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Wishing everyone a very, very merry Christmas from very sunny California!
My brother, Joe, and I have been cooking up a storm for the last few days in preparation for La Vigilia di Natale (Christmas Eve) and our Feast of the Seven Fishes.
Wishing you could all be here to join us!!
Our menu is below – look for recipes in the week ahead!
Tanti auguri di Buon Natale!!
Merry Christmas, our friends.
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La Vigilia di Natale
Christmas Eve 2009
Negroni di Clementina
Clementine negroni
Capesante avvolto in Prosciutto con lenticchie
Prosciutto-wrapped scallops with lentils
Pasta e ceci con vongole
Pasta and chickpea soup with clams
Frutta di mare
Marinated seafood salad
Ravioli di aragosta con granchio panna
Lobster Ravioli with crab cream sauce
Seppie e Pisello alla Romana
Cuttlefish with sweet peas Roman style
Baccalà all Trevigiana
Creamy baked salt cod Treviso style
Insalata di finocchi e arancia con cipolla rossa e menta
Fennel and orange salad with red onion and mint
Tutto il salmone cotto nel sale marino
Whole salmon baked in sea salt
Biscotti
Italian Cookies