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pannacotta with berries?
panna cotta con frutti di bosco
A desert is a dry arid landscape. What you’ve pictured is a dessert.
It looks like the “Accona” is the only desert in Italy, and its semi-arid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accona_Desert
Good, no, Great.
Dosen’t look like horse meat.
Good one,Tom Gos.
Lou,I can see where people would be uncomfortable with equestrian cuisine since equestrians are generally humans or some semblance there of, Equine cuisine however, is another animal entirely. Good on ya for giving it a go.
Wow, harsh crowd today.
Just happy to see the pastries!
thanks Lou
Yeah, I’ve tried for years to force my fingers to write “dessert,” and sometimes they just won’t go there. Oh well…
And yes, the panna cotta was quite nice, with forest berries. Actually, awesome is a better word. Had a few other sweet things on Italian soil, so perhaps I’ll fire up another one.
Meanwhile, am back in Austria where sugar rules as well (grin).
it’s panna cotta con frutti di bosco, but it could have been also bianco mangiare 🙂
Well if you happen to go south again (south east to be precise) to Slovenia I’d be more than happy to buy you a horse burger. It’s absolutely delicious (as is the panna cota) :p
Hey Jernej,
Whitey don’t eat Horse Burger. Ever seen a western movie? Horses are our friends, not our food.
What no Horse? my mom always said: don’t play with you food… so we staid off the horses..
Gilles you’re right! 🙂 if something tastes good it should be eaten…
It’s panna cotta con frutti di bosco, but please, don’t eat so much meat, expecially horse own, dangerous for health, expecially for animal’s health! But not only
so Lou, what did I win, something italian? a pair of Trabs?
Hi Lou,
I fear Fede is suffering from a work-related disease of ..err..overhyping. 🙂
Of course the Italian pastries are no match for Austrian and/or French pastries, even if there are regions where the pastries are pretty good. E.g. Aosta (ruled by the French until 1860 or Cortina d’Ampezzo, ruled by the Austrians 1510-1915
).
But Italian desserts like panna cotta, tiramisu or zabaglione are delicious indeed!
Lenka K.
typical Frog, Gilles…eat the beasts of burden…I guess the french pastime of working 30 hours per month goes waaaay back, eh?
😉
sorry to disappoint Gringo (well named…) i m not french at all..
It looks too good to be cacuzza sfatta mezzo le coscie.
The panna cotta is cooked white cream. According to Federico, key is what cream is used. It must only be the finest, from special places on Italian soil. The thin apple slices were a nice touch, and the forest berry sauce the correct choice for a mountain person’s pallet. Impressive.