Monday, June 7, 2010
Rigatoni with garlic scapes
Rigatoni from rice and corn flour with dop san marzanos, garlic scapes, peperoncini, oil, salt, reggiano.
LAMB!
Lamb loin chop with mashed potatoes, and mint coulis. Chives with chive blossom makes it a party.
Mint coulis: mint, parsley, olive oil, garlic, peperoncino, salt.
Mint coulis: mint, parsley, olive oil, garlic, peperoncino, salt.
Arugula salad with pickled ramps/fennel and pecorino
Pickled ramps and fennel with white wine vinegar, brown sugar, salt, mustard seed, coriander seed, black, white & red pepper, and peperoncino from Rome.
Semi-hard pecorino from upstate.
Semi-hard pecorino from upstate.
Pumpkin gnudi
Some of them fell apart. Not enough flour. Really good flavor though. Pumpkin (zucca butternut) ricotta, egg, flour, salt pepper, nutmeg in butter and sage sauce.
Pumpkin Salad with Arugula and Pecorino
Pumpkin roasted with salt and nutmeg. Dressed with white wine vinegrette. Pine nuts.
Short Ribs
braised with mirepoix, garlic, thyme and zinfandel, with gremolata. Potatoes in beef fat.
Pork Chop
Pork Chop with shallots, garlic, and pea shoots. (next time: raisins or apple? deglaze with cider?)
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Scallops with fennel and bacon.
Too fancy for DJ?
Scallops in bacon fat, with vermouth and parsley. Fennel in butter and bacon fat. Pea shoots (acid component) with lemon, white wine vinegar, bacon fat, Umbrian olive oil. Artichoke in garlic and oil.
Scallops in bacon fat, with vermouth and parsley. Fennel in butter and bacon fat. Pea shoots (acid component) with lemon, white wine vinegar, bacon fat, Umbrian olive oil. Artichoke in garlic and oil.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
antipasto
clockwise
melanzane alla griglia
finnochio alla griglia
olive e arance
gorgonzola piccante e noci caramellati
gorgonzola dolce
castelmango (dry salty crumbly pecorino-y), parmeggiano, pecorino romano
vino
in centro: salami piccante e proscuitto cotto affumicato
melanzane alla griglia
finnochio alla griglia
olive e arance
gorgonzola piccante e noci caramellati
gorgonzola dolce
castelmango (dry salty crumbly pecorino-y), parmeggiano, pecorino romano
vino
in centro: salami piccante e proscuitto cotto affumicato
Da oio a casa mia and Agustarello
Da Oio
Beans with nerves and tongue (served cold with celery and vinagrette)
Carbonara (really good)
Polpette (eh)
Torta cioccolato (really, really good)
good puntarelle (cut thick)
Agustarello (Maybe our best meal)
Salsicce con fagioli e cotiche (excellent)
carciofi (no herbs, just really really intense artichoke flavor well season with salt and oil seemingly infused with artichoke)
Animelle (grilled or pan fried, served lemon, very good, but very simple)
Coda alla vaccinara (BIG pieces of coda di bue, falling off bone, sugo di pinioli, ouvetta, e cioccolato. Amazing)
Dolci, torta di visciole, and a torta di cioccolato e riccota (very good, but not that exciting)
Beans with nerves and tongue (served cold with celery and vinagrette)
Carbonara (really good)
Polpette (eh)
Torta cioccolato (really, really good)
good puntarelle (cut thick)
Agustarello (Maybe our best meal)
Salsicce con fagioli e cotiche (excellent)
carciofi (no herbs, just really really intense artichoke flavor well season with salt and oil seemingly infused with artichoke)
Animelle (grilled or pan fried, served lemon, very good, but very simple)
Coda alla vaccinara (BIG pieces of coda di bue, falling off bone, sugo di pinioli, ouvetta, e cioccolato. Amazing)
Dolci, torta di visciole, and a torta di cioccolato e riccota (very good, but not that exciting)
Friday, January 22, 2010
Sora Margherita
We had:
Pajata
Coda alla Vaccinara
Puntarelle
Torta di ricotta e visciole
Pajata was the big hit.
Pajata
Coda alla Vaccinara
Puntarelle
Torta di ricotta e visciole
Pajata was the big hit.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
Good Butcher
Good Butcher
Originally uploaded by brian.spinks
Meat hooks
But Expensive
IMG_0578
Originally uploaded by brian.spinks
More Butcher
Straccetti con Melanzane
Melanzane, aglio, Straccetti, prezzemolo, olio, aceto balsamico, shaved parm.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Meals at Piperno, Lucia and Gildo
Piperno
Fritti vegetariano. Carciofi di Guida (the best we've had, but still only OK) fiori di zucca, suppli, some sort of potato croquette and fried mozzarella di buffala.
Gnoccetti amatrciana.
Coda Alla Vaccinara. Seemed to be in a very simple mirepoix stock.
Abaccio Scottdito. Eh.
Creme caramel. booo.
Lucia
Brodo Di Arzilla. Soup with skate and broccolo romano, tomato and pasta
Involtini. stuffed with carrot and celery in sugo di carne with piselli.
really good panna cotta, and amazing creme caramel.
Gildo
Alici pan fried with oil, garlic, white wine and parsley
Polenta with ragu di cingale. Molto piccante, lots of oil.
Baccalà with currants and fennel (supposed to have pine nuts but didn't--seemed to have some sort of fried pork bits)
Baccalà with gaeta olives and tomato sauce.
Fritti vegetariano. Carciofi di Guida (the best we've had, but still only OK) fiori di zucca, suppli, some sort of potato croquette and fried mozzarella di buffala.
Gnoccetti amatrciana.
Coda Alla Vaccinara. Seemed to be in a very simple mirepoix stock.
Abaccio Scottdito. Eh.
Creme caramel. booo.
Lucia
Brodo Di Arzilla. Soup with skate and broccolo romano, tomato and pasta
Involtini. stuffed with carrot and celery in sugo di carne with piselli.
really good panna cotta, and amazing creme caramel.
Gildo
Alici pan fried with oil, garlic, white wine and parsley
Polenta with ragu di cingale. Molto piccante, lots of oil.
Baccalà with currants and fennel (supposed to have pine nuts but didn't--seemed to have some sort of fried pork bits)
Baccalà with gaeta olives and tomato sauce.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Rome Restaurants in New York
Lupa
Sandro’s
Tevere
Lattanzi
Maialino
Testaccio
NY Times article on Rome Restaurants
NY Mag article on Danny Meyer's Maialino
And, this in Ny Mag which lists:
Farinella
Sora Lella
Obika
Quinto Quarto Osteria Romana
Emporio
Sandro’s
Tevere
Lattanzi
Maialino
Testaccio
NY Times article on Rome Restaurants
NY Mag article on Danny Meyer's Maialino
And, this in Ny Mag which lists:
Farinella
Sora Lella
Obika
Quinto Quarto Osteria Romana
Emporio
Thursday, January 14, 2010
risotto con salsiccia e salvia
oil, butter, sausage, onion, rice, brodo, sage, white wine, pecorino, etorre's oil.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
radicchio alla griglia con gorgonzola
marinated in balsamic, oil and garlic. Probably would be better with long radiccihio. Also served with salsa di gorgonzola.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Restaurants left to try
Sora Margerita
Da Danilo
* cheese plate
* strozzapreti con carciofi, porcini, e crema di pecorino,
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/673621
Augustarello
-Coda alla Vaccinara (has cocoa!)
-Pajata
-other offal
-dolci
Piperno
* Coda alla Vaccinara
* Carciofi a guida, fiori de zucca
Checchino
*pajata
Antico Arco
Trattoria Monti
Da Danilo
* cheese plate
* strozzapreti con carciofi, porcini, e crema di pecorino,
http://chowhound.chow.com/topics/673621
Augustarello
-Coda alla Vaccinara (has cocoa!)
-Pajata
-other offal
-dolci
Piperno
* Coda alla Vaccinara
* Carciofi a guida, fiori de zucca
Checchino
*pajata
Antico Arco
Trattoria Monti
Carciofi
artichoke stuffed with garlic, parsley, mentuccia. (make sure it gets a little crispy!)
dressed with Etorre's olio nuovo, fresh garlic, lemon, mentuccia, parsley, white wine vinegar.
dressed with Etorre's olio nuovo, fresh garlic, lemon, mentuccia, parsley, white wine vinegar.
Cheeses
Clockwise from 12:
* Honey
* Gorgonzola
* Bastardo di veneto (creamy mix of different animal milks)
* Formaggio di fossa (salty moldy)
* Canestrato Romano (nutty hard pecorino-y. called canestrato cuz it's made in a basket)
* Olives
* Pear and chestnuts
* Honey
* Gorgonzola
* Bastardo di veneto (creamy mix of different animal milks)
* Formaggio di fossa (salty moldy)
* Canestrato Romano (nutty hard pecorino-y. called canestrato cuz it's made in a basket)
* Olives
* Pear and chestnuts
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Melanzane Parmigiana
This eggplant parm turned out really well.
sauce: fresh tomatoes, lots of garlic (4 cloves) chopped peperoncino,
salted and drained eggplant
fried on hot griddle with very little oil
layered eggplant with sauce, lots of basil, buffala, parmigiano,
sauce: fresh tomatoes, lots of garlic (4 cloves) chopped peperoncino,
salted and drained eggplant
fried on hot griddle with very little oil
layered eggplant with sauce, lots of basil, buffala, parmigiano,
Monday, January 4, 2010
Gensola menu: Pesce
Gensola menu: Pesce
Originally uploaded by brian.spinks
At La Gensola we had
Bland mussels and scallops.
Very good fish--filletto di riciolla with tomato, capers and sage.
Very Very good stracetti of beef with eggplant and sharp provalone. Seemed like it may have been fried in pork fat, but there was no guanciale in the dish.
Desserts were way too sweet, and cannoli was only half filled.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Frisee Salad
with poached egg, guanciale, shallots, white wine vinegar, lemon juice and olive oil.
brunch
brunch
Da Enzo
Da Enzo
Originally uploaded by brian.spinks
fiori di zucca were ok, stuffed with mozzarella and anchovies
carcofi a la guida was not so good
pastas were good, very al dente
oxtail was good, messicani was good (involtini with veal wrapped around ground beef and mortadella
puntarelle was great, very oily, not watery. Panna cotta con frutti di bosco was very, very good.
Sandwich
With prosciutto cotto al forno, mortadella, salame piccante, sharp provolone, chopped olives and rughetta.
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