11-08-2009, 11:53 AM
Well, being a wee bit mischievous, as I am, I wondered if I could mix food and politics, so I asked myself: ‘Now just what is Berluconi’s favourite food?’. A quick hop onto the internet via good old Google, and I found that the Corriere della Sera had broached this very question to the tanned man, according to Italian blog Tagliatelle Vaganti. I can’t track down the actual Corriere della Sera article though.
So, just what is Italy’s most persecuted, but now immune from prosecution, billionaire’s favourite food?
And the answer is, apparently: Manzo alla California (Beef California), which despite its name, is an Italian dish. ‘California‘ is a place near Monza!*
beef – one chunk
100 g (3.5oz) strips of unsmoked bacon
50 g (1.75oz) of butter
1 onion
1 dessert spoonful of flour
1/2 a glass of red wine vinegar
1/2 a litre of milk (17.6 Fluid oz -UK 16.9 Liq. oz – US)
salt and pepper
Preparation and Cooking
The night before, rub the beef with the bacon rashers. The next day, and using a pan (which has a lid) big enough to hold the beef, chop the onion, and cook it in the butter until the onion is golden. Then, roll the beef in the flour, and pop it into the pan with the cooked onion. Add the vinegar, and cook until the vinegar has evaporated. Next, add 400ml of milk, salt and pepper to taste, and cover and cook slowly for three and a half hours. Just before the 3 and a half hours are up, add the rest of the milk. Finally, remove the beef, slice it, and place it in the remaining sauce. Serve good and hot.
As an accompaniment, potatoes and green vegetables or even salad would work well, I imagine.
There are other recipes around, and cookery expert Judith Greenwood, of Think on it, says that some schools of cooking thought, believe that cream should be used instead of milk.
Whatever, this sounds an appetising dish, even if it is not the best thing to prepare in the midst of a hot Italian summer. Unless, that is, you are up in the mountains, or you don’t live in Italy!
If you do try it, let me know if you think it is food befitting of an Italian prime minister.
Should you find yourself feeling the urge to set up a media empire, and enter politics after trying Billionaire’s Beef, please don’t blame me.
Now, I think I’ll have a go at tracking down Berlusco’s preferred tipple. :x
Any way Thanks for reading
So, just what is Italy’s most persecuted, but now immune from prosecution, billionaire’s favourite food?
And the answer is, apparently: Manzo alla California (Beef California), which despite its name, is an Italian dish. ‘California‘ is a place near Monza!*
beef – one chunk
100 g (3.5oz) strips of unsmoked bacon
50 g (1.75oz) of butter
1 onion
1 dessert spoonful of flour
1/2 a glass of red wine vinegar
1/2 a litre of milk (17.6 Fluid oz -UK 16.9 Liq. oz – US)
salt and pepper
Preparation and Cooking
The night before, rub the beef with the bacon rashers. The next day, and using a pan (which has a lid) big enough to hold the beef, chop the onion, and cook it in the butter until the onion is golden. Then, roll the beef in the flour, and pop it into the pan with the cooked onion. Add the vinegar, and cook until the vinegar has evaporated. Next, add 400ml of milk, salt and pepper to taste, and cover and cook slowly for three and a half hours. Just before the 3 and a half hours are up, add the rest of the milk. Finally, remove the beef, slice it, and place it in the remaining sauce. Serve good and hot.
As an accompaniment, potatoes and green vegetables or even salad would work well, I imagine.
There are other recipes around, and cookery expert Judith Greenwood, of Think on it, says that some schools of cooking thought, believe that cream should be used instead of milk.
Whatever, this sounds an appetising dish, even if it is not the best thing to prepare in the midst of a hot Italian summer. Unless, that is, you are up in the mountains, or you don’t live in Italy!
If you do try it, let me know if you think it is food befitting of an Italian prime minister.
Should you find yourself feeling the urge to set up a media empire, and enter politics after trying Billionaire’s Beef, please don’t blame me.
Now, I think I’ll have a go at tracking down Berlusco’s preferred tipple. :x
Any way Thanks for reading