Lombardia's capital is Milan. It's cuisine has more rice (Arborio is the type used in Risotto) than other regions, and butter is used more so than olive oil, due to it's border with France.
Our Meal
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| Saffron Risotto |
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| Roast Beef cooked in Milk |
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| Apple Charlotte - before being cooked. |
Throughout the preparation of the meal, we continued playing Blokus, which is in no way related to Lombardia, but is great fun none the less.
They do seem to use an awful lot of butter. And, like some of the adjacent regions, appear to be quite partial to meat wrapped in meat cooked in meat fat and served with a meat sauce. Not suitable for vegetarians.
ReplyDeleteAnd, of course, we must record for posterity the most significant development from that dinner: the brilliant suggestion by Daisy to start a food blog. Stupenda!