Xmas lunch/2

The second and last part of my Xmas lunch :)

Please please please do me a favour, especially if you are having a hard day, or if you think you owe a reward, as soon as you finish reading this post grab some sage and deep-fry it in a batter made with flour and sparkling water, it will blow your mind! 

TUNA OF BOILED MEAT AND ROASTED CAULIFLOWERS

This is also borrowed from a recipe of north Italy (Piemonte), but the original version is made with rabbit. Now, I like rabbits either alive jumping in the fields or already cooked in pieces, when they have lost all the cuteness embedded in their original shape. So, I replaced the rabbit with mixed meat (beef and chicken), letting them cook very slowly in a pot with water, celery, onion, carrots and mixed herbs (rosemary, sage, juniper, laurel, thyme). I let the meat cool down in its own broth and then cut them in little stripes with the hands. I took a jar and made layers of meat, black pepper grains, laurel, garlic and oil EVO. I let the jar rest in the fridge for one night and served it the day after at room temperature.

The side dish is made by boiling the florets of the cauliflower, roasting them in the oven for 20 mins with 2 spoons of oil EVO and breadcrumbs and then serving them on a tahini bed.

DEEP FRIED LAMB CHOPS AND SAGE

Ohhhhh…. fried sage! Please, try it, it is an unbelievably tasty and unbelievably easy: just melt some flour in sparkling cold water, dip the sage leaves in the batter and deep-fry them in oil. This was the side of the lamb chops dipped in eggs and rolled in breadcrumbs (by my mom… ok I cheated I made only 9 out of 10 dishes!)

PEA BALLS WITH TZATZIKI AND BAKED POTATO SLICES

The pea balls are taken from here, while the side this is made with thin slices of potatoes and sweet potatoes baked in the oven for few minutes with rosemary, coarse salt and oil EVO

HONEY, BRIE CHEESE & PEARS PASTRY

This dessert also falls in the category of quick-easy-but-unbelievably-tasty, as it is made by thin sheets of puff pastry cooked in the over for few minutes, slices of pears and slices of brie cheese, baked again in the oven until the brie starts melting. Before serving, some (biological) honey on top and that's it :)