Un paio di sere fa, sono uscita a cena con mio marito e abbiamo cenato in un bellissimo ristorante qui a Londra. Non era un ristorante italiano, ma uno di quelli che presentano una cucina europea, sofisticata e moderna. Non ci eravamo mai andati ed appena siamo entrati siamo rimasti colpiti dall’eleganza e dalla raffinatezza con cui il locale era arredato. Io e mio marito ci siamo subito guardati in faccia ed all’unisono abbiamo detto:”Italiano!”.
Ci siamo seduti al tavolo ed io, con la deformazione “professionale” della food blogger, ho iniziato a ribaltare tovaglie e tovaglioli alla ricerca dell’ etichetta, con mio marito che imbarazzato mi tirava qualche calcetto da sotto il tavolo 🙂
C’è qualcosa che assomiglia molto all’orgoglio nazionale, quando si scopre che qualcosa di veramente bello proviene dal tuo paese natale. C’è un senso di rivalsa verso il mondo, quasi a voler dire:
“Mondo, guardate! Alle volte saremo anche ridicolizzati all’estero da personaggi inqualificabili, ma se volete fare qualcosa di bello, con un raffinato senso estetico, di qui, in Italia dovete passare!”
Ingredienti per 4 persone
- fesa di tacchino
- 12 fette sottili di lardo D’Arnad
Cibi Reali - 1 cucchiaino di semi di senape tritati bio
Melandri Gaudenzio - sale e pepe
- 1 cucchiaio di olio
Dante
A couple of nights ago, I went out for dinner with my husband and we went at a beautiful restaurant here in London. It was not an Italian restaurant, but one of those who serve an European cuisine, sophisticated and modern. We’ve never been there before, and as soon as we walked in, we were impressed by the elegance and sophistication with which the restaurant was beautifully decorated. My husband and I, we immediately looked at each other and in unison we said: “Italian!”
It seems trivial, but when you live abroad, you make a constant comparison with Italy, about both negative and positive things and you never hide a bit of pride when you see something beautiful here, that comes from our country.
We sat at the table and I, pushed by the food blogger’s curiosity, I started to unfold napkins and tablecloths in search of the labels, with my embarrassed husband gently kicking me under the table 🙂
I was right … The label was saying Restaurant Supplies, in Italian!
There is something very similar to national pride, when you discover that something really good comes from your home country. There is a sense of revenge to the world, as if to say: “World, look! Sometimes we even are ridiculed abroad by our own people, but if you want to do something nice, with a refined aesthetic sense, hence, in Italy you have to go! “
Back home I went immediately to check their website
I decided to write them a post because thanks to this unusual combination, I spent a pleasant evening, smiling and thinking about the fact that yes, in Italy we do have an inborn sense of beauty.
For the record … the food was great, even though it was not Italian 😉
Ingredients for 4 people
- turkey breast
- 12 thin slices of Lard D’Arnad
Cibi Reali - 1 teaspoon mustard seeds chopped bio
Melandri Gaudenzio - Salt and pepper
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Dante
Massage the turkey with salt, mustard powder and pepper and finally up wrap it with lard slices. Fry at high heat for about 10 minutes in a Risolì pan. Then lower the heat and simmer covered for 30 minutes. Sometimes halfway through cooking, if a want to get a thicker sauce I add a bit of milk and flour, but as this time I wanted to enhance the lard flavor I didn’t do that. Serve with boiled new potatoes and confit cherry tomaotes.