tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-804840088322446962012-02-16T03:41:38.518-08:00Tony Sassihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07858002661147986846noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80484008832244696.post-55158376773592008942010-12-30T16:57:00.000-08:002010-12-30T18:53:24.782-08:00<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Over christmas I was lucky enough to have my mother come to stay with me. She was born to cook and at 89 years old I still can't keep her out of the kitchen. Here's what she got up to...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Christmas morning making Pizzelle. Pizzelle are a biscuit traditionally from our region, Abruzzo, made from eggs, flour, sugar and lemon.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tL--wyTUPEE/TR0i-IrRvJI/AAAAAAAAABg/in4eT77mn0I/s1600/Pizzelle1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tL--wyTUPEE/TR0i-IrRvJI/AAAAAAAAABg/in4eT77mn0I/s320/Pizzelle1.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Rosa</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tL--wyTUPEE/TR0i-5SpEuI/AAAAAAAAABk/Di6HcJo-zPE/s1600/Pizzelle2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tL--wyTUPEE/TR0i-5SpEuI/AAAAAAAAABk/Di6HcJo-zPE/s320/Pizzelle2.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">L'uova</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tL--wyTUPEE/TR0i_q9cNwI/AAAAAAAAABo/bAWIyJZjJmI/s1600/Pizzelle3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tL--wyTUPEE/TR0i_q9cNwI/AAAAAAAAABo/bAWIyJZjJmI/s320/Pizzelle3.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">La farina</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tL--wyTUPEE/TR0jAjm9vUI/AAAAAAAAABs/MOLspEf-Drk/s1600/Pizzelle5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tL--wyTUPEE/TR0jAjm9vUI/AAAAAAAAABs/MOLspEf-Drk/s320/Pizzelle5.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The secret ingredient, my fathers grappa</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tL--wyTUPEE/TR0jBoUOlAI/AAAAAAAAABw/D3fDyGWG3_0/s1600/Pizzelle6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_tL--wyTUPEE/TR0jBoUOlAI/AAAAAAAAABw/D3fDyGWG3_0/s320/Pizzelle6.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Placing the mixture onto the Pizzelle iron</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tL--wyTUPEE/TR0jCUpzWQI/AAAAAAAAAB0/R64X4x4jkg4/s1600/Pizzelle7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_tL--wyTUPEE/TR0jCUpzWQI/AAAAAAAAAB0/R64X4x4jkg4/s320/Pizzelle7.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">The finish biscuits on a hand&nbsp;</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">screenprinted&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">tea towel</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">made&nbsp;by <a href="http://annasassi.blogspot.com/">my daughter</a>.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Here we are in the restaurant kitchen making&nbsp;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #211e1f;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">Baccalá mantecato, which is a salt cod and potato crochette.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #211e1f;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><br /></span> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_tL--wyTUPEE/TR0n5HUnayI/AAAAAAAAAB4/arrG8BW-sDk/s1600/Baccala1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; 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