Patti's Italian Cooking for Dummies

Happy Saturday Sunday readers! J here with an update on our Saturday activities in the kitchen...

G and I met a couple of years ago when we both did a summer internship in the same office. It was, surprisingly,  not love at first sight (though I loved her shoes, and she loved my skirt). But that is another story for another post.

Patti, our friend from that office, took an amazing life adventure this past May to Italy. The majority of her trip was spent at a cooking school! How cool is that!?!?! Both G and I love food (duh!), so we made her promise to come back and teach us everything she learned.  So readers, I present to you:

 Patti's Italian Cooking for Dummies*

*G and I are no dummies in real life, but I am not particularly skilled in the kitchen department (though I do love me some bright colorful kitchen gadgets and accessories). G is definitely several steps ahead of me (her dad is a culinary instructor, after all...), but we still needed Patti to take things real slow.

Saturday's Menu:
Crostini con Salsa Verde
Orange and Fennel Salad
Pasta Fresca
Sugo con gli Asparagi
Sugo Finto
Sformati
Budino Cremoso

You guys, we made pasta from scratch! And I have the photographic evidence to prove it!

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*Sorry about that angry face, I was putting all my frustration into kneading the pasta dough...

And look at how pretty our Budino Cremoso turned out. It tasted soooooooooooooooooo good!

Overall, yesterday's 5 hour cooking bonanza was a great success (with the exception of our souffle, which we will never mention again... ). I learned tons, ate tons, and then slept tons. Food coma, and all.

Thanks Patti!