The eggs were beautiful, and they were much larger than quail eggs usually are (they were all double yolk, from young layers, considered good fortune in some cultures, including mine). I had no idea what I was going to do with them, but as soon as I spotted them I knew that I was ready …
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quail eggs on toast; spelt spaghettone, habanada, cheese
I had these little eggs, which I knew would make a good appetizer, especially if they were slipped onto some extraordinary toast. For the main course, I thought of having something pretty simple while still a little wintry. I headed for Luca Donofrio‘s fresh pasta shop inside Eataly in the afternoon, and there I found some thick fresh spelt pasta which …
quail eggs on toast; beet fusilli, brown butter, pinoli, cheese
Yeah, pretty snazzy, yet still down to earth, I’d say. I couldn’t resist these little ones. We love quail itself, but, while I’ve had many opportunities to bring home quail eggs, there was never the kind of imperative I felt looking at the beautiful clear plastic (yeah, well..) package of 15 while at the Union Square Greenmarket …
filetti alici marinate as primi
Because the pasta course was a leftover which had already made an appearance here, I’m only showing the primi portion of last night’s meal. There was no actual ‘cooking’ involved, but there was enough busy work (also a neat image), so I decided to record it. A package of alici marinate produced by Agostino Recca, from Eataly, the fillets removed from the package, laid on top of paper …