Saturday 16 January
As Holt gets better, we are able
to get together with friends again. So
tonight we invited Liz over for an informal dinner.
We started with light appetizers
of Brazilian tapioca puffs (Pao De Queijo)
and rosemary walnuts.
In the meantime, we simmered our
main dish, Provençal Soupe au Pistou,
cooked along the general guidelines of Cuisine
of the Sun. We had started two or
three large chopped onions simmering in some rendered bacon lardons, then added
the basic chopped celery (a stalk or two), two or three carrots, some turnips,
potatoes, and water to top it up.
We
were also able to add some cannellini left over from last week, and some of our
home-grown carminat and romano beans from the freezer. At the end, we threw in five or six cubes of
our frozen pesto, and simmered until it was thick. It made a fragrant and hearty main dish.
For dessert, we enjoyed (and
scanned the recipe of) Liz's Mallorcan almond cake, served with pistachio ice
cream.
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