Here's what was made:
1. Ravioli spinaci e ricotta (you can figure that one out for yourself): ENTIRELY from scratch! the pasta was mixed and rolled out, filled with the filling, and cut! dressed with really simple sauce of butter, oil, and sage leaves. The group who made these did a really good job, and i really enjoyed them.
2. Piselli al prosciutto: this was basically just a sautee with vegetables. we didn't use any prosciutto because it was paired with a dish with prosciutto, and because a girl in the class doesn't eat pork and things like that. it ended up being shallots, zucchini, and red peppers (By the way, the red peppers here are HUGE. twice the size of large ones at home. and really really tasty) I made this one.
3. Saltimbocca alla Romana: basically a pile of tenderized beef (that we pounded ourselves, first time for me) prosciutto, and sage leaves. This was the dish paired with the vegetables. You sautee this in butter, and then make a gravy after their cooked to pour over the pieces. this was great, and i could have eaten all of them. I made this one as well
4. Torta di Ricotta (Ricotta tort, silly!): we each had an individual pie of this. it's basically italian cheesecake. and since i'm all about cheesecake i'll be coming back and making this! they also made a strawberry sauce to put on it/next to it. the recipe didn't have a crust, but he had made dough for them to use, as well as a blueberry puree to eat it with.
i could have stayed there and eaten these things all night. these are some of the best meals i'm having in italy, and i'm making parts of them!!
tomorrow is italian quiz #3. yippee.
I'd like to give a shout-out to Drew, who I have been dating for 2 and a half years today! haha when do we stop counting half years? not yet! :) love you!
love and miss y'all! i'll be home really soon, it seems.
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