Oh yummy yummy, drool drool!!!!!
Ah! A nice quiche, then! No problem at all. Would you prefer Lorraine with its salty bacon, or perhaps something a bit more original?
I just took a trip to the Pacific Northwest of the U.S. and brought back some goodies. Here's a delicious smoked salmon quiche.
Who wants some?
I am having trouble posting images lately, for whatever reason, but here's a link to some chocolate panforte from my favorite bakery in California, a place I always love to go to in a nifty town where some friends live:
http://www.rulli.com/cookies/chocolate06.shtml
That does look good, Osso! I remember having panforte in Italy. Hubby thought it was simply fruitcake...isn't that funny!
Mmm. CHOCOLATE panforte? Never heard of it. Sounds delicious.
I had bought some in Volterra... it was delicous. They called it panforte etrusco, but I didn't find that mentioned online, but I only looked just now under google images. Nannini's probably has it if they have a website.
Tried to make some when I got home to California. Wellllll, I've never been good at getting a sugar syrup to the soft ball stage, I must be missing the candy making gene. Anyway, it was an expensive mess of gooeyness...
No, I didn't see it on there - well, I saw it, on the events page, but not for sale by email.
Hmm, will look around some more..
Now here's a website that is very dangerous for me to have found, grrrrr, and the panforte looks real here -
http://www.cooksshophere.com/products/holiday.htm#Panforte
Interesting. I didn't realize it had such a history. Of course, everything in Italy does, doesn't it.
The Panforte Nero looks interesting.
(Note to Sophie: Order some if backorder list is shorter than 4 months. Cannot wait longer.)
Did you see the rest of that page on the last link.... wide range of goodies from different countries...
ossobuco wrote: They called it panforte etrusco, but I didn't find that mentioned online, but I only looked just now under google images.
Seems that the Etruscian panforte is called
panforte-senese as well.
Try
Google Italia for some more results ... and
pics :wink:
ossobuco wrote:Did you see the rest of that page on the last link.... wide range of goodies from different countries...
Yes, I did!
I don't care for marzipan, really. But the description of the authentic English plum pudding sounded wonderful. I've only had American imitations.
Ooh, Walter. Those pictures made my mouth water!
Well, it's all from Siena originally, but there are several types, panforte marguerita being the usual one, panforte nero (dark) with chocolate in it and cocoa on the outside, and panpepato, which - is different but I'm not sure quite how. One of the websites I looked at said panpetato was the original recipe.
They are all more or less spicy, and I think panpepato has more pepper in it. Etrusco may just be the name the particular bakery in Volterra called panforte nero.
edit - I can't seem to spell this morning..
This is too stimulating - I'm going to have to go by the italian deli this afternoon...
Bring something yummy back for us, okay?
All this talk of pastry...now I want some coffee.
Just noticed in the last moment that you are having coffee, Eva.
So the Bruscetta is for me
while you get ONE spuma di cioccolato e amaretti
Can't have too much chocolate, Walter! Thank you! Alllllllllthough.....that bruschetta looks good, too. Mind if I have a taste?
Eva wrote:Alllllllllthough.....that bruschetta looks good, too. Mind if I have a taste?
No, not all all.
(I've got my own chocolates :wink: )
Are they anything like these?
Brandy chocolates, as a matter of fact. Since we've been enjoying some fine brandy today, I thought, what better combination?
No, since I don't drink/eat alcohol - they are Florentines (second quality, to be honest - which you wouldn't notice - from a nearby 'factory')
