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taste of tuscany – round 1

this has been a long time coming, but we finally did it. since steve and i have been back from italy (almost a year ago now) we’ve wanted to make a true tuscan meal for our friends. tonight was our first crack at it. this is what we came up with…


Steve prepping the vinaigrette


Ian making the white wine sauce


Our guests chillin’ eating some antipasto


Insalata – Arugula with Raspberry Vinaigrette


Primi Piatti – Frito Misto with Basil Aioli (we kind of drowned it in the aioli… oops)


In between courses


Secondo Corso – Fegatini Bianco con Cozze


Chowing down on the fegatini (danny ate all three mussels…. super impressed!)


Entrade – Pollo Roulades con Sage with Red Wine Reduction (ok, so steve was trigger happy and took this without the red wine reduction)

This one has the red wine reduction, but the plating was terrible…


Steve with his Tiramisu (made it all himself… with a little help from my sis)


Dessert – Tiramisu

everything above was home made. i think we hit up 7 stores to find it all, and prepped for something like 5 hours. we were cooking on the fly to make sure everything was fresh. gotta say thanks to my mom for helping out so much. all in all, the night was a HIT. and the food was fabulous! turned out way better than i could ever expect. thanks for everyone who came out. don’t worry, i’m sure we will be doing it all over again soon….

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  1. nathaniel February 3rd, 2007 12:14 am

    Impressive to say the least!!! I didn't know two single guys could cook so well. You put me to shame. The bacon wrapped chicken with wine sauce was outstanding and the tiramisu was delectable and delicious! Thanks guys for all the effort you put in to make the dinner such a good event. It was very much appreciated.

  2. Stephanie Rottier March 14th, 2007 2:45 am

    So… Langer… how's about that Tiramisu for my birthday?

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