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Post by minesamojito on Apr 5, 2013 21:09:18 GMT
 A kind friend bought over some regional food from his province in Tuscany as he is so proud of his local food and wanted me to try some. The salsiccia (sausage) was handmade, and the polenta was golden and was a ray of sunshine. I asked my friend if these two would work well together, and he said absolutely. So I wanted to cook up an authentic meal with what he had kindly shared with me. I made up the polenta, by adding 125g of polenta to 500ml of boiling water with a pinch of salt, the polenta started to thicken up quickly, and I cooked it for 20 minutes, I like it with still a little texture in the grains. I added a good grind of black pepper, a couple of tablespoons good extra virgin olive oil, and a few sprigs of thyme. I cooked the sausages on a griddle pan until cooked through and browned on the outside, I served the sausages and polenta on a platter with a chunk of toasted sourdough and some wild rocket. The flavours of the sausage were subtle but with a good hit of garlic, were very meaty and went perfectly with the creamy polenta. This is just the kind of rustic Italian food I dream about, hearty, full of flavour and totally satisfying. Cheers Marcus |
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Post by h12rpo on Apr 5, 2013 22:05:16 GMT
......and a nice rioja presumably ?
Lovely
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Post by conic on Apr 5, 2013 22:34:24 GMT
fantastic, I want some. this looks great but simple.
Conic
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Post by minesamojito on Apr 6, 2013 5:42:36 GMT
Thanks guys, rioja....gasp....would have to be a lovely Italian wine I think....a nice sangioves?
Cheers
Marcus
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Post by rivergirl on Apr 6, 2013 7:34:20 GMT
Like you I love simple , honest grub . One year I am going to get in my car and haul my gobur through Belgium, Germany etc through to Italy ( meandering ) Switzerland, Austria and Luxembourg figure in there as well..... Eating my way through Europe  . My lot love the leftover polenta fried up with eggs and bacon for breakfast...... |
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Post by minesamojito on Apr 6, 2013 17:51:43 GMT
That sounds like a heavenly trip...I have similar yearnings, but around the regions of Italy.....
Cheers
Marcus
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Post by rivergirl on Apr 6, 2013 18:25:57 GMT
We are hoping to do at least 4 weeks in Italy   |
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Post by conic on Apr 6, 2013 22:51:01 GMT
Me and my brother a couple of years ago did France, Italy, Slovenia, switzerland 3600 miles in two weeks in a renault scenic then when my cambelt broke we used a fiat estate hire car with the back seats taken out.. our last stop for shopping was the big carrefour supermercado in Milan where we ate wood fired chicken and pork from a wood fired rotisserie trailer in the carpark see attached, the best we can do in england is a burger. as you can see on the image the chickens went round and round and the wood which you can see on the right hand side is thrown in the back of the rotisserie. it was fantastic. we alo filled the car with gallon bottles of red vino, cheeses, cured meats. well worth the effort, make sure you get euro breakdown cover or you will regret it. Conic Attachments:
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Post by umhloti on Apr 7, 2013 9:46:19 GMT
I bet you that was lovely . Thanx for the nice pics . I am starving now .
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Post by rivergirl on Apr 7, 2013 18:56:57 GMT
Most markets here sell the chickens like that with the spuds underneath cooking in the dripping chicken juices...........
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