 | beautiful day, so I plan to go and buy the ingredients
for lunch in the garden and stop by our local cafe on
route.
For our al fresco Italian lunch i’m looking for a
selection of prosciutto and salamis and two special
cheeses - a fresh sheep’s ricotta which I am going to
bake and one of the crowning glories of Italian cheese
making, the ‘burrata’. The burrata is a large buffalo-
mozzarella which is firm on the outside and has the
consistency of a runny cream on the inside. Next stop
is the local produce vendor for a selection of salads,
local fruits and summer vegetables.
This lunch may sound simple but it is an indulgence.
The burrata is perfect, the baked ricotta a tantalising
blalance between the ricotta and parmigiano, and the
artichoke salad a perfect fit to our Italian summer
lunch. This is our first lunch for the summer and it is
a tantilising introduction to the days and nights to
come... | |
