Recipes from Festivita Fiorentina

1st Course:
Sage, Potato & Rosemary Pizza

2nd Course:
Mussels ala Diavola

3rd Course:
Wild mushroom & Marscapone Ravioli w/ sauteed mushroom sauce & truffle oil
coming soon...I need to write it and that takes too long right this minute

4th Course:
Bistecca ala Fioriorentina w/ sauteed garlic spinach

Dessert:
Meyer Lemon Budino

Wines:

2.22.08: Festivita Fiorentina di Compleanos del Tim

Florence is the heart of Tuscany, Italy and many centuries ago, the heart of the Renaissance.

What more perfect theme for our dear friend, worshiper and Renaissance man, Tim Smith. As you know, Tim finds great Sabbath & joy in wonderful food and wines, if shared with those he loves. Let’s share with him this Friday, February 22^nd at a supper club in his honor. What is a supper club? My definition – a joining of friends & soon to be friends for a celebration of life and the arts of the table. The theme instructs the menu and each couple prepares a homemade course with paired wine to serve to the others. Florence has many food traditions and is most inspired by the Tuscan region. Tim’s famed Bistecca ala Fiorentina will be shared as the main course for this meal we compose together!

Here is the menu for this fete!

~Appetizer & Cocktails~

James & Heather Armstrong

Sage & Potato Pizza

Prosciutto di Parma wrapped canteloupe

White wines from Italy

~1st Course~

Julie & Zack Hubert

Mussels ala Diavola

A Tuscan Red

~2^nd Course~

Zack & Julie: Handmade Porcini, Marscapone & black truffle agnolotti (stuffed pasta)

A Tuscan Red

~3^rd Course~

Tim & Beth Smith

Bistecca ala Fiorentina

with garlic sauteed spinach

A Tuscan Red

~4th Course - Dessert~

Nate & Rachel Burke

Meyer Lemon Budino

Moscato di Asti