It's a three day weekend so what's for dinner? I just received my igourmet package which included Burrata from the Di Stefano creamery (and if you read Bon Appetit, it's Nancy Silverton's favorite domestic burrata served at La Mozza in LA as highlighted in this month's issue). If you haven't heard of burrata, it basically was created from the scraps of fresh mozzarella and wrapped around cream, straciatella or butter - sometimes even truffle infused ricotta - then wrapped in the leaves of the asphodel plant which indicated shelf life. If the leaves were still green, it was ok to eat. If the leaves were brown, it was past peak.
Of course, man (and woman) don't live by cheese alone so I opened a bottle of 2003 Palmina Sisquoc which is a nebbiolo based wine from Central CA. Loads of leather and underbrush (like true Barolo) but with a nice balance and palate flow (and perfect with mustard seed salami).
After slicing a ciabatta and including a simple "salad" of vine ripened cherry tomatoes tossed with good extra virgin olive oil, fresh basil, chardonnay vine smoked sea salt and coarsely cracked black pepper, dinner looked like this:
Since we sampled a nebbiolo based wine, I also HAD to enjoy this simple dinner with a truffle infused mushroom spread (also from igourmet).
Often times, life is best with the simple things in life. Like a simple living room "picnic" with the Mrs...
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