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December 10th was Anatolijus’ birthday so for his
birthday weekend, Dec 8-9 we indulged in a number of culinary delights. On Saturday the four of us drove 1 hr and 45
mins south to the small village of Sarrion which holds an annual International Truffle
Festival. These black truffles are
cultivated and harvested by dogs and pigs.
In the small pavilion there were booths representing all different parts
of the process and produce of the truffle industry. We tasted cheese infused with truffle,
truffle sausage, truffle liquor, olive oil infused with truffle and a lovely
onion and truffle marmalade. Anatolijus
bought one of each and then realized his dream of buying his very own truffle
and truffle cutter. We did not spend a
long time in Sarrion but came away with many delicacies. The next day Anatolijus and I made our first
Truffle Risotto which was ‘fenomenal’!!! Anatolijus also made a peppercorn and rosemary
encrusted beef tenderloin and we paired it all with a bottle of Sangiovese a
friend brought from Italy. As a starter,
we made a terrine of foie gras with tarragon and granny smith apple (a recipe
of our good friend Marc). What a feast!
On Sunday Grace, Tessa and I made Anatoijus a very special
birthday cake. Tessa is obsessed with
watching YouTube videos of Betty Crocker kitchens and Nerdy Nummies which teach
you how to make and decorate amazing types of cakes. So inspired by Tessa we undertook to make the
“Hamburger Cake”. The candies we needed
are not here in Spain so we improvised and were delighted with the
results. Take a look!!
Lastly, after all this cooking I then proceeded to spend the
next two days in the kitchen baking traditional Canadian Christmas treats for,
‘Cathy’s Canadian Christmas Coffee Party” (CCCCP in short). I invited a number of moms from the school
and prepared fresh scones, Nanaimo bar, decorated sugar cookies, banana bread
and scotch shortbread. There were a few
hiccups with some people not able to come and some coming late and others
leaving early – however overall I was very pleased!
Now time to get ready for Christmas and do a bit more
baking, cooking, grilling, tasting….
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