The Last Super

Butter and Baby Cows

Menu:
Saltimbocca alla Romana
Risotto
Broccoli Rabe

Drinks:
Cosmos...Duh
Veuve Clicquot

For the last meal of the 2013 we figured go rich or go home. Saltimbocca, a traditional Italian dish, filled our quota of fat, salt and flavor for the year to come. It is a thin slice of veal, the poor baby cow (YUM!), topped with fresh sage and a thin slice of pork product. Molly 2 in her infinite wisdom or lack there of, decided to use pancetta, although the recipe called for a prosciutto. The meat was then cooked in tablespoons of butter. It tasted rich and decadent, but both Mollys agreed that in the future we should stick to the recipe and use the prosciutto, the pancetta proved too thick and didn't create the crispy crunch that we were looking for. 

The risotto that we cooked is a go to side dish for us. This time we didn't have enough risotto rice, so we substituted with brown rice. Healthy right? The brown rice took slightly longer to soak up the chicken broth, but in the end the flavor was amazing and hardy. We did decide not to incorporate the parmesan into the risotto, but instead grated it on top so it wasn't too heavy and balanced with the saltimbocca.

We've never cooked broccoli rabe before. Initially when Molly 1 suggested broccoli rabe we both were imagined broccolini and didn't picture the leafy, bitter monster that is broccoli rabe.  Clearly we need a crash course in veggies 101. We feel like the recipe would've been a success had the proportions been correct. We were tipsy and didn't really read through the instructions. Whoops. Instead of using two bunches we used one, so the dish turned out more spicy than normal.

We've already talked about how much we love cosmos. This week was no exception and that was our introductory drink to cooking. Our accompaniment to dinner however was Veuve Clicquot, a deliciously smooth champagne. We wanted something fancy to toast to our last blog entry of 2013. 

May the new year bring you joy, merriment, wealth, lots of sex, and delectable food. Not necessarily in that order. 





Links:
Saltimbocca alla Romana 
Risotto
Broccoli Rabe
Veuve Clicquot