Notes about Recipes in this book

• Venetian-style renaissance oysters with mixed caviars, lemon juice, and olive oil

  • mjes on May 03, 2021

    This is the sort of recipe that puts those of us who live alone in a quandary - serve it untried to a group or fake trying it out first. Buying "faking" I mean one jar of caviar at a time which means one flavor combination at a time and no sense of what happens as one moves from one combination to another as the recipe envisions. Probably just as well as I'm never going to throw an authentic Renaissance banquet. So I've tried salmon and sturgeon caviar of medium quality. Yes, the presentation is beautiful. Yes, the flavors of oyster and caviar meld nicely. But truth be told, I have better uses for caviar and better uses for oysters if I'm not a Renaissance lord trying to make an impression. On the other hand, this is a recipe I will repeat for relatives and friends who love oysters ... just so they'll know how oysters and caviar complement each other.

• Hemingway's scampi remedy risotto

  • Charlotte_vandenberg on February 13, 2021

    For this risotto you first make a bisque from scampi/langoustine, this takes a couple of hours, but is worth the effort. The taste of the bisque was fantastic, but it was still a bit grainy. Next time I’m going to try to pass the bisque through a kitchen towel. The risotto was delicious.

• Sea perch "acqua pazza" Burano style with Sant'Erasmo Prosecco and cherry tomatoes

  • lkgrover on March 15, 2022

    Excellent poached fish with Italian flavors. I used perch fillets instead of whole perch.

• Game and mountain herb tortellini with melted homemade butter and game reduction

  • Charlotte_vandenberg on May 04, 2022

    Tried this first and than saved the most of the filling in the freezer for Christmas dinner. Fantastic flavor, looks wonderful, and is good to prepare a little before a dinner.

• Cephalonian salt cod pie

  • Charlotte_vandenberg on May 04, 2022

    Delicious. Our version was still pretty salty, probably not the best idea to soak for less time than advised.

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