To warm up those cold winter evenings, here's a menu characterized by the contrasting personalities of its ingredients. Contrasts such as a radicchio and gorgonzola salad and a first course in which the delicate flavour of squash blossoms is further enhanced in the company of "taleggio" (a soft, washed-rind cheese). To continue, a roast made with milk and accented with thyme and marjoram, potato nests with peas and walnut bundt cake. |
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> Winter salad
"Radicchio" is a generic name given to several varieties of chicory, characterized by the method of cultivation called forcing which produces compact heads, usually red in colour. | |
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> Roast beef surprise
In order to slice the meat without tearing it apart allow it to cool thoroughly first, then cut it with a sharp slicing knife. Line up the slices again and reheat in the oven while basting periodically. | |
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> Peas on a nest of potatoes
The potato nests can be filled with a variety of ragouts: vegetarian with asparagus tips, peas and baby carrots; with ground meats; or with fish such as sole or shrimp. | |
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> Walnut bundt cake
Acacia honey does not crystallize. If you wish to use another type of honey and it has crystallized put the jar in warm water for a few minutes, it will immediately become fluid again. | |
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