{"id":1479,"date":"2018-10-27T16:51:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T16:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/premesso.com\/?p=1479"},"modified":"2018-10-27T16:54:37","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T16:54:37","slug":"mm-enterprise-cooking-vol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premesso.com\/?p=1479","title":{"rendered":"M&M Enterprise Cooking, Vol. XIII"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sono ritornato.\u00a0<\/em>War zone cooking is back. I\u2019ve been sick, so a lot of the war zone cookery has been hearty bagged frozen soups, a classic of the diet of the workingman in northern Italy, but really not much to write home about.<\/p>\n

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Caprese with sandwich bar tomatoes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My first couple of non-dining hall, non-frozen soup dishes — a Caprese on a warm afternoon and a pile of pasta pomodoro \u2014 were so simple I\u2019m not even going to post recipes but a few keys things made them much better than the norm: excellent EVOO, fresh basil and a surprise tomato find.\u00a0First off, our dear Italian PXs are getting direly understocked. If it continues, it\u2019ll make this blog a lot more interesting. The silver lining in this is that I\u2019ve spring for the Italia Bio olive oil since it was one of the few left.<\/p>\n

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Non c\u2019\u00e8 niente di meglio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also accidentally bought, and then promptly exchanged, something I\u2019d never heard of which is apparently not only vile but also possibly carcinogenic \u2014 olive pomace oil<\/a>.\u00a0 The label, festooned in Italian flags, did get a sucker like me. After reading up on this stuff, I exchanged it for a bottle of passable Spanish EVOO. This was at one of the American PXs.<\/p>\n

As I mentioned, we have some fresh basil growing at post. I\u2019ve harvest an emergency supply for the coming cold weather, and tried the apparently tried and true method of blanching, drying and freezing it.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve long complained about the fresh cherry tomatoes here, which I\u2019ve found not even fit for cooking. But I spied some thick slices of juicy round tomatoes at a sandwich bar, and nabbed them for the Caprese.<\/p>\n

When I first met my wife (a northerner through and through), she told me that she had to have pasta pomodoro every few days, and that sometimes, there’s simply nothing more satisfying. Done right, which good olive oil, good grana, and fresh basil. there’s simply nothing better. My next recipe is less simple, so I’ll leave it at that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sono ritornato.\u00a0War zone cooking is back. I\u2019ve been sick, so a lot of the war zone cookery has been hearty bagged frozen soups, a classic of the diet of the workingman in northern Italy, but really not much to write home about. My first couple of non-dining hall, non-frozen soup dishes — a Caprese on … <\/p>\n

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