Sweet friends invited us to a Sunday lunch at their home in Poggio Nativo about 30 miles north of Rome.
Their home and 10-acres is located in the rolling hills. Emanuele showed us around their 30 olive trees (and invited us to the harvest in October), large vegetable garden, beehives, herb garden, and fruit trees. He also gave us a tour of the beautiful private rooms they have recently opened and listed on AirBnB.
We enjoyed a delicious lunch under this wisteria covered gazebo overlooking the valley and distant Apennines mountain range. It could not have been a more beautiful setting!
In her cool country kitchen...(where she also teaches cooking classes),
Sylvia prepared a delicious lunch of....
...roasted-marinated peppers, eggplant, grilled zucchini and carrot-jicama salad. That was followed by....
...(drum roll, please) prosciutto and fresh fig pizza with Balsamic glaze!!! It was indescribably delicious!
Next up... Penne Carbonara (Divine!)
Roasted chicken was next on the menu but we were all so full that we skipped it and went straight to dessert of Tiramisu made with Orzo instead of coffee.
Thank you, sweet friends, for filling our bellies and our souls with the flavors, sights, comforts
and magic of WONDERFUL ITALY!!!
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