Stewed beef shank/shin, beef tendon. A snack after getting home from shopping. Both cooked in-house from East Asia Market.
Baby zucchini w/ flowers on [Azalia Farm Market], stigmas removed, stuffed w/ a mixture of ricotta cheese [Galbani], chopped Western chives (from my deck) & sea salt.
Stuffed zucchini+flowers, deep fried.
Lightly coated w/ a thin batter of GP flour, rice flour, sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), salt, water. Left-over batter drizzled into the hot oil and the crispy bits added to the plate.
Ligurian-style inspired pasta w/ pesto.
Pesto made w/ fresh basil [Silverthorn Farm], garlic, pine nuts, Maldon salt, Pecorino Romano & Parmigiano Reggiano, Arbequina EV olive oil [California Olive Ranch].
Spaghetti [Garofalo] cooked in salted boiling water as usual, quartered new potatoes [Wild's Apple Farm] added halfway through, Romano beans [Nading Farm] (sliced diagonally) added in towards the end.
Everything just assembled.
After tossing.
Plated. Garnished w/ Genovese basil from my deck.
Fresh lychees [East Asia Market].
