A lovely, long, leisurely lunch at Linda, Gino and Chiara's today and it was one of those relaxed , happy occasions that the Italians do so well, with the age of the guests ranging from 4 months to 87 years. Our creative Chiara, as only she can, came up with this delightful starter of spiedini of cherry tomatoes, mozzarella, slices of hard cheese, cotognata [quince paste] melon and other fruits. I'll be copying these, Chiara! Then there was pasta cooked simply with the zest of lemons picked this morning. We then went Italo-British, with whole chickens that had been roasted on pancetta, the slices of pancetta being served with some very British roast potatoes. For dessert there was a lemon cake baked by one of the incomparable aunts, ice cream -pastry things from a pasticceria and Chiara's wonderful home-made strawberry ice cream.
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Ooh I come here I liook at the delicious food and I go away yearning for an evening snack! Your food always looks so tasty Welshcakes
Waaaah! I NEED some gelatto! Preferably pinoli, which I only found in Orvieto!
Looks absolutely fabulous, WL. Pete roasted a piece of lamb here but we had to hide Lola from it.
That looks like a springtime feast! I am especially intrigued with the ice cream pastry things -- do the colors denote what flavors were in them?
Yum Yum again Welshcakes:
We too, had Roast Chicken for our Sunday meal, but with all the vegetables and 'roasties', the British way, on the same plate.
I like the way the Italians and French serve their vegetables, quite often, as separate courses. I suppose climate has a lot to do with it, thus allowing people to sit out, in the glorious climate and eat at a leisurely pace!
Whilst the weather has been so good, I have been doing lots of Meditteranean cooking. DT is quite a master of the barbecue, so all I have to do is the 'prep', and then, sit back, drinking Prosecco, in the lovely sunshine, whilst DT attacks the barbecue.
'Attack' is in the operative I may add! I don't know why men have to prod and fiddle with food when they're barbecueing, it's taken me ages to train him not to do this, as all the valuable juices trickle out of the food, particularly steak.
I Cooked your Lemon Chicken too, last week, it was delicious.
We're of to Antibes in two weeks time, can't wait.
We get a real good mixture of French and Italian food there, also, a wonderful Lebanese Restaurant that we want to try out too.
Love to you and Simi,
Di.xxx
Love from DT and Chloe too. xx
I too shall be copying the spiedini - they look fabulous!
You certainly know how to enjoy your food. This feast looks so wonderful.
I think I forgot to send my comment - or did I? So here it is again. That lunch looks so delicious and how we all love Sundays spent with those we love. We spent ours with our daughter, her husband and their little girl, + the other daughter, eating lunch in the garden of the house they have just moved to in the country, having left London a couple of weeks ago: roast lamb, roast beets, sweet potato and corander puree and salad and a pretty full-on crumble. Si it was yum yum in Wiltshire as well as Sicily. Mr Bowser came too and would have been delighted if only Simi had been able to join him for the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table!
How come the ice creams look so solid, like the cream bit can rest on the table?
Oh Yummm!! You have generous hosts.
Sounds and looks like a veritable feast indeed Welshcakes.
Such great foodie posts, Welshcakes. :-)
After the spectacular success of your Chicken with Lemons recipe the other week, I thought I'd try your Chicken and Artichokes Salad yesterday. Everything was ready to go and we were just about to start cooking when the in-laws dropped in. We weren't expecting them until mid-afternoon. We could hardly turn them out, so we invited them to stay. An easy recipe to stretch, no?
It went down to raving reviews. Well done once again; you really managed to save the day, however unknowingly.
Looks so delicious. I have never tried pasta with lemon..might give that a try..how do you cook it???
Mmmmmmmm.
Pleased that you like the look of it, jams. We all need gelato, always, Leslie! Hi, Book Owl. Poor Lola - glad you didn't let her see it! Ciao, Rowena. Yes, the colours do denote the flavours. Hi, Trubes. I like the vegetables as a separate course, too. DT sounds a treasure! Glad the lemon chicken worked. Have a great time in Antibes! Love to DT and Chloe and, of course, you, from Simi and me. x Hi, WW. Yes, it's a great idea, isn't it? Thanks, kissa. Hi, Sally. I didn't receive any other comment from you. Thanks for persevering. That sounds a delicious meal. How Simi would love to play with Mr Bowser! Lots of love from both of us xx Hi, Crushed. There is some sort of set, pastry cream around it. I do, indeed, Mopsa. I am very lucky. It was lovely, jmb. Thank you, Ludlingtonian. I am delighted to know it went down well. Hi, Anne. I will get the recipe from my friend. Thanks, Liz.
Fabulous. Must be wonderful to eat around your place. What I wouldn't give to taste some of your wares.
Now I am hungry and it isn’t breakfast time yet!
You know how to send the taste buds into overdrive Welshcakes ;-)
Hi, James. I'm sure that one of these days you will. Sorry about that, Nick! Thanks, nunyaa.
I think the same as Jams and everyone else. You remind me how tasteless our food is and how poor our hospitality is in comparison.
Hi, Ellee. It is rather wonderful, I think.
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