tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76939501879335700512024-03-13T11:09:14.879-07:00for the love of salt and meatsticky fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932955378706460127noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693950187933570051.post-10844390754456142682010-06-29T20:14:00.000-07:002010-06-29T20:21:02.629-07:00Genova<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/TCq3cMujkOI/AAAAAAAAAGM/40O1doXAgCk/s1600/italy+011.JPG"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/TCq3cMujkOI/AAAAAAAAAGM/40O1doXAgCk/s320/italy+011.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488400790985085154" border="0" /></a>
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La route se fait de plus en plus sinueuse et nous passons par Piemonte pour enfin arriver dans la ville d'enfance de Chistophe Colomb. La capitale du pesto, Genova. L'Italie est un paradis gastronomique. Ses villes remplies de pizzerias et de gelaterias. Chaque bar ou nous commandons une bouteille de vin nous offrent des antipasto gratuits. Les salumi;(assiète de charcuteries) mortadella, proscuitto cotto, proscuitto di parma, salame, coppa, bresaola et mon nouveau coup de coeur la culatella non disponible en Amérique. Nous buvons du chianti du sangiovese et du lacrima di moro toute la nuit sur la piazza del erbe qui est remplie d'étudiants. Genova n'est pas vraiment touristique. Quand mon amie Georgia sort son chien (un labrador noir) il court chez le boucher qui lui donne des bouts de viande. C'est comme dans un film. Les gens se parlent en criant à la fenêtre en disant: je sais que tu es là, je vois la lumière tu es dans la toilette t'a fini ou quoi? Bref l'Italie est comme on l'imagine mais en plus réel et pour moi c'est le début de nouveaux apprentissages. On dit que la plupart des recettes françaises viennent de Catherine de Medicis qui est allée vivre en France et qui les a emportées avec elle. Ici j'ai mangé les meilleurs gnoccis servis seulement avec du beurre et des graines de pavot, de la pizza tirolese, un calzone, des calmars cuit dans l'eau de mer, des truffietes au pesto, la pâte de la ville de Genova, les meilleurs expresso au monde, et oui pour toi Christophe avant de partir j'ai bu un limoncello à ta santé. Je retournerai sûrement en italie pour faire un stage, pour apprendre les bases dans le petit village de Porretta Terme en émilie romagne je veut voir Parme, Modene, Bologne, Florence, la région de Chianti en Toscane, Napoli (la capitale de la pizza). Je veut apprendre a faire de la vraie ragu bolognese qui n'a rien a voir avec cette sauce rouge que l'on connait en Amérique. La cuisine italienne est très romantique: en voici un exemple saviez vous que les tortellinis tétés fait pour la première fois par un homme pour imiter la forme du nombril d'une femme qu'il fréquentait et la forme était tellement exacte que le mari de celle-ci s'en est apperçut. anyways la prochaine fois qu'on mange ensemble se sera sûrement de l'italien du vrai italien... cheers Mathieu <o:p></o:p></span></p> sticky fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932955378706460127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693950187933570051.post-32139710398757895162008-06-09T12:20:00.000-07:002008-06-09T12:43:04.732-07:00deep fried ice cream and ice coffe<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SE2HRj2taII/AAAAAAAAAEQ/CShLrrg8gao/s1600-h/lobsty+019.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SE2HRj2taII/AAAAAAAAAEQ/CShLrrg8gao/s320/lobsty+019.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209969079689767042" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SE2DVdvHlaI/AAAAAAAAAD4/P87LHJ_6KlI/s1600-h/lobsty+015.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SE2DVdvHlaI/AAAAAAAAAD4/P87LHJ_6KlI/s320/lobsty+015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209964748720280994" border="0" /></a>On Saturday the dog days started, so before work i met up with my friend Christophe in an air conditioned sandwich bar in Chinatown to have my favorite banh mi ;Vietnamese sandwich with chopped chilies. It was so hot we each had two ice coffees to make sure we would be well awake to work a long hot shift at the restaurant and I tried for the first time deep fried ice cream. I had been curious about it for a long time now. it was good, fried in a crepe and topped with maple syrup it was only 3 dollars. Chris said if we had this at the restaurant we could sell it for 8.</div>sticky fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932955378706460127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693950187933570051.post-37077028450804505312008-06-09T12:15:00.000-07:002008-06-09T12:20:01.972-07:00foie gras au torchon<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SE2B1HeS7II/AAAAAAAAADw/vhOSmT5796w/s1600-h/lobsty+012.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SE2B1HeS7II/AAAAAAAAADw/vhOSmT5796w/s320/lobsty+012.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209963093476699266" border="0" /></a>This is foie gras au torchon with an apple and cranberry chutney and nut bread croutons topped with sel de guérande.sticky fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932955378706460127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693950187933570051.post-48391939382510639802008-06-09T12:05:00.001-07:002008-06-09T12:44:30.911-07:00So what have you been up to this week end?<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SE1_vf72g3I/AAAAAAAAADo/FgtbWtITrXY/s1600-h/lobsty+002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SE1_vf72g3I/AAAAAAAAADo/FgtbWtITrXY/s320/lobsty+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209960797940646770" border="0" /></a>Well, as it was the Canadian Grand Prix this week end, I worked many double shifts this week in the hottest conditions in a long time we had lobster from les Iles-de-la-Madeleine on the menu served with mushrom raviolis and lobster stock "monté au beurre".</div>sticky fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932955378706460127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693950187933570051.post-48067264977901192062008-05-04T17:40:00.000-07:002008-05-04T20:14:34.221-07:00beef jerky<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB5dG1Si-eI/AAAAAAAAACQ/WMv6FCgooqo/s1600-h/jerky+009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB5dG1Si-eI/AAAAAAAAACQ/WMv6FCgooqo/s320/jerky+009.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196693391997598178" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Today I started my second salted cured ham after building a piece of ikea furniture. Almost all european countries have their own version of a salt cured ham but here in america it is not so common. I am only aware of one small producer in les iles-de-la-madeleine. While working in England at a famous jazz club, I cured meats in the soho basement for the selection of British meat board because we found ourselves sometimes short due to the scarcity and availability of British charcuterie and sometimes I had to resolve to this problem by using french meats. I used to go to Bourough market to buy Cumberland speck from Silfield Farm witch was delicious but they were not allowed to sell me the whole ham because of special European safety laws that specified that the ham had to be cut in two to make sure the inside was good, so i would cure duck breasts and pieces of beef fillets to make soho bresaola and Westminster duck prosciutto seasoned with Montreal steak spice that my sister would send me in the post. In exchange I would send here rare breed pork English bacon, wild boar prosciutto and dry cured Herdwick lamb from farmer Sharp. While waiting for the ham to dry, I made a little batch of beef jerky for my next fishing trip.<br /></div>sticky fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932955378706460127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693950187933570051.post-33398244527922485082008-05-04T17:26:00.000-07:002008-05-04T21:23:06.100-07:00the second ham<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB6KV1Si-oI/AAAAAAAAADg/UkSpHIef7iQ/s1600-h/jerky+006.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB6KV1Si-oI/AAAAAAAAADg/UkSpHIef7iQ/s320/jerky+006.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196743127718886018" border="0" /></a>This is the second ham, it is called piano seminterrato. It will be cured in a basement in St- Leonard. After being washed with cognac, it will spend four weeks curing in salt in a maple box and then hung to dry for three to six months.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB5VWlSi-dI/AAAAAAAAACI/7hL7n7ligRc/s1600-h/jerky+006.JPG"><br /></a>sticky fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932955378706460127noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693950187933570051.post-21876613558843489502008-05-04T12:36:00.000-07:002008-05-04T18:58:02.034-07:00naan bread and curry<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB4QvFSi-cI/AAAAAAAAACA/IgFDft0rcFY/s1600-h/pabst+002.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB4QvFSi-cI/AAAAAAAAACA/IgFDft0rcFY/s320/pabst+002.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196609421091994050" border="0" /></a>Being to lazy to trek in the rain to little Dacca, my girlfriend and I decided to make naan bread and curry ourselves. Molly who is a talented bread master had no problem following carefully manjula's directions. Yogurt is the key ingredient in naan bread. I made the curry and coriander shrimp as i remembered it from my london days on the curry mile... late nights on brick lane eating firery prawns madras at the preem balti house drinking tall bottles of kingfisher. The habs lost and i feel asleep watching snl.</div>sticky fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932955378706460127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693950187933570051.post-28869993156112985652008-04-07T14:15:00.000-07:002008-05-28T15:24:19.949-07:00el mercat de la boqueria<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB50MVSi-nI/AAAAAAAAADY/LH6FmKTtWH0/s1600-h/london+barcelona+275.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB50MVSi-nI/AAAAAAAAADY/LH6FmKTtWH0/s320/london+barcelona+275.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196718775254317682" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB5zvVSi-mI/AAAAAAAAADQ/7-r-Fl5LRy0/s1600-h/london+barcelona+270.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB5zvVSi-mI/AAAAAAAAADQ/7-r-Fl5LRy0/s320/london+barcelona+270.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196718277038111330" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB5wf1Si-lI/AAAAAAAAADI/oaemTbtj6c4/s1600-h/boqueria3.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB5wf1Si-lI/AAAAAAAAADI/oaemTbtj6c4/s320/boqueria3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196714712215255634" border="0" /></a><span style="background: black none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; line-height: 115%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" lang="FR-CA">Le mercat de la Boqueria à Barcelone est un de mes endroits préférés. Ici je me sens comme Antony Bourdain dans son livre A Cook's Tour. Je déambule les allés du marché avec mon manteau de cuir en fumant des cigarettes fortuna à 2.55 euros le paquet. Ici il y a de tout. Je n'ai jamais vu une telle abondance, une telle variété et une tellle symbiose de couleurs... Des jambons secs à n'en plus finir et de tout les prix, du fromage de toutes les formes, des têtes d'agneau, des lièvres avec leur fourrure, </span><span style="background: black none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; line-height: 115%; color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" lang="FR-CA">des fruits multicolores, des millions de jujubes, des noix de macadames, des saucissons, des minis cochons de lait entiers... Au centre du mercat se trouvent les poissons: les crevettes et les langoustes sont encores vivantes, il y a des centaines de sardines, des couteaux comme ceux des îles-de-la-madeleine, d'énormes cabillauds, des lottes entières avec la tête... Je m'arrètes dans un petit comptoir pour essayer quelques specialités locales. Ici les gens boivent de l'expresso avec du J&B (scotch) à neuf heures du matin. Je n'hésite pas une seconde avant d'en commnander un pour moi. Je mange de la pieuvre pour déjeûner, this is the life, puis des croquetas, une tortilla de patata, puis une brochette de boeuf avec un petit verress de vin rouge froid et plusieurs mini verre de bière. Tout cela à un prix dérisoire. je reviendrai ici tout les jours de mon séjour. Barcelone est une ville remplie d'art, Picasso, Dali, et surtout Gaudi flottent à travers le paysage. Plusieurs quartiers aux rues étroites ou il fait sombre malgré le soleil. Les gens suspendent leurs vêtement sur leurs balcons et on peut respirer l'odeur de la lessive. je vous en racontrerai plus....je dois pour l'instant me trouver une bodega pour passé la soirée.... </span><span style="background: black none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; line-height: 115%; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">à suivre.... mateo</span><br /><br /></span></div><br /><a style="color: rgb(255, 102, 102);" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB5wYlSi-kI/AAAAAAAAADA/Z_-a6QgoLtI/s1600-h/jamon.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB5wYlSi-kI/AAAAAAAAADA/Z_-a6QgoLtI/s320/jamon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196714587661204034" border="0" /></a>sticky fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932955378706460127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7693950187933570051.post-43751360432558456712008-04-07T13:25:00.000-07:002008-05-28T15:25:25.088-07:00Curing meats in the basement.<div style="text-align: justify;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB5islSi-gI/AAAAAAAAACg/i_B0yGJnxaw/s1600-h/white+trash+003.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_25XrgaIbYHg/SB5islSi-gI/AAAAAAAAACg/i_B0yGJnxaw/s320/white+trash+003.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196699538095798786" border="0" /></a>Prosciutto is without a doubt one of Italy's most gastronomical specialties. This ham is produced in the hills that surround the beautiful city of Parma, nestled in the deep valleys of Emilia-Romagna. It is the soft climate of this region that gives the prosciutto it's unique flavor. When the ham is hung to dry, the soft breeze blows threw the olive and pine trees and also it is flavored by the nearby Parmesan that is also drying in the region. This impregnates the ham with special aromas and flavors. That is why the taste of prosciutto is unparalleled anywhere else. That is why only hams that have dry cured in Parma and have been submitted to strict quality controls from the European union can be authorized to be called prosciutto and wear it's special seal.<br /></div>sticky fingershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09932955378706460127noreply@blogger.com1