Sunday, April 22, 2012
Landing in Sicily.
We are going to enjoy a week in Sicily this week. Tonight was our first night. a traditional Sunday meal. Comfort. After a long week. Did you know that Venus, the goddess of love was born is Sicily? "Italy... Sicily... what's the diffrence?" Some will say, but as JW Goethe once said in his book Journey To Italy: To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is to not have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything"
Sicilian Brasciole a la Lena
1 Tbl. olive oil
1 onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, chopped
1/8 cup chopped freshed parsley
1 cub bread crumbs
1/8 cup grated romano cheese
1/8 cup raisins
1/8 cup pine nuts, toasted
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1 Tbl olive oil
1 1/2 pounds round steak
1 Tbl olive oil
1 32 oz. jar spaghetti sauce
Directions:
1) Heat 1 Tbl. olive oil in a heavy skillet over medium heat. Saute onion until translucent, 10 minutes. Stir garlic and parsley, and continue cooking until onion begin to brown. Remove form heat, and allow to cool.
2) In a medium bowl, combine bread crumbs, Romano cheese, raisins, pine nuts and pepper.
3) Pound steak to 1/2 inch with a moistened mallet or the side of a cleaver. Spread onion mixture evenly over meat, leaving a 1 inch border around the edges. Spread bread crumb mixture in an even layer, and drizzle with 1 Tbl olive oil. Roll up from the narrow end, and tie tightly with kitchen twine.
4) Heat remaining olive oil in dutch oven over medium-high heat. Brown roll on all sides, 1 to 2 minutes per side. Pour in spaghetti sauce, reduce heat to low and simmer, covered for 2 hours, until tender.
Slice and serve over pasta.
Our weekend was filled with Elie fun. Between her band event and soccer tournament, she is fueled with parent involvement. We're so proud of her. Katy hung out in the usual Katy, I'm a trooper kind of way and Hannah was her typical teenager, too busy for her to slow down. She is so drained from this weeks suffering with her friend gone. Her schedule between school, drivers ed, life guarding class, out with friends and dealing with her parents has left her in a very non-functional state. It's time for a Hannah focus. To keep her strong, positive and bubbly again. She is our sunshine. It's time to focus on making her shine again.
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