tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120224022411165795.post9029756277075992513..comments2023-10-16T06:45:58.329-04:00Comments on Our Daily Dinner: Perfect Weather for DuckOur Daily Dinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561210546390181941noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8120224022411165795.post-89826810411261392042010-12-28T13:32:57.594-05:002010-12-28T13:32:57.594-05:00Helen:
I have enjoyed your blogs each time. Forgiv...Helen:<br />I have enjoyed your blogs each time. Forgive me for not commenting. We were in Eugene OR with our darling family for 12 days. For Christmas Eve I made a stewfood stew. It turned out luscious. I made a vegetable broth with wine, tomato and saffron and then pureed it in the food processor which gave it a nice body. I added chunks of halibut, calamari rings, shrimp, mussels and clams. We ladled it into deep bowls on top of crisp garlic rubbed slices of baguette. For dessert we had "honey cakes" a family holiday tradtition. Made with an egg dough similar to pasta you roll it in the pasta roller (my grandmother rolled it by hand) cut it into 1 inch strips and then wrap and pinch each strip into a "rosette". The rosettes are fried in oil briefly, just until golden. This is a three person job. One to roll the dough, one to make the rosettes and one to fry. (John likes to fry) Then the crisp rosettes are dipped in warm honey.....thus the name. I have a photo on my iphone that I will send to you. On Christmas Day we made homemade cavatelli. A recipe from my mother that simply mixes flour and ricotta into a dough. The dough is shaped into ropes that are fed into a cavatelli "machine" that when cranked spits our cute little ridged gnocchi shapes. My grandmother used a fork to make these. No machine! We made a delicious tomato suace in which we simmered browned baby back spare ribs. Yum. Your duck sounds luscious. Got me in the mood for duck. I need to put it on the menu, soon. Thanks for the inspiration.Marie Simmonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05875725405432988423noreply@blogger.com