came over
These veg lasagnas were for a friend who just had a baby
We celebrated finding kale in our local bio shop by having this kale salad, so rare and precious in France
I made these mini lamingtons last week for Australia day. I drew the beaver in the background because my boss is crazy and apparently beavers keep you less stressed!
Still been going out to the forest sometimes for lunch. It's winter and the trees are bare, but the birds and ducks by the pond always bring peace
I made a sweet galette too with the traditional filling (frangipane). The weird thing is, nobody found the fève! I guess someone might have swallowed it without realising, a frightening proposition. Baby G is turning into toddler G, hey?
Sending this to Sherry of Sherry's Pickings. Thanks for hosting and have a great February everyone!
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