14 weeks after arriving in Rome, I urgently needed to taste some other food again... 14 weeks of an italian regime made of pasta, roasted meat, salad and fruits. It is very good and healthy but I started to be bored. Not that italian food is repetitive, it's just the canteen that offers every week the same menu and that I was used to eat very different types meals when I was at home. (My mum is a good cook and has eclectic skills).
So I spent the week-end at home, cooking... I started on Saturday with the ingredients I had in the fridge. The eggplant became a Caviar d'Aubergines accompanied with tuna spread (tuna + philadephia-type cheese) on toasted bread to have a light lunch. That's a good idea for a starter inspired by the italian bruschetta. Then I had peaches left and asked myself what could I do with these fruits????? and I typed "pêches" in the search engine of marmiton.org. After eliminating all the sweets, I decided to try a recipe of Curry de porc aux pêches. I made my shopping list, went shopping and came back with the required ingredients + 700g of abricots and rabbit. I cooked my curry in the late afternoon and I'm so happy because it tasted like the curry at the indian restaurant :D
Sunday, I prepared Iced Tea but I still don't manage to get something balanced or it's tasteless, or too sweet or too strong. As I have 500g loose black tea left... I have time to make experiments! Then I had to cook my rabbit, never done that in my life so I had to phone the helpdesk ;) actually I was calling for the abricots pie (tarte aux abricots). I decided to go on for the Lapin à la moutarde. It's still cooking at the time of writing because I'm using the old methods... i.e. fire and pan (no pressure cooker at my disposal). Meanwhile I backed a simple cake for Charlotte's birthday and will postpone the abricots pie to tomorrow because I'm missing some ingredients.
And then you understand why people are cooking... because they want to eat what they like and it tastes sooo much better!!!! I agree it takes time, but isnt' it worth it?
So I spent the week-end at home, cooking... I started on Saturday with the ingredients I had in the fridge. The eggplant became a Caviar d'Aubergines accompanied with tuna spread (tuna + philadephia-type cheese) on toasted bread to have a light lunch. That's a good idea for a starter inspired by the italian bruschetta. Then I had peaches left and asked myself what could I do with these fruits????? and I typed "pêches" in the search engine of marmiton.org. After eliminating all the sweets, I decided to try a recipe of Curry de porc aux pêches. I made my shopping list, went shopping and came back with the required ingredients + 700g of abricots and rabbit. I cooked my curry in the late afternoon and I'm so happy because it tasted like the curry at the indian restaurant :D
Sunday, I prepared Iced Tea but I still don't manage to get something balanced or it's tasteless, or too sweet or too strong. As I have 500g loose black tea left... I have time to make experiments! Then I had to cook my rabbit, never done that in my life so I had to phone the helpdesk ;) actually I was calling for the abricots pie (tarte aux abricots). I decided to go on for the Lapin à la moutarde. It's still cooking at the time of writing because I'm using the old methods... i.e. fire and pan (no pressure cooker at my disposal). Meanwhile I backed a simple cake for Charlotte's birthday and will postpone the abricots pie to tomorrow because I'm missing some ingredients.
And then you understand why people are cooking... because they want to eat what they like and it tastes sooo much better!!!! I agree it takes time, but isnt' it worth it?
PS/ Don't believe in the rumor and use garlic, it's fantastic and has lots of medicinal properties as well.
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