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A light October menu
The hunter's menu
The flavors of the woods
Traditional recipes of Lombardy and Veneto
At last it's time for truffles



 
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Recipes for the Whole Year



October is the month of freshly made polenta to be eaten with game, mushrooms and wine, the mean features of this week's menu.

Polenta taragna Stuffed mushroom heads
Thrush with juniper berries Wine mousse


   Wine mousse

4 egg yolks - 200 g./7 oz. sugar - 1/4 liter/1/2 pt. Chardonnay dell'Alto Adige Doc Ca' d'Archi Santa Margherita wine - grated zest of 1 lemon - juice of 1 lemon and orange juice - 8 leaves white jelly - 1/4 cream - 8 white grapes


Mix yolks with sugar, lemon zest, orange and lemon juice and wine. Heat by bain marie, whipping continuously to stiffen mixture. Remove recipient from water and stir in jelly dissolved in cold water. Leave to cool. Whip cream and stir into cream, prepare individual bowls, rinse with cold water and sprinkle insides with sugar. Pour cream into bowls, place in refrigerator, decorate with grapes cut in half and serve.

N.B. Ingredients are given for 4 portions.

Cà d'Archi Chardonnay Alto Adige DOC
Santa Margherita


Top quality wine from Chardonnay grapes of the Alto Adige region, fermented in oak casks from central France, refined for a further thirteen months in casks and bottled until consumption. Intense hay color; smooth and full-bodied. Bouquet of fresh bread crust and vanilla. Extremely fine taste with hints of artemisia and vanilla.

Serve at:
16°-18° C.


 
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