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Mandarin Salad

Drain and add Mandarins , Toasted

Almonds and dressing.

Salt and pepper to taste.

Toss well.

Pomme de Terre Dauphinoise

Scalloped Potatoes Dauphine style

Roast 50 min @ 375-400 or until brown

Rest before serving

Stuffed Chicken with Pears, Pine Nuts

and Rosemary

Roast 55 min @ 375-400 or until golden

brown. Let rest 10 minutes. Remove twine. Cut into

medallions to serve.

Gateau Reine de Saba

Queen of Sheba Cake

Eat and enjoy.

Recommended Beverage

Trippel Style Ale or

German Reisling

Coffee with dessert

This was a catered meal that KB and I did for a new mom & dad in at KB's work.

Turned out quite well. Think we out-did the competition. We had individual foil trays with clear lids for each entree with the above baking or preparing instructions. stacked in four, tied and delivered.

These should be sold at the store as a coordinated, 4 course meal package.

Ciambella con pera

this was mostly a KB creation but I got to help. In the end the cake was too dry and too much for the pears (now I'm really diggin' the pear, black pepper combo; surprisingly good).

so, to make this right, the cake has to be moist and delicate and about a 1/3 of the size that the recipe called for.

balance.

Panzarotti

THESE things were GOOOOOOOOD. The one caveat is that you eat them fresh and hot. after they cool to room temp, they become a little chewy and the mushroom flavor seemed to dissipate.

If you are still wondering what these are, they are a bread like ravioli. Instead of pasta, think unbaked bread dough. The filling can be anything. In our case if was wild mushrooms and marscapone.

But....Deep fry these little guys in olive oil at 375, and you'll have something done right. the bread finishes to make a nice toasty outside, with a little chewy-ness inside. And then, that mushroom marscapone combo is a perfect balance. Drain on paper towel until they cool to edible temp (that marscapone gets HOT! Trust me!)

Now, just don't wait too long.

These to make again.

Rotolo ancora

Made it again for friends, but didn't have the same "ahhhh" factor as I had hoped. I really dig it, but it is complex. Easy to get lost in it.

Still....they ate it and no one got sick.