CANADIAN COTTAGE FOOD WITH AN ITALIAN FLAIR

Last weekend Barb and I went to a friend's cottage on the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario. Near the small town of Wiarton on Colpoys Bay on Georgian Bay( Lake Huron). The lovely cottage had room for three couples. I prepared my sauce to put on penne, roasted peppers, rapini salad, beans from the garden and the ingredients for Greek Salad.

Barb bought the colourful bowls with lids at a kitchen store that are ideal for travelling.

The nice thing about the weekend was the lunch. Rose has Sicilian background-Southern Italy. She prepared a delicious lunch. One of the dishes- Melanzane in Carrozza/ Eggplant in a carriage was a welcome change for me.

Rose put a tomato for extra colour. The eggplant is prepared by cutting thin slices and let stand to ease out the moisture. It can be baked or fried. The trick is the mozzarella cheese in the middle. Dipped in flour, egg and then bread crumbs it can be fried or baked in the oven. So in carrozza means in a carriage. Or like a sandwich- the cheese is in the middle.

The presentation of the lunch was quite impressive.

Along with the melanzane in carrozza was a spicy Italian sausage, tossed salad and a stuffed yellow pepper. I need to share my stuffed pepper recipe sometime. It is very similar to the stuffing Rose used. I researched the internet for some recipes for the eggplant. Curious- two recipes say the dish Rose made is from Calabria and one says it is Neapolitan- from Naples. I will make it sometime and share my version of the recipe. Meanwhile we had good times eating good food. Too many cooks spoil the broth but in this case it was fun to have other cooks in the kitchen!
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