I started to cook this dish in 2023, when I had still my own production of eggplants at the Buonrespiro Garden. It is one of the finest dishes for starter or aperitivo. In this case the pretreatment of the Aubergines with salt is appropriate. They will share the salt later with onions and tomatoes. Deep…
A Variant of the classical “Mare e Monti” theme. “Fagioli del Purgatorio” are the small beans from Gradoli with an elegant taste. Moscardini are very small Octopus, but sepia would be good also, but no calamari or polpo verace. The beans are boiled with a clove of garlic until tender. In the meantime you may…
Inspiration by Maria Luisa Scolastra from Villa Roncalli, Foligno. Buying raw fish (and eating it) has become an issue since anyone knows about Anisakis. In Supermarkets there are now specific brands and preparations for Sashimi/Carpaccio. The COOP at Orvieto Scalo is offering them separately from the fish booth. The fish monger in Orvieto city does…
This is a good method to prepare various parts of a lamb, especially shoulder. I fry the lamb with garlic, thyme and rosmary in a pot. When it is nicely coloure from al sided, I add half a glass of white wine and a good amount of vegetable broth, close the pot and let it…
Bottarga is good, Martavello is good .Martavello e Bottarga together are extraordinary.
I have a new assistant in the kitchen. His name is “creative chef” and he is a GPT that i created with OpenAI technology. Why? I want to learn about AI and I want to have more fun in the kitchen.Yesterday I came to the Buonrespiro and found the following material: Pasta, Cheese, Savoy Cabbage,…
My favorite Restaurant in Perugia at the moment. All fits together. Attentive and gentle hosts. An elegant, but not oppressive environment, and obviouisly the food, which is miles away from Umbrian home cooking. I have been there 4 times now and I am planning to become an abitue’. Main reason for this is the unbeatable…
we shipped 8 different raw milk cheese from Gut Backensholz” (https://backensholz.de/),and we find 5 wines from our cave to pair with them. for the 2 soft blue cheese-We pair them with a Grechetto from Duca della Cogna. This is a semi-fragrant wine with complete bone structure. It is fragrant but more salty than sweety( which…
I have been making Chinese dishes with local ingredients. here is an example:
