Operation Café Home II

I must tell you about the meals we’ve had in the last couple of days. On Valentines day I decided to cook a romantic dinner for two, the menu consisted of:

Toasted Kamata Olive demi batard topped with olive tapenade and bruschetta

Pasta del Magnifico alla Garga – citrus cream pasta with cognac, basil, mint, and fresh Parmigiano-Reggiano

Chicken ala Jean – Thinly pounded chicken tenders i butter rue soaked in a butter, parsley, crimini mushroom and artichoke sauce atop herb salad.

Cucumber and mint water

Viognier

The very next day I decided to finish off the rest of the cream and other ingredients used in the above dinner and came up with:

Penne in Vodka Cream sauce – with crimini mushrooms and thinly sliced prociutto, parmigiano-reggiano and fresh parmesan shavings on top.

French baguette topped with olive tapenade/ herb cheese spread

I am so glad that I’m crazy over Italian again, I couldn’t even look at pasta when I got back from Italy. Cooking Italian is so much fun, I missed it.