Wow! Where to begin?? We had dinner last night at Fufluns Pizzaria, after it turned out our first choice, Osteria de Grotta, was full. I had a bresaola salad on arugula with parmesan cheese; it was delicious, and followed it up with a pizza marguerite. Linda started with ravioli, both green spinach and white, flour, stuffed with ricotta and served on a bed of freshly grilled vegetables. Her second was a plate of grilled vegetables! (Obviously she really likes veggies!) Add a half-carafe of red wine and a bottle of sparkling water and we were out of there for about 31E for the two of us! Back to the B&B and in for the night, not forgetting to set our clocks back one hour, which happened last night.
Up around 6 (or 7, depending on where you are…) and breakfast at 8. We both had some scrambled eggs today, Linda with roasted tomato, and me with a slice of bacon…also a bit of bread, cheese and prosciutto as well as a piece of Jeanette’s apple torta – yummy!
Decided we would go for a walk until our cooking class with Jeanette at 11 a.m. Headed almost straight UP this time, to various places unknown – WOW, what a place! There are very few level places in town, but where there are you can find rows of grape vines planted or olive trees! There are also several convents as well as a monastery or two spread out among the various churches – some very, very tiny, but most very beautiful in their decoration. Got back a few minutes before our cooking class was scheduled to start.
I can only say, VERY, very fun class! Jeanette’s kitchen is truly amazing – besides an 8 burner professional stove, and three different refrigerators, she also has a real wood-burning grill! Wow! Would love to have that in our kitchen!!
We made the following meal: Jeanette made a starter of white mushrooms thinly sliced with olive oil, lemon zest and parmesan cheese, served with a rose pinot grigio – yummy!
This was followed by our hand-made pici pasta – which was hilarious to make, with a spicy, smoky tomato sauce hardy enough to stand up to the pasta. Great fun in making it, and I can’t wait to show R how to do it when we get home!
Then came the main course (and we were already getting full!) which was an incredible Tuscan steak cooked on the indoor wood-burning grill, then sliced thinly. This was served over arugula with olive oil and lemon – fabulous! This was also served with our grilled vegetables – red and yellow peppers, zucchini, egg plant, tomatoes and fennel – and I’ve probably forgotten at least one! This was served with an excellent Cortona Syrah.
And finally, when we were thinking we were going to burst, came desert! This was molton chocolate cakes (very small) served with freshly whipped cream with a strawberry…whew…all I could do to stagger up the steps to our room!
Linda went for a walk, and then we will head to a local wine shop for a liqueur tasting…if I can manage the stairs!!
Tomorrow will be our packing out day, and heading back to Rome’s Fiumicino Airport for early plane rides on Tuesday! So – more tomorrow!
Much love,
m
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