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Happy Pasquetta!
Date: Apr. 13th 2009
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Today is Easter Monday, or Pasquetta, as we say in Italian.
Unfortunately I don’t have time for a Magazine Mondays post today (MM will be back next week), instead I thought I’d wish everyone a Happy Pasquetta and let you know what we enjoyed for our Easter lunch.
Mama Cream Puff truly outdid herself on Easter Sunday.
Other than the salad, I don’t have any pictures of the finished plates because with almost 20 people in the house there wasn’t a lot of time to snap photos!
We started off with a salad of arugula dressed with a lemon vinaigrette and topped with roasted asparagus, Prosciutto di Parma and shaved Parmigiano Reggiano. We’ve had this as a starter the past few years as opposed to a more traditional antipasto, which can be very filling.
The salad was followed by the primo, or the first course, which was my mother’s homemade agnolotti di ricotta dressed with lots of Parmigiano Reggiano. This is a typical dish from where my father is from (Le Marche).
We then had homemade fettucine with a lamb ragu.
The primo was followed by the secondo (second course), which was barbequed leg of of lamb accompanied by grilled peppers with feta, lemon-roasted potatoes, broccoli rabe tossed with garlic and olive oil (rapini) and marinated olives.
After taking a break, we then had manichitti (another traditional dish from where my father is from), which are little steaks taken from the rack of lamb. They’re frenched and then the meat at the end of chop is pounded thin, breaded and fried.
The manichitti were followed by my mother’s Olive Ascolane, which are olives stuffed with meat, breaded and then fried.
This was followed by fruit and then dessert (I made dessert), which I posted about on Easter Sunday. We also had store-bought pastries courtesy one of my aunts and another aunt made little chocolate cakes, which were also delicious.
All in all, it was a lovely Easter meal!
Have a wonderful week, everyone!
Ciao!
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04/13/09 at 3:55 pm
Buona Pasqua.
Sounds amazing and makes me feel less guilty about the feast my family put away this year!
The agnolotti look utterly perfect.
04/13/09 at 5:22 pm
Oh my goodness…. OH MY GOODNESS. That’s kind of all I can say right now after that amazing list of dishes. I hope you had a lovely time surrounded by family, friends, love and laughter!
04/13/09 at 7:32 pm
WOW - what a great way to end the weekend - with beautifully prepared food, shared with loved ones. Doesn’t get any better than that.
04/13/09 at 7:36 pm
Wjat a beautiful, celebratory dinner. I missed lamb this year - as I cooked for the midwestern famimly - although sneaked in my antipasti, pasta and cannolis…. love your dinner - your guests were lucky indeed.
04/13/09 at 8:57 pm
What a nice meal!!!
What is it in the first photo?
Happy Easter!
04/13/09 at 10:11 pm
Happy Pasquetta!
A wonderful meal That food looks really good! Yummy!
Cheers,
Rosa
04/14/09 at 1:49 am
oh delicious food. Sono felice che hai avuto una buona Pasqua e Pasquetta
Ciao
04/14/09 at 4:31 am
Ciao Ivonne,
ti faccio i miei complimenti per il tuo Blog, è davvero bellissimo e rendi onore alla cucina italiana!
Anche io ho un sito che parla di cucina e so quanta passione c’è dietro ad un lavoro come il tuo.
Ancora Complimenti ed a presto!
Deborah
04/14/09 at 5:22 am
DIVINE celebratory feast!!
Happy belated Easter!!
04/14/09 at 5:22 am
DIVINE celebratory feast!!
Happy belated Easter!!
04/14/09 at 7:50 am
Wow-if only I could have been at your table for Easter!
04/14/09 at 11:22 am
Such a gorgeous feast!! Oh my!! I am in awe of your homemade fettuccine…
04/14/09 at 11:23 am
Care to divulge any recipes from your Easter feast?
04/14/09 at 12:52 pm
I am glad I am not the only one who didn’t take many pics!
I have leftover lamb and am thinking of making a lamb ragu with it - what do you think??
04/14/09 at 3:18 pm
Oh my yes a very lovely Easter meal!
04/14/09 at 5:45 pm
Wow. When is Chez Creampuffs going to open up?
04/14/09 at 7:38 pm
YUM homemade noodles! I’m glad you had a wonderful Easter!
04/14/09 at 9:57 pm
Divine. I could listen to Italian whilst eating Italian food all day, Easter or not! The secondo sounds fabulous!!
04/15/09 at 6:33 am
Wish I could have tasted your Pasquetta meal, sounds delicious. Especially the salad…yum!
04/15/09 at 8:51 am
Sounds absolutely delicious! I wish my in-laws cooked like that…
04/16/09 at 6:47 am
Happy Easter!
It looks lovely and perfect for Easter time.
04/16/09 at 7:47 am
Buona Pasquetta anche a te! I hope you had a good time. I was in Italy on the Alps at 1000mt… and hade a wonderful time with all my family.
Ciao.
04/17/09 at 12:03 pm
Drool. Drool. Drool.
Holidays with your family must be amazing feasts! Yummy!
04/19/09 at 7:39 am
What a feast! Next year can I come? Seriously, it all sounds amazing!! Glad to hear you had a nice holiday.