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May
As promised, here’s our first dinner last thurs. night in Monopoli, Italy…
Rich red wine….Foccacia(potato dough) that was heavenly with lots of olive oil and tomatoes..thick crusty bread and perfect little taralli….then i ordered baked eggplant with tomato sauce and cheese and Luc had cappocolla with local cheese.Then I had the traditional/regional fava e cichoria (purre white fava beans with boiled/sauted dandelion greens) of course with olive oil!!Luc had the traditional/regional orrichetti(little ear pasta) with lamb sauce..so many wonderful flavours!!
For dessert,little tiny round doughnuts with dark chocolate dipping sauce and mielle fieulle, with perfect cream and straberries…..dinner lasted 3 hours!!!!
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