I got this new amazing book: Rustic Italian Food By Marc Vetri and David Jouaquim. I had to try the brined pork shoulder recipe immediately. It was delicious. The recipe is a shaved pork shoulder with plums and cantaloupe. And even though it is far from plum season, we lucked out with a delicious cantaloupe so there was enough sweetness in the dish to pull it off. I’m trying this again when it’s plum season.
The finished pork
The finished salad
I served it alongside a cold asparagus salad. Fresh asparagus, lightly steamed and shocked in ice water, tossed with lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper, topped with parmigiano reggiano.
Also from the book, I made some fresh strawberry jellies
The cookies are from one of my favorite recipes on Epicurious. Fudgy Meringue Cookies
Truffle salt focaccia.
All was served with our homemade pinot noir and raspberry dessert wine.
But the most delicious dishes of the evening were these two:
And the best dinner guests are the ones who bring amazing flowers.
