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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Italian Menu Prep: Caponata, Ribolita, Olive bread, Sauce alla Norma,Polenta

The rain has gone again and the blue skies and sunshine has returned!!

Bright day for making a wonderful Italian inspired menu, it's around 68F and the garden is drying out.

The prep. for the deliveries tomorrow, so far ( the menu is in previous blog. posted yesterday)

The artichoke and green bean soup



Sauteing the vegetables with olive oil & red wine vinegar for the Caponata

The completed Caponata cooling


The sour dough bran bread with olives and own grown sprouts

walnut-spinach-parsley pesto to be served with whole wheat gnocchi

Alla Norma sauce also added some zucchini for texture

Traditional Italian olive bread also has chard in it, I have added a California twist, it is a sour dough base, and added spinach and own grown sprouts, and will have a marbled loaf

The mixed dough


Previous 2 the shaped loaves ready for a 4-6 hour prove at room temp

Corn and thyme polenta, to be baked with butter & cheese at client's home


Previous 2, the Tuscan Kale dense Ribolita, also added chickpeas and red bell peppers

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