We hosted a Sunday night dinner party for some friends in town and decided to do an authentic Italian meal with the proper courses:
Antipasto: homemade herb flatbread pizza with mozzarella, broccoli and mushrooms.
Primo piatto: the pasta course (of course) - spaghetti al frutti di mare, which means in a seafood sauce; we used scallops, shrimp, and cherry tomatoes with olive oil, garlic, and finished with white wine.
Secondo piatto: the fish course - we did fresh New England cod two ways: 1) baccala fritto, lightly battered in flour and pan-fried with diced tomatoes, capers, black olives and fresh parsley; and 2) baked in a lemon-mustard-dill sauce.
Insalata: a classic Greek salad with cucumbers, tomatoes and real feta, and my take on an "autumn harvest salad" with baby spinach leaves, chopped Granny Smith apple, almonds, and gorgonzola drizzled with an apple cider-mustard vinaigrette.
Dolce: sweet and simple with fruit dipped in ganache (and a few homemade chocolate-covered oreos to indulge!)
A feast as always in Princess Peach's kitchen.
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