Cousin Memmo’s Big Fat Festa Italiana, March 31, 2012

What’s that you said?  You heard that pizza was really invented by Americans?  Oh, and that it’s alright to drink cappuccino after a nice Italian dinner?

ASSOLUTAMENTE NO!!!  And please, please, PLEASE, don’t even THINK about putting cheese on that fish!  HAI CAPITO???  What you need is to let Cousin Memmo make you an offer you can’t refuse – a beginner’s course in Italian gastronomy!  Prepare to mangiare bene!

Event Details

Date: Saturday, March 31, 2012
Time: 7:00 PM

Recipe List

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Antipasti

• Bruschetta al pomodoro (bruschetta with tomatoes & basil)

• Frittata con le zucchine (zucchini frittata)

• Pâte’ ai fegatini (chicken liver pâte’)

• Meat plate (e.g. prosciutto, bresaola, speck, salame, mortadella, etc.) One way to prepare bresaol | One way to prepare prosciutto

• Cheese plate (e.g. mozzarella di bufala, scamorza, taleggio, gorgonzola, fontina, provolone, robiola, parmigiano  reggiano, grana padano, etc.)

Primi Piatti

• Crema di porri (cream of leek soup)

• Ribollita (hearty Tuscan soup)

• Gnocchi al gorgonzola (potato gnocchi with gorgonzola sauce)

• Lasagna Bolognese (Bill will make)

• Orecchiette con cime di rapa (orecchiette with broccoli rabe)

• Linguine al pesto Genovese (linguine with pesto, green beans & potato)

• Rigatoni con polpettine (rigatoni with meat balls)

• Spaghetti con le vongole (clams, can be made with white sauce, tomatoes or red sauce)

• Polenta pasticciata alla Valdostana (polenta with fontina & parmesan)

• Risotto ai funghi porcini (risotto with porcini mushrooms)

• Carciofi alla Giudia or Carciofi alla Romana (Roman artichoke dishes)

• Parmigiana di melanzane (eggplant parmesan)

Fish

• Cernia alle olive (grouper with olives & tomatoes)

• Sogliola alla mugnaia (sole with lemon)

Meat

• Abbacchio alla Romana (Roman Spring lamb)

• Cassoeula (Lombardian pork stew with cabbage)

• Ossibuchi alla Milanese (Milanese osso buco)

• Costolette alla Milanese (Milanese veal chops)

Poultry

• Filetti di anatra ai fichi (duck with figs)

• Involtini di pollo alla salvia (chicken roulades with sage & pancetta)

• Pollo alla cacciatora (chicken cacciatore)

Dessert

• Tiramisu’ (literally“pick-me-up”)

• Baba’ al rhum (rum-soaked Neopolitan cakes)

• Torta al cioccolato e alle pere (chocolate & pear tart)