Will do a day of cooking this saturday with friends. Well be two cooks in a great kitchen so we’ll be inviting friends, cook for them and we’ll all split the bill. I’m still in my “Marcella Hazan” phase and he wants to try a classic from his native region (pâté lorrain). We’ll be doing “russian service” to have a better harmony with the italian dishes even if we start the meal with a classic french dish. I had fun with naming the sequences and claim no authenticity (I’m not italian and can’t exactly remember where I saw “primi” and “secondo” to indicate the sequences but it just made sense… it was mostly for flair and for fun 
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I actually proposed 10 variations with what I found interesting in Hazan’s book and my colleague chose #7 
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Antipasti
Paté Lorrain
Meat pâté in a puff pastry
Insalata
Small salad to clean the palate
Primo
Risotto with its spring vegetables
Risotto with zuchini, onions, carrots, celery, green peas, tomato and basilic prepared with a homemade meat broth.
Secundo
Roast beef braised in red wine with its mushrooms
Roast beef braised in red wine with mushrooms prepared in olive oil, garlic and parsley.
Dessert
Mystery dessert by our friend’s sister (she has carte blanche)
