Tonight I
learned how to make Ragu with wild boar as the first dish and pork and mashed
potatoes as the second dish! Let me tell you, like everything else I have made,
it was delicious! I learned how to marinate and cook wild boar sauce. It was
much easier than I was expecting. Jen and I made the homemade pasta for this
dish. Now that is a lot of kneading. I felt as if all we were doing was kneading, kneading, and more kneading! The eggs from the dough kept
sticking in between my fingers. Jen and I were a great team, she kneaded the
dough and flattened it out, and then I put it through the pasta cutter, and
flowered the fettucine. I learned you have to pour flour on the fettucine soon
after cutting other wise it will stick together and become one big mess.
Italian mashed
potatoes are much different from the ones at home. I learned you must keep the
skin on the potatoes when you boil them because it helps keep the water from
evaporating into. When water evaporates into the potato is makes them loose
their flavor and vitamins. The Italians also use a lot of cheese, which I love!
Once the potatoes were boiled, then skinned, we added two large handfuls of Parmesan
cheese! It made them so creamy and flavorful!
I really enjoyed
the pork for the soul reasons of the applesauce we made to be put on top of it.
Its very simple and easy, I can’t wait to try and make it at home. You first
had to chop up the apples into thin slices, then sauté with butter, salt,
pepper, and chopped parsley until the apples became soft. Place the apples on
top of the pork and you are ready to serve! YUM!
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