Fish and Meat: Two things I do not eat. Whoops.

Yesterday was our second day of cooking. The topic of the day was meat and fish. Last week the groups made anchovies and told us that you had to take the heads off and remove all of the intestines from the fish which was rather disgusting, so we tried our hardest to cook another fish, but lost. We picked up the anchovies at a fish market. We also cooked veal, so picked up some slabs of meat at a butcher shop.There shops are right in Campo di Fiori, an old Roman market that sells a variety of fruits, vegetables, bread, pasta, and other assortments. We bought peas to eat with the anchovies as a side and zucchini for the veal at the Campo di Fiori market.

We headed back to the restaurant to cook our food. The first thing we did was cut teh heads and remove the intestines from the anchovies. I REALLY do not like fish, so I only cut off the heads and my partner Emily touched the anchovies and removed their intestines. She was brave and a good sport because it was very disgusting to do.


Here is how they looked before and after the intestines were removed.

Then we had to cook the anchovies in oil and blanch our green beans. We boiled the green beans for a few minutes in hot water, put them in an ice water bucket to bring out the nice green flavor, then sauteed them with oil and salt. Below is a picture of our anchovies dish. Bread with mozzarella cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, and anchovies with a side of green beans. Whoever tried the sandwich said it was amazing, but I could not go near the anchovies, I really do not like them.


We also cooked veal. We used a flour, salt, and pepper mix to bread the piece of meat. We then cooked the veal in oil and butter and used a wine reduction to make a creamy sauce on top. Our side was zucchini so we sauteed those as well. Again, I did not eat the veal, but I heard it was good. I however did eat the vegetables and they were delicious!


Our last day of cooking is DESSERTS! We are making Tiramisu and Eclairs. I will write about them next Wednesday!

Ciao!
-Marisa