Friday, May 25, 2007

CANTUCCINI!!

Big news - my sister got engaged on her holidays in Maratea in the south of Italy and is getting married  there next year - yahoo!!Her boyfriend a.k.a "our hero" got down on one knee by the cliff in the photo on their anniversary and they celebrated with a bottle of Moet! - how romantic! Hmmm Bruno???? 

Another excuse to go to Italy next year, like we needed one!I still haven't forgiven her for ringing me at 12am last night to tell me after it taking 2 hours to put the bambina to bed!

We have just started to stock a new range of cantuccini "Cioccobelli" for cappucino and "Lemonbelli" for tea made by Ficiobelli. and I'm so addicted!! I mentioned before that we have cappucino and biscuits for breakfast every morning, not very healthy I know but it beats musili hands down!! Plus, they always say the meditteranean diet is the healthiest in the world after the Japanese and the Italians have cappucino and something sweet every morning so that's my excuse, Bruno's cousins never eat cereal only when they come here because they love Irish milk!! Then I wonder why I'm not size 0!!Ah well I wouldn't be happy anyway!

Cantuccini originate from Tuscany and it is common to finish a meal with almond cantucci dipped in a glass of a strong Italian sweet wine, Vin Santo. They need to be dipped into liquid to soften them and make them easier to eat. Don't forget the perfect cappucino should be no bigger than 150ml consisting of 25ml of espresso and 125ml of milk and the most important part of espresso is the "CREMA".

 

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1 - Wow! Congratulations to your sister! That must have been so amazingly romantic. :) (Comment this)

Written by: Ari (Baking and Books) at 2007/05/26 - 02:40:47
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2 - Thanks Ari!! I know how romantic the lucky thing! I'm afraid my love of Italy has spread to my whole family so we're all delighted she's getting married there. I have 3 sisters so she has 3 bridesmaids!! (Comment this)

Written by: Lor&Bru at 2007/05/26 - 14:15:02
3 - Congrats to your sis. Saw those boxes when I was in La Cucina today getting lunch and was very curious. Food was yummy, might have to try the chocolate ones for the coffee drinking hubby and the lemon for me! (Comment this)

Written by: Jen at 2007/05/26 - 19:40:04
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4 - Thanks Jen. Delighted to hear your food was up to scratch, it's great to get feedback!! Let me know how you get on with the cantuccini!! (Comment this)

Written by: Lor&Bru at 2007/05/28 - 23:46:51
5 - Thanks Lor (and Ari and Jen too). Romantic was definitely a good description for the proposal. It would have been a fabulous moment anyway but I think it was absolutely helped along by the amazing setting of this hotel. This area of Italy is just stunning. It is still very old and sparsely populated but that just adds to the rustic feel. The food in the region is delicious too. They eat a lot of fresh fish caught on the day and the local tomatoes and mozzerella would be hard to beat. We ate quite a few dishes that I hadn't tried before so I will have to pass them on to you Lor so you can write up the recipies for us all to try ourselves.
Anyway, I absolutely loved it there and cannot wait to start planning the big day!

K x (Comment this)

Written by: Katrina at 2007/05/31 - 12:45:07
6 - Hi guys,

Wondering where in limerick I could source some good italian sausage.
Love this blog btw! (Comment this)

Written by: jen at 2007/06/03 - 00:45:01
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7 - Hi Jen. We used to stock them in LC but they didn't sell but I'm going to do a pasta recipe with them so I'll have them in stock by the end of the week! I haven't seen them anywhere else! Glad you like the blog and thanks for all the coments, every blogger likes to get comments, it's nice to know what people think!! (Comment this)

Written by: Lor&Bru at 2007/06/03 - 21:01:59
8 - Lor & Bru,
I wanted to just write and let you know Just how much I love this blog! I am a Canadian living in Rome. Fell in love with an Italian. As much as he loves the different types of international dishes I prepare sometimes the pressure is on for a little Italian. Well when my mother emailed the link to your blog page I GOT me props for our recent pranzo/cena selections. Thanks to you guys..I am being entertained by your stories and becoming embraced by the family for my new secret recipes and xtra xtra love from the bottom of my boyfriends stomach.
I just returned from doing make up ( I'm a make up artist) for a wedding vicino where your sister got engaged and is getting married. Wow what a place your all so fortunate to get to share such a wonderful experience in such a magical place. Look me up if you guys need a make up artist for the wedding! -www.amyjanisse.com-
Antonio, family and I would like to thank you dearly for the extra tasty meals!
I am "IN" that much more with the italian family thanks to you guys!
Amy -Roma- (Comment this)

Written by: Amy Janisse at 2007/06/26 - 09:17:14
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9 - Hi Amy. Your comment made me laugh, I'm with you on trying to impress the Italian in - laws. I've never been so "IN" since I started this blog and we are getting so much press etc from it and my MIL can see that her son is being fed properly. The proof is in my pictures!! Once you can cook Italian food life becomes so much easier in the Italian family even though I'll never get a big head because I still never do it right!!:) I presume your mom is Carol, she sent me a lovely message but I couldn't reply!! I've just done a post on Rome, would love some info from your view if you can!!

Ciao

Lorraine (Comment this)

Written by: LOR&BRU at 2007/06/26 - 16:50:32
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