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November 14, 2005
italian dinner at cathrine's
i was visiting cathrine and ebbe this week, after work. it was good to catch up with her and finally meet ebbe. he is so cute! he has a signature way of quivering his lower lip and chin. adorable!
anders was in china for a business trip so i think cathrine found it hard to be with ebbe all the time. i cooked dinner: a simple insalata caprese and risotto alla funghi, and passionfruit sorbet for dessert. yummy.
now that i am off work, i can visit cathrine during the day on weekdays, yippee! so next time i can stay for longer and we can chat longer too.
food recipes below. now, i modified the recipes a bit, so don't take the recipes below as the real italian deal.
insalata caprese: slice up some veldsla, fresh basil leaves, tomatoes, and mozzarella cheese. add pepper and salt to taste. drizzle with extra virgin olive oil. i usually make this only with basil, tomato and mozzarella but i had some veldsla with me so i added that too.
risotto alla funghi: in a frying pan, heat some olive oil. add finely diced onions and garlic. add arborio rice and fry for 5 minutes until the rice is evenly covered in the oil. i use 300 ml water for 200 grams rice. boil the water in the kettle. add 100 ml to a pot, add chicken stock, and the rice. cook over a medium heat, whilst stirring constantly. the rice takes about 30 mins to cook. so just stir and add the water till it's done.
chop 400 grams of mixed mushrooms. i use at least 2 kinds of mushrooms: usually kastanje, button and oesterzwammen. re-use the frying pan to cook the mushrooms; this should take about 5 mins. add the mushrooms to the finished rice, stir well, and sprinkle with parmesan cheese. enjoy!
Posted by Yasmina at November 14, 2005 01:18 AM
