Bro’s Carbonara Tagliatelle!
During my (very short) holiday back home in Chalon Sur Saone, Bourgogne, neither the Missus or I had to worry about cooking!
We enjoyed our meals either at hotels, restaurants or in one of my two brothers’ homes!
My first brother is actually a professional chef whereas my second brother is a chef as a hobby (he goes as far as attending cooking school in spite of his vast experience!).
On the last day of our stay he cooked a “simple dinner” for the four of us, while we were enjoying (a) drink(s).
It was a pretty typical affair with many culinary influences.
Bro had an excellent idea for appetizers/tidbits to go with aperitifs and drinks while waiting for dinner to start.
Small round tomatoes first dipped in caramel sauce (just sugar, water and lemon brought to a boil and to a thin brown color before switching off the fire) and then coated with golden sesame seeds!
Interestingly enough they don’t seem to have black roasted sesame seeds in France…
The French, especially in Burgundy and Bresse, cannot spend a day without eating a big lettuce and vegetable salad every day!
So Bro served us an appetizer consisting of fresh local lettuce seasoned with his own dressing (had no time to check the recipe) and a “small” (we were taking the plane the following morning!) portion of his pork and pistacchio terrine out of a dish holding at leat 2 kg of it!
Bro loves his pasta and the Missus who is a pastaholic was certainly happy to learn that he makes all his own pasta!
He certainly has all the gear needed!
The pasta is first kneaded and left in the refrigerator for at least 3~4 hours before being prepared!
He used the kitchen table on which we ate later as a work table (after cleaning it, wiping it and sprinkled it with flour!)!
The streched pasta ready to be cut into smaller pieces and then passed through the machine to make tagliatelle!
Work made so easy!
The fresh tagliatelle ready to be boiled! Only 4 minutes!
The Tagliatelle Carbonara!
The sauce had been made the night before as it is easy to preserve and saved a lot of time!
Sorry, no recipe made available!
For dessert a fine apple tart made with thin pastry sheets, fresh apples and a minimum of sugar and spices!
To be continued…
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