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Monday, October 4, 2010

Project Food Blog Challenge #3: Traditional Tuscany Dinner Party in Grand Historic 1700's Villa In Lucca

Thank you,thank you,thank you everyone for your votes,even if i was not able to advance to challenge
 #3 i still wanted to show you the post that i've prepared for it...enjoy !
Thanks to Foodbuzz to let me partecipate to this,and let the best blog win !

"This new challenge "Luxury Dinner Party" will require us partecipants to prepare a dinner gala for you readers...and so I've used my tuscan knowledge to prepare you this traditional tuscan dinner menu,located in a Villa in the hills of Lucca,where i've cooked for my friends and for the people who were staying there."
The starters : tuscan cold cuts (salame,pancetta,lardo) and various cheese dish.





For the wine,i've chosen this "Pergole Torte 2006" from Fattoria Montevertine,it's a very good tuscan wine and they liked it so much that they've decided to go on with this one for all the dinner.

I've prepared two pasta dishes:

Thin tagliatelle with mushrooms and truffles,made with fresh porcini from the Garfagnana area and white truffles from San Miniato.


We went back to tradition with the second serving : Home made Ravioli called "Tordelli" here in Lucca,stuffed with Chianina beef and Pork from Garfagnana and served with meat sauce and thyme.


The main course,a Chianina Beef Filet cooked on the grill and seasoned with Extra-Virgin Olive Oil,rosemary and black pepper.



Let's talk about the dessert now  !
A Wild Strawberries parfait,made with wild strawberries,cream and wildberries's coulis....they really appreciated this one !

And to finish....instead of the same old "Limoncello" i've decided to go for a more luxury ending :
Home made cantuccini biscuits and chocolates served with "Passito di Pantelleria Donnafugata" a dessert wine that's just perfect for the ending of this evening.

My guest were very impressed about this,i hope you can feel a bit of what we've went through in this party by reading this lines...!

7 comments:

Medifast Coupons said...

Wow, everything sure looked wonderful!

FlyingRoo said...

My goodness Aurelio, such a shame you didn't advance from the second, it would have been a sure win in the third!

Keep up the good work...

Natalie said...

This looks amazing! Great work on the menu and the execution... next time, I'd like an invite to dinner! :)

Aurelio Barattini said...

Thank you @MedifastCoupons @FlyingRoo @Natalie

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benilhalk said...

Happy to know about this dinner party. Few days ago I along with my family went to cousin’s dinner party at one of local San Francisco venues. She arranged everything in a best way especially the food. I just loved her preparations and the food recipes a lot. Everyone had a great time.