A salted choice
By ChiaraInThePond. Tuesday, 11. March 2008, 17:25:59
After the sweet test we are going to do the salted test...
In my city, when it's hot outside and the dark is coming, me and my friends take a car and go to the nearest very unformal, family driven restaurant to have crescentine (see picture).
Crescentine is flour based and very softy fried. They are served hot (so be carefull to handle them: you have to grab with your hands!) and you can use it as a "panino": you put ham or cheese or other meat based stuff (as Mortadella, salami....) in the middle and then you fold in 2.
After that, open your mouth ans put into it as much as you can!
And, of course, close your eyes to enjoy it better!
The dish must be served with a nice red wine, a Lambrusco!!!!
With my friends at the end of this nice meal, we usually start singing the Top Ten "taverna" song "Brindisino" (a sort of local "Libiamo") and, in case of birthdays, a really special month based song (during both of them you need to drink wine) that we never managed to end!
Of course you need several bocce (as we locally call the bottles of wine) before ending the meal. Coffee must be served with Limoncello (a limon based liquor) or Nocino (a walnut based liquor) or Grappa (pure alchool).
Drivers, of course, should wait far away from the drinking table to avoid temptations....
Tonight we are going to prepare crescentine. Wish us luck.
Based on the result you could have some at the italian lunch!
In my city, when it's hot outside and the dark is coming, me and my friends take a car and go to the nearest very unformal, family driven restaurant to have crescentine (see picture).
Crescentine is flour based and very softy fried. They are served hot (so be carefull to handle them: you have to grab with your hands!) and you can use it as a "panino": you put ham or cheese or other meat based stuff (as Mortadella, salami....) in the middle and then you fold in 2.After that, open your mouth ans put into it as much as you can!
And, of course, close your eyes to enjoy it better!
The dish must be served with a nice red wine, a Lambrusco!!!!
With my friends at the end of this nice meal, we usually start singing the Top Ten "taverna" song "Brindisino" (a sort of local "Libiamo") and, in case of birthdays, a really special month based song (during both of them you need to drink wine) that we never managed to end!
Of course you need several bocce (as we locally call the bottles of wine) before ending the meal. Coffee must be served with Limoncello (a limon based liquor) or Nocino (a walnut based liquor) or Grappa (pure alchool).
Drivers, of course, should wait far away from the drinking table to avoid temptations....
Tonight we are going to prepare crescentine. Wish us luck.
Based on the result you could have some at the italian lunch!
(50%)
But what can I say is that was good, and what I don't want to say is that probably my frying skills (!) may have contributed to the final result
Of course we already planned to give it another try, because, you know, italians do it better, but when we do it twice is even better
By edoardos, # 11. March 2008, 23:01:05
By ChiaraInThePond, # 12. March 2008, 11:45:28