30.10.09
The last day… we went all day to the Trasimeno lake. We went there with Patirce’s camper. For all of us it was the first time we went in such a home on wheels. There is a little kitchen, fridge, toilette and even a shower. Of course nobody had a shower there but we had fun. The lake is great. It’s the third biggest Italian lake. There are three islands on it and it’s really big. The season is over so there were not many people around. The beach was empty even though the weather was fantastic today. It’s hard to believe that in the end of October the temperature can be so high!!! What it will be like home :( After a short walk along the lake in Passignano Patrice invited us all to the restaurant to have the final lunch together there. There were so many people. The restaurant is quit well known and it specializes in pizza baked on hot stones. It’s really impressive. The pizza like this is called torta al testa and it’s filled with ham, rucola and stracchino cheese. We also had a try of all the other specialties they make from calamari and shrimps to supple, fried mozzarella, yellow pepper and crabs. At the end we had huge pieces of cakes. Everybody took a different king to try as many of them as possible. Pasha also took a nice cappuccino and at the end of the meal we felt all about to explode. Even David and Patrice’s mother came with us so it was a really family day out. Only Laura stayed at home to take care of the animals and other domestic jobs. Unfortunately somebody has to do them!! On our way back we stopped in a big supermarket to do the really last shopping and off we went home. On our way back we were so tired that we all slept all the way back. Then at home last packing… the bottles of wine and olive oil that we made to take home and a frantic atmosphere before a long trip. But even the last day Alexandra didn’t let us go and she showed us how to make tiramisu. It was fantastic!!! Later there were just the certificates and the documents. We all did well and here our Italian adventure ends. We had fun , we missed a bit home sometimes. We worked with our smart hands we definitely opened our minds.
Ciao tutti!!!
Saturday, October 31, 2009
29.10.09
We went to our working places, Tanja and Masha went to bakery and Pavel and Maria went to help Patrice. Today Alexandra and also Pasha and Masha made dinner. We tried 2 new types of pizza, fried pizza with tomato sauce and mozzarella and the other was sweet pizza. We could also try parmiggiana with cardi . It was new taste for us... but it was good. After lunch Tanja and Maria went again to bakery as there came a big order from one of the shops and we had to deal with it. Pavel and Maria started picking olives. We also had a little test in Italian and culture and we all made it well. It was really easy !!!! In the evening we went to Spoleto to make last shopping and to say good bye to the town.
We went to our working places, Tanja and Masha went to bakery and Pavel and Maria went to help Patrice. Today Alexandra and also Pasha and Masha made dinner. We tried 2 new types of pizza, fried pizza with tomato sauce and mozzarella and the other was sweet pizza. We could also try parmiggiana with cardi . It was new taste for us... but it was good. After lunch Tanja and Maria went again to bakery as there came a big order from one of the shops and we had to deal with it. Pavel and Maria started picking olives. We also had a little test in Italian and culture and we all made it well. It was really easy !!!! In the evening we went to Spoleto to make last shopping and to say good bye to the town.
28.10.09
Wednesday.
This day there was no baking. After breakfast we were doing our documents and Alexandra gave us recipes for the things that we learnt here. For lunch we had good fried meat. After the meal we went to pick olives. It is enough only to touch them to get them fall down. It is important to place the bucket to the right place so olive do not fall to ground. About 5 o’clock we all went to bakery to make pizza all together. We did 10 different types of pizza, with salami, onion and mozzarella, onion and potato and many other ingredients. Pasha even tried to trow the pasta to make it like the real pizza makers do and he was quite successful in it. Pizza was made in wooden oven. When you make pizza in electric oven you have to cook it twice as long. And it’s important for the pizza to cook rapidly. Pizza was great! But it was too much to eat it all. This pizza is different from pizza made in restaurant.
Wednesday.
This day there was no baking. After breakfast we were doing our documents and Alexandra gave us recipes for the things that we learnt here. For lunch we had good fried meat. After the meal we went to pick olives. It is enough only to touch them to get them fall down. It is important to place the bucket to the right place so olive do not fall to ground. About 5 o’clock we all went to bakery to make pizza all together. We did 10 different types of pizza, with salami, onion and mozzarella, onion and potato and many other ingredients. Pasha even tried to trow the pasta to make it like the real pizza makers do and he was quite successful in it. Pizza was made in wooden oven. When you make pizza in electric oven you have to cook it twice as long. And it’s important for the pizza to cook rapidly. Pizza was great! But it was too much to eat it all. This pizza is different from pizza made in restaurant.
27.10.09
This day was usual. In the morning Tanja and Masha were in bakery. Pavel and Maria were picking olives to make oil. In the evening we had some free time in Spoleto.
It was nothing special today but there are days like this as well. We start packing some of the things and we slowly think about how we will support the cold estonian weather after this sunny, italian october. BRRRRRRR!!!
This day was usual. In the morning Tanja and Masha were in bakery. Pavel and Maria were picking olives to make oil. In the evening we had some free time in Spoleto.
It was nothing special today but there are days like this as well. We start packing some of the things and we slowly think about how we will support the cold estonian weather after this sunny, italian october. BRRRRRRR!!!
26.10.09
Like other mornings, this morning starts for Tanja and Masha from warm bakery. They did new type of bread rolls for dinner. You use milk to make pasta for this bread rolls. Meanwhile Pavel and Maria were helping Patrice and after lunch we all went to pick olives. Today we had special dinner, because we had guests from the restaurant. Our boss and his wife with son came to the farm to speak about Pavel’s and Masha’s practice in restaurant. Alexandra made onion soup, the bakers made pies with sausage and cheese and the cooks made potato pie. For dessert we had a cake that was made by Gian Pierro’s wife, Katia. It is the most traditional cake in Spoleto. It has quiet strange taste, but it is still tasty.It has a consistence of a pudding and it’s called la crecsionda . Dinner was wonderful.
Like other mornings, this morning starts for Tanja and Masha from warm bakery. They did new type of bread rolls for dinner. You use milk to make pasta for this bread rolls. Meanwhile Pavel and Maria were helping Patrice and after lunch we all went to pick olives. Today we had special dinner, because we had guests from the restaurant. Our boss and his wife with son came to the farm to speak about Pavel’s and Masha’s practice in restaurant. Alexandra made onion soup, the bakers made pies with sausage and cheese and the cooks made potato pie. For dessert we had a cake that was made by Gian Pierro’s wife, Katia. It is the most traditional cake in Spoleto. It has quiet strange taste, but it is still tasty.It has a consistence of a pudding and it’s called la crecsionda . Dinner was wonderful.
25.10.09
Sunday is a free day. So Tanja went to Rome alone to see her friends and we were staying on the farm. In the evening Pasha and Masha went to the restaurant, because restaurants in Italy work every day excluding Monday. This day there were a lot of orders in the restaurant. We did a lot different starters and pizzas. Also we saw how to make rabbit mean on the grill and different types of pasta. The day was difficult but also useful and sometimes funny. It was our last day in the restaurant. But we did not know it yet.
Sunday is a free day. So Tanja went to Rome alone to see her friends and we were staying on the farm. In the evening Pasha and Masha went to the restaurant, because restaurants in Italy work every day excluding Monday. This day there were a lot of orders in the restaurant. We did a lot different starters and pizzas. Also we saw how to make rabbit mean on the grill and different types of pasta. The day was difficult but also useful and sometimes funny. It was our last day in the restaurant. But we did not know it yet.
24.10.09
This day Pavel was helping Patrice to make flour. Also we were helping in producing olive oil.
Pavel and Maria went to the restaurant to do their practice, me and Maria stayed on the farm. In the evening there were tourists from Rome. We were helping Alexandra in the kitchen and also serving the tourists’ dinner. We were making antipasto, bacon with sage, pasta with meat souce and meat. For dessert we had apple cake called “Ciambella”. After that we did some cleaning jobs and went to sleep.
This day Pavel was helping Patrice to make flour. Also we were helping in producing olive oil.
Pavel and Maria went to the restaurant to do their practice, me and Maria stayed on the farm. In the evening there were tourists from Rome. We were helping Alexandra in the kitchen and also serving the tourists’ dinner. We were making antipasto, bacon with sage, pasta with meat souce and meat. For dessert we had apple cake called “Ciambella”. After that we did some cleaning jobs and went to sleep.
23.10.09
After traditional Italian breakfast bakers went to bakery for practice. Today e had a lot of things to do. We baked a lot of (kamut bianco and integrale, segale, farro ..)… All job was done before lunch. After tasty lunch we went to Perugia to present our products. When we reached the shop we presented our products on nice plates and were hoping for the clients to try them. Alexandra spoke about how the products are made and what ingredients are used. It was an interesting but long day so Masha and Pasha didn’t go to the restaurant so at dinner home we were all together.
After traditional Italian breakfast bakers went to bakery for practice. Today e had a lot of things to do. We baked a lot of (kamut bianco and integrale, segale, farro ..)… All job was done before lunch. After tasty lunch we went to Perugia to present our products. When we reached the shop we presented our products on nice plates and were hoping for the clients to try them. Alexandra spoke about how the products are made and what ingredients are used. It was an interesting but long day so Masha and Pasha didn’t go to the restaurant so at dinner home we were all together.
22.10.09
This day in bakery was quiet different from others. Me and Maria were making usual order, but after lunch Pavel and Maria B. changed us in bakery and started to do cookies (tozzetti with almonds, rise cakes, coconut biscuits and also the croissants!!) and other tasty things to present our production next day in Perugia. Meanwhile Maria and me went to help Patrice with making olive oil. Also we tried to do coco cookies. They are very easy to make and vary tasty. You need only eggs, sugar and coconut to make them. Alexandra calls them «Brutti ma buoni»,what means not well looking but tasty. On Friday we will go to Perugia for presentation in BIO shop “Natura Si”.
And in the evening Pavel and Maria went to restaurant, as usual.
This day in bakery was quiet different from others. Me and Maria were making usual order, but after lunch Pavel and Maria B. changed us in bakery and started to do cookies (tozzetti with almonds, rise cakes, coconut biscuits and also the croissants!!) and other tasty things to present our production next day in Perugia. Meanwhile Maria and me went to help Patrice with making olive oil. Also we tried to do coco cookies. They are very easy to make and vary tasty. You need only eggs, sugar and coconut to make them. Alexandra calls them «Brutti ma buoni»,what means not well looking but tasty. On Friday we will go to Perugia for presentation in BIO shop “Natura Si”.
And in the evening Pavel and Maria went to restaurant, as usual.
21.10.09
The day started with very nice wheather that stayed with us all day long.We arrived in Rome by train and the rest of the day walked around the city in odrer to see it as well as possible in one day. Having wandered on the streets of this beautiful city and haveing bought some of the souvenires we went to lunch to McDonald’s. Patrice offered it to us as a reward for all the extra jobs that we did. It was very nice of him. After a fast food lunch we started the cultural part of the trip and we visited most important and wonderful sights of Rome. Our first sight was the famous Trevi Fountain. There is a tradition of throwing some small money into the waters of this fountain and to make a wish to come back once again to Rome. From Barberini square we went to the Pantheon. We learnt that it was constracted by Mark Agrippa – a Roman emperor to worship five roman gods, that’s where the name comes from pante means five in Latin. Today it’s a catholic church with a wonderful architecture. You can visit there the important graves like the last two kings of Italy and the grave of Raphael. The church has a very interesting construction. The doom is the biggest in the world without any support. In addition the is a large hole in it so when it rains the water comes inside and it’s collected in big reservoirs under the floor. From there we walked through the governmental district with important ministers and the parlament palazzo chigi. Later we have some free time to do some shopping’s. after that we went to Piazza Venezia to see the National Monument. It is the representation of the highest patriotic Italian values and tourists are strictly controlled to respect them. There is no food, no screaming, no running :). We went upstairs as high as it was possibly to admire the magnificent view of the eternal city. It’s difficult to describe the beauty of this place with words it is splendid, you should see it yourself! ;) After Alexandra showed us 2 famous statues and after that we went to Coliseum. Unfortunately we did not go inside, but we could see it outside. It is difficult to imagine how a building like this could be build without modern technologies. Is name comes from a huge statue of Colas which was standing in front of it before. We bought some souvenirs there, than we went back to Roma Terni. On the train station Alexandra bought for us some meals and it was our dinner and we had in train during the way to Spoleto. This day was very long and full of interesting things and events.
The day started with very nice wheather that stayed with us all day long.We arrived in Rome by train and the rest of the day walked around the city in odrer to see it as well as possible in one day. Having wandered on the streets of this beautiful city and haveing bought some of the souvenires we went to lunch to McDonald’s. Patrice offered it to us as a reward for all the extra jobs that we did. It was very nice of him. After a fast food lunch we started the cultural part of the trip and we visited most important and wonderful sights of Rome. Our first sight was the famous Trevi Fountain. There is a tradition of throwing some small money into the waters of this fountain and to make a wish to come back once again to Rome. From Barberini square we went to the Pantheon. We learnt that it was constracted by Mark Agrippa – a Roman emperor to worship five roman gods, that’s where the name comes from pante means five in Latin. Today it’s a catholic church with a wonderful architecture. You can visit there the important graves like the last two kings of Italy and the grave of Raphael. The church has a very interesting construction. The doom is the biggest in the world without any support. In addition the is a large hole in it so when it rains the water comes inside and it’s collected in big reservoirs under the floor. From there we walked through the governmental district with important ministers and the parlament palazzo chigi. Later we have some free time to do some shopping’s. after that we went to Piazza Venezia to see the National Monument. It is the representation of the highest patriotic Italian values and tourists are strictly controlled to respect them. There is no food, no screaming, no running :). We went upstairs as high as it was possibly to admire the magnificent view of the eternal city. It’s difficult to describe the beauty of this place with words it is splendid, you should see it yourself! ;) After Alexandra showed us 2 famous statues and after that we went to Coliseum. Unfortunately we did not go inside, but we could see it outside. It is difficult to imagine how a building like this could be build without modern technologies. Is name comes from a huge statue of Colas which was standing in front of it before. We bought some souvenirs there, than we went back to Roma Terni. On the train station Alexandra bought for us some meals and it was our dinner and we had in train during the way to Spoleto. This day was very long and full of interesting things and events.
Friday, October 23, 2009
20.10.09
After breakfast Maria and Pavel went to see how the olive oil is made. They were also helping there cleaning the disks and observing the process. Masha V. And Tanya were working as always in the bakery Today apart from the usual things we also made the croissants for sale. We also tried to make the biscuits with the rise flour. Strange new taste but good.
In the building where we work there is a nice mixture of different technological processes of food. You can smell different products in every premises. In the bakery you feel warm smell of fresh bread and cakes and when you walk on this smell transforms in a great perfume of freshly pressed olive oil. Next door you have the flour mill and you smell grain and fresh flour. Last but not least there is a wine cellar where freshly brewed wine is waiting to be put in the barrels. It’s a game of senses.
At lunch as good Italians=D we had spaghetti ricotta e pomodoro. VEEEERY tasty.Again everybody had a repetition or we are getting used to Italian cooking or we are terribly hungry =). After lunch all out to collect some more olives. The olive groove is 20 years old. The trees are full of nice rape olives ready to be picked.
Dinner was nice and really fancy. We had an omelet, daikon salad, fried pumpkin and melanzanaand cavolo rapa. Everything very tasty. I couln’t stop eating the daikon salad. Tomorrow a big day. We go to Roma “caput mundi” as the ancient Romans said.
After breakfast Maria and Pavel went to see how the olive oil is made. They were also helping there cleaning the disks and observing the process. Masha V. And Tanya were working as always in the bakery Today apart from the usual things we also made the croissants for sale. We also tried to make the biscuits with the rise flour. Strange new taste but good.
In the building where we work there is a nice mixture of different technological processes of food. You can smell different products in every premises. In the bakery you feel warm smell of fresh bread and cakes and when you walk on this smell transforms in a great perfume of freshly pressed olive oil. Next door you have the flour mill and you smell grain and fresh flour. Last but not least there is a wine cellar where freshly brewed wine is waiting to be put in the barrels. It’s a game of senses.
At lunch as good Italians=D we had spaghetti ricotta e pomodoro. VEEEERY tasty.Again everybody had a repetition or we are getting used to Italian cooking or we are terribly hungry =). After lunch all out to collect some more olives. The olive groove is 20 years old. The trees are full of nice rape olives ready to be picked.
Dinner was nice and really fancy. We had an omelet, daikon salad, fried pumpkin and melanzanaand cavolo rapa. Everything very tasty. I couln’t stop eating the daikon salad. Tomorrow a big day. We go to Roma “caput mundi” as the ancient Romans said.
19.10.09
As usually we started the practice in the bakery and today we had a double order for the bread rolls with kamut flour.
In the evening we had a cooking exercise with Alexandra and she showed us how to make ravioli. Masha and Pasha cooked them and we were observing. Ravioli it is a type of filled pasta and you can prepare different fillings. We learned the most traditional one that is white ricotta cheese and spinach. They are served with simple red tomatoes sauce and parmesan. It was really good and all of us had a repetition.
As usually we started the practice in the bakery and today we had a double order for the bread rolls with kamut flour.
In the evening we had a cooking exercise with Alexandra and she showed us how to make ravioli. Masha and Pasha cooked them and we were observing. Ravioli it is a type of filled pasta and you can prepare different fillings. We learned the most traditional one that is white ricotta cheese and spinach. They are served with simple red tomatoes sauce and parmesan. It was really good and all of us had a repetition.
17.10.09
After breakfast we started the day with the Italian language lessons and cultural preparation lessons as well. We had a chance to learn a lot of new things about Italy and in particular about Umbria. Umbria is called the green heart of Italy because it has a shape of a heart and it is always green with its olive trees in the valleys and the hills.
At lunch we had a very tasty pure of potatoes with meat and sauce. As a desert Alexandra brought some fancy cakes of various kinds. After lunch during the siesta we picked a bit of olives and later we went to a very big shopping centre There was a degustation of grilled sausages and we had a chance to try them. Very tasty!
After breakfast we started the day with the Italian language lessons and cultural preparation lessons as well. We had a chance to learn a lot of new things about Italy and in particular about Umbria. Umbria is called the green heart of Italy because it has a shape of a heart and it is always green with its olive trees in the valleys and the hills.
At lunch we had a very tasty pure of potatoes with meat and sauce. As a desert Alexandra brought some fancy cakes of various kinds. After lunch during the siesta we picked a bit of olives and later we went to a very big shopping centre There was a degustation of grilled sausages and we had a chance to try them. Very tasty!
18.10.09
Sunday. Today we had a day completely at our disposition. Pasha slept almost all day and we girls decided to go to Spoleto. The day was full of adventures and new acquaintances. In the evening when we got home completely frozen it was nice to sit around the glowing fire place with a cup of hot tea in our hands =) For dinner we had great baked potatoes with meat. As a desert we could try the baked maroons with sweet wine.
Sunday. Today we had a day completely at our disposition. Pasha slept almost all day and we girls decided to go to Spoleto. The day was full of adventures and new acquaintances. In the evening when we got home completely frozen it was nice to sit around the glowing fire place with a cup of hot tea in our hands =) For dinner we had great baked potatoes with meat. As a desert we could try the baked maroons with sweet wine.
16.10.09
In the morning Patrice took as to the bar where we had a typical Italian breakfast. We had it like real Italians: cappuccino and croissant. That was very tasty. After breakfast we went to Spoleto and we had some free time to visit a weekly market. When we came back to the farm we started our practice in the bakery immediately. By the way in the bread that we make there is no salt. There are two regions in Italy where they don’t use salt in bread. It-s Umbria and Toscany. There is a historical background to it. In the medieval times, when these two regions were under the Pope and formed a Papacy salt was considered a very luxurious product for the simple reason that it is a natural preserve. Who had salt could conserve meat and other products and could eat better. So the Pope had the exclusive right to distribute the salt and the bakers had to pay a lot of tax on it to the Papacy. One day they decided to try to bake without it. It turned out to be good enough and since then it has always been baked without salt. There was also so called the salt war against the Pope as he didn’t want to give up so easily and wanted to force the people to use it. This tradition is very interesting even though it’s not easy to get used to the taste of bread without salt but when you accept it, it is quite good. Paolo and Maria at the same time helped picking olives. At lunch time we had guests. They were from Poland. It was another Leonardo project and the coordinator was a good friend of Patrice and Alexandra as he makes projects with them since a long time. This time it was a project for children from pathological families with social problems. They came to Italy to see how these problems are resolved here. Me and Masha were serving them and helped preparing the lunch. After lunch we changed with Pasha and Masha. That is they worked in the kitchen and cleaned after lunch and we continued to pick olives. Soon we will start the production. In the late afternoon we went to Foligno to take bread to the bio shop and we also had some free time to wander around the area a bit. On the way back home we dropped Pashs and Masha off to the restaurant where they have practice.It is a very nice restaurant with a very big collection of special kinds of wine from all over the world. We left our friends to their tasks and we went back home to dinner and then to bed. =).
In the morning Patrice took as to the bar where we had a typical Italian breakfast. We had it like real Italians: cappuccino and croissant. That was very tasty. After breakfast we went to Spoleto and we had some free time to visit a weekly market. When we came back to the farm we started our practice in the bakery immediately. By the way in the bread that we make there is no salt. There are two regions in Italy where they don’t use salt in bread. It-s Umbria and Toscany. There is a historical background to it. In the medieval times, when these two regions were under the Pope and formed a Papacy salt was considered a very luxurious product for the simple reason that it is a natural preserve. Who had salt could conserve meat and other products and could eat better. So the Pope had the exclusive right to distribute the salt and the bakers had to pay a lot of tax on it to the Papacy. One day they decided to try to bake without it. It turned out to be good enough and since then it has always been baked without salt. There was also so called the salt war against the Pope as he didn’t want to give up so easily and wanted to force the people to use it. This tradition is very interesting even though it’s not easy to get used to the taste of bread without salt but when you accept it, it is quite good. Paolo and Maria at the same time helped picking olives. At lunch time we had guests. They were from Poland. It was another Leonardo project and the coordinator was a good friend of Patrice and Alexandra as he makes projects with them since a long time. This time it was a project for children from pathological families with social problems. They came to Italy to see how these problems are resolved here. Me and Masha were serving them and helped preparing the lunch. After lunch we changed with Pasha and Masha. That is they worked in the kitchen and cleaned after lunch and we continued to pick olives. Soon we will start the production. In the late afternoon we went to Foligno to take bread to the bio shop and we also had some free time to wander around the area a bit. On the way back home we dropped Pashs and Masha off to the restaurant where they have practice.It is a very nice restaurant with a very big collection of special kinds of wine from all over the world. We left our friends to their tasks and we went back home to dinner and then to bed. =).
15.10.09
Today’s working day started very early for me and Masha. Already at eight o’clock the work was in the full progress in the bakery while Pasha and Masha B. were still sleeping soundly. There was a big order for cakes and other bakery products for this day. Apart from the usual number of bread we also had to do three different types of cakes: crostata with marmalade, carrot and almond cakes, apple cakes and two types of pizza: quiche with eggs and green pumpkin and pizza ripiena con erbe amare it means pizza filled with bitter herbs. All these things were a special order. All the products were not made with the usual ingredients. All of them were strictly ecological and very healthy. Instead of white flour we used the wholmeal flour . Instead of sugar we used the fructose and the sunflower oil or butter were replaced with olive oil. The milk and cream were replaced with soya drinks. All the recipiec were adapted and modified to the client’s needs by Alexandra. To put it in a nutshell, a cake like this produced in this way costs from 15-20 Euro per kilo.
We had to work in two teams. Masha was busy making bread because she likes it more and I helped Alexandra to make this special order. Later when Masha finished making bread ,she also came to help us. Till lunch all the sweet things were ready. Masha made all bread on her own!!! Today it was a bit different day than the other days, Laura made lunch because we all were very, very busy in the bakery. Immediately after lunch we went back to the bakery for making pizzas. It’s a quite an interesting occupation. With pizza we got done much faster =)) In the evening Patrice took cooks to the restaurant and we stayed on the farm.
Today’s working day started very early for me and Masha. Already at eight o’clock the work was in the full progress in the bakery while Pasha and Masha B. were still sleeping soundly. There was a big order for cakes and other bakery products for this day. Apart from the usual number of bread we also had to do three different types of cakes: crostata with marmalade, carrot and almond cakes, apple cakes and two types of pizza: quiche with eggs and green pumpkin and pizza ripiena con erbe amare it means pizza filled with bitter herbs. All these things were a special order. All the products were not made with the usual ingredients. All of them were strictly ecological and very healthy. Instead of white flour we used the wholmeal flour . Instead of sugar we used the fructose and the sunflower oil or butter were replaced with olive oil. The milk and cream were replaced with soya drinks. All the recipiec were adapted and modified to the client’s needs by Alexandra. To put it in a nutshell, a cake like this produced in this way costs from 15-20 Euro per kilo.
We had to work in two teams. Masha was busy making bread because she likes it more and I helped Alexandra to make this special order. Later when Masha finished making bread ,she also came to help us. Till lunch all the sweet things were ready. Masha made all bread on her own!!! Today it was a bit different day than the other days, Laura made lunch because we all were very, very busy in the bakery. Immediately after lunch we went back to the bakery for making pizzas. It’s a quite an interesting occupation. With pizza we got done much faster =)) In the evening Patrice took cooks to the restaurant and we stayed on the farm.
14.10.09
This lovely little morning at breakfast we were all together: Masha B came also to eat with us probably she was hungry =) Quickly after we went to Spoleto. We had a free time today. We were very surprised to see so many students with their school bags in the street. They were speaking, having coffee before going to school. The school starts here a bit later than in Estonia. A lot of students come to the schools in Spoleto from the surrounding little towns so they come earlier and they have this habit of having breakfast together. Later that day Alexandra came to pick us up and we came back to the farm At lunch we learned to make pasta alla norcina. In order to make this sauce you need butter ( it is one of the very few sauces in Italian kitchen that needs butter) the meat from the natural traditional sausages and fresh cooking cream and of course parmesan. We had also a short instructional lesson on how to cut the prosciutto correctly, and it’s not an easy task. It must be cut by hand and very, very thinly. The pieces have to be almost transparent!!! We also had another type of pizza with rosemary. This kind of pizza is very salty but the taste was really special and I enjoyed it very much. It was especially well combined with prosciutto crudo.
After lunch we finished the last white grapes. There were some special varieties that were still very tasty. =) We had a chance to try the type of grapes called « uva fragola» which means stawberry- you can’t imagine how tasty it is, very sweet and full of perfume. It’s probably the tastiest kind of grape that we have ever eaten!!!
This lovely little morning at breakfast we were all together: Masha B came also to eat with us probably she was hungry =) Quickly after we went to Spoleto. We had a free time today. We were very surprised to see so many students with their school bags in the street. They were speaking, having coffee before going to school. The school starts here a bit later than in Estonia. A lot of students come to the schools in Spoleto from the surrounding little towns so they come earlier and they have this habit of having breakfast together. Later that day Alexandra came to pick us up and we came back to the farm At lunch we learned to make pasta alla norcina. In order to make this sauce you need butter ( it is one of the very few sauces in Italian kitchen that needs butter) the meat from the natural traditional sausages and fresh cooking cream and of course parmesan. We had also a short instructional lesson on how to cut the prosciutto correctly, and it’s not an easy task. It must be cut by hand and very, very thinly. The pieces have to be almost transparent!!! We also had another type of pizza with rosemary. This kind of pizza is very salty but the taste was really special and I enjoyed it very much. It was especially well combined with prosciutto crudo.
After lunch we finished the last white grapes. There were some special varieties that were still very tasty. =) We had a chance to try the type of grapes called « uva fragola» which means stawberry- you can’t imagine how tasty it is, very sweet and full of perfume. It’s probably the tastiest kind of grape that we have ever eaten!!!
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
13.10.09
In the morning like everyday we worked in the bakery.
At lunch we had spaghetti and fresh cherry tomatoes salad =). Did you know that the italians eat spaghetti with a fork without spoon or knife.
Today we also participated in the first step of producing olive oil. We started picking them Some of the olives are still green as they don’t need to be black to be good for olive oil. For dinner me and Masha made risotto with Alexandra’s help. We made it with violin pumpkin and there was also daikon sald. I usually don’t eat pumpkin but risotto was so good that I had another portion :)
In the morning like everyday we worked in the bakery.
At lunch we had spaghetti and fresh cherry tomatoes salad =). Did you know that the italians eat spaghetti with a fork without spoon or knife.
Today we also participated in the first step of producing olive oil. We started picking them Some of the olives are still green as they don’t need to be black to be good for olive oil. For dinner me and Masha made risotto with Alexandra’s help. We made it with violin pumpkin and there was also daikon sald. I usually don’t eat pumpkin but risotto was so good that I had another portion :)
12.10.09
Salve tutti!!! ))
Today is Monday.
Alexandra, Maria V. and I went to the bakery to make tasty and healthy bakery products. Apart from bread we will also make other products like bread rolls of different types and with different seeds like poppy seeds, sesame, linen seeds and pumpkin seeds mixed with sunflower seeds. We discovered that this products are only produced and consumed in winter time as the Italian in summer hardly eat any bread. It’s simply too hot. We have been told that the temperatures in summer can reach 40 degrees Celsius so you don’t feel like eating at all. The opern doors day was the inauguration of the winter season so all the products that we made will be regularly made till next summer. At the same time Pavel and MariaB. Worked in the countine filling the bottles with white wine and helping to finish the proces of fermentation of this year’s wine. At lunch time we went all to the kitchen to see how to make “past asciuta” : olive oil, tomatoes smashed and coke and at the end of coking proces some freash cream. Of course at the end everything is sprinkled with grated parmesan. It wa s very good. After lunch we had som etime to relax and to self study. We were all revising the italian language. :)
Unfortunately the weather changed. When we were studying quel in our rooms the lessons outside there was a terrible thunder storm. It was a typical mediterranean storm: very violentbut very short lasting with the rapid change of temperatures Just to tell you in one hour from 27 degrees we went to 17. Believe us it’s a real shock!!! Patrice said that finaly the estonian weather came to us too!!! The weather forcast says that it will be so cold for the next two , three days and later everything should come the the normal temperature that is about 24 gdegrees. We really hope so. We got used to the lovely italian sunny weather that we really miss it. What it will be like when we go back home!!??
In the evening we were all busy in the kitchen. We were making PESTO!!!!! After a long search Alxandra managed to buy fresh basil =) The preparation of this sauce is surprisingly easy and quick. All that you need is …. fresh basil, garlic, pine tree seeds and of course the olive oil. What is important is that the ingredients have to be fresh and of the good quality more than ever because the sauce is not cooked. Especially olive oil has to be really good as it is used in bigger quantity. NB! It is one of the few sauces in italian kitchen that you don’t cook at all if not the basil will get dark and it will look horrible and it will loose all the taste. The pasta alla pesto is fantastic! We went to beds with full stomachs and nice taste of basil in the mouth :)
Salve tutti!!! ))
Today is Monday.
Alexandra, Maria V. and I went to the bakery to make tasty and healthy bakery products. Apart from bread we will also make other products like bread rolls of different types and with different seeds like poppy seeds, sesame, linen seeds and pumpkin seeds mixed with sunflower seeds. We discovered that this products are only produced and consumed in winter time as the Italian in summer hardly eat any bread. It’s simply too hot. We have been told that the temperatures in summer can reach 40 degrees Celsius so you don’t feel like eating at all. The opern doors day was the inauguration of the winter season so all the products that we made will be regularly made till next summer. At the same time Pavel and MariaB. Worked in the countine filling the bottles with white wine and helping to finish the proces of fermentation of this year’s wine. At lunch time we went all to the kitchen to see how to make “past asciuta” : olive oil, tomatoes smashed and coke and at the end of coking proces some freash cream. Of course at the end everything is sprinkled with grated parmesan. It wa s very good. After lunch we had som etime to relax and to self study. We were all revising the italian language. :)
Unfortunately the weather changed. When we were studying quel in our rooms the lessons outside there was a terrible thunder storm. It was a typical mediterranean storm: very violentbut very short lasting with the rapid change of temperatures Just to tell you in one hour from 27 degrees we went to 17. Believe us it’s a real shock!!! Patrice said that finaly the estonian weather came to us too!!! The weather forcast says that it will be so cold for the next two , three days and later everything should come the the normal temperature that is about 24 gdegrees. We really hope so. We got used to the lovely italian sunny weather that we really miss it. What it will be like when we go back home!!??
In the evening we were all busy in the kitchen. We were making PESTO!!!!! After a long search Alxandra managed to buy fresh basil =) The preparation of this sauce is surprisingly easy and quick. All that you need is …. fresh basil, garlic, pine tree seeds and of course the olive oil. What is important is that the ingredients have to be fresh and of the good quality more than ever because the sauce is not cooked. Especially olive oil has to be really good as it is used in bigger quantity. NB! It is one of the few sauces in italian kitchen that you don’t cook at all if not the basil will get dark and it will look horrible and it will loose all the taste. The pasta alla pesto is fantastic! We went to beds with full stomachs and nice taste of basil in the mouth :)
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
11.10.2009
Today we had an open door day. Here, on the farm came a lot of Patrice’s clients and new potential clients. Maria B. and Pavel were helping Gian Luca in the kitchen. Gian Luca is a cook specialized in organic food cooking. He has an organic shop and bar in Spoleto. He takes products from the Farm. They were making pasta with different types of sauces: vegetable ragù, fresh tomatoes and basil, wild mushrooms and melanzane. Maria V. and Tanya were baking the variety of cakes, biscuits, croissants, bread rolls etc. We started early in the morning with Alexandra and practically the gusts were coming in to see how we were making the products and they were tasting them. We used different types of flours: kamut – it is an old antique Egyptian grain very much used in organic products you can also use it for making pasta; ray flour – very dark flour but very tasty; mais and the durum wheat. Anyway the thing that we liked most of all were the biscuits with raisins and pine seeds. We will bring the recipe!!!
There were so many people! Among them there were some journalists from Holland writing for a gastronomical review They will be writing a reportage about Fattoria Biologica Patrice. They will also write about us!!! The guests were invited to have lunch on the farm. We also had lunch with them. When we came to the terrace there was an applause for all of us. It was really nice. The food was really good. But the attractions are not finished. There was also a folk music group playing and singing a traditional Italian folk music. It was such a fun!!!It was a very busy day and only when the gusts left and we cleaned up a bit we had some free time. For dinner we could try some traditional “creama di ceci” Alexandra explained to us that it was so called the soup of the poor as it was eaten by very poor people in the past who couldn’t effort to buy meat. It was a meat substitute for the as it is full of protein.
At the end of the day we were all very tired but very happy and satisfied with our job.
Today we had an open door day. Here, on the farm came a lot of Patrice’s clients and new potential clients. Maria B. and Pavel were helping Gian Luca in the kitchen. Gian Luca is a cook specialized in organic food cooking. He has an organic shop and bar in Spoleto. He takes products from the Farm. They were making pasta with different types of sauces: vegetable ragù, fresh tomatoes and basil, wild mushrooms and melanzane. Maria V. and Tanya were baking the variety of cakes, biscuits, croissants, bread rolls etc. We started early in the morning with Alexandra and practically the gusts were coming in to see how we were making the products and they were tasting them. We used different types of flours: kamut – it is an old antique Egyptian grain very much used in organic products you can also use it for making pasta; ray flour – very dark flour but very tasty; mais and the durum wheat. Anyway the thing that we liked most of all were the biscuits with raisins and pine seeds. We will bring the recipe!!!
There were so many people! Among them there were some journalists from Holland writing for a gastronomical review They will be writing a reportage about Fattoria Biologica Patrice. They will also write about us!!! The guests were invited to have lunch on the farm. We also had lunch with them. When we came to the terrace there was an applause for all of us. It was really nice. The food was really good. But the attractions are not finished. There was also a folk music group playing and singing a traditional Italian folk music. It was such a fun!!!It was a very busy day and only when the gusts left and we cleaned up a bit we had some free time. For dinner we could try some traditional “creama di ceci” Alexandra explained to us that it was so called the soup of the poor as it was eaten by very poor people in the past who couldn’t effort to buy meat. It was a meat substitute for the as it is full of protein.
At the end of the day we were all very tired but very happy and satisfied with our job.
10.10.2009
Pavel and Maria shared with us with their impressions about first working day in Italian restaurant. This is not an easy job. You have to be very quick in the restaurant. This day they were making different starters, tried to make pizza themselves. Pizza is made in an traditional oven. Also it was surprising that Italians use a lot of salt for making dough for pizza.
Today we had a trip for all day. We have visited Perugia and Assisi. Perugia is famous for it’s festival of chocolate, which probably will go on the next week. People are coming from all over the world, to see this event. We visited different shops with chocolate. Incredible! Also there are free underground escalators, so you can get to any point of the town with out of using car. That is why air is very clear in the town. This is the fist town in Europe where this kind of transporting was invented. Also we visited showplaces of this. We visited cathedral, famous in Europe fountain with statues of famous professions around.
We had lunch at Patrice’s cousin. She is also a cook, but she is specialized in seafood.
After lunch we went to Assisi. This not a very big town. There we visited famous “Basilica of St. Francesco”. Assisi is famous for it’s baking. Tanya tasted “cannolo” with three kinds with different types of filling. Cannolo it is a typical Umbrian pastry used especially for breakfast.
When we came back to the farm we had about 10 minutes to change clothes. So than Pavel and Maria went to the restaurant. There we were making antipasto. We familiarized with some Italian starters and learnt the recipe of pizza’s dough. We saw how works Italian restaurant. All people were running. Also we saw new desserts for us. We saw burning desserts. It looked great. After work we finally tried Italian pizza. This was amazing, pizza was very tasty. There were two kinds of pizza, bianca and I don’t remember the name of it, but there was tomato sauce, cheese and something else. Alexandra said that probably it was margherita
On the dinner we had vegetable soup. We learned that it has to be thick. Maria and Tanya liked it very much, but Pavel with another Maria had no opportunity to taste it. But they had pizza :)
Pavel and Maria shared with us with their impressions about first working day in Italian restaurant. This is not an easy job. You have to be very quick in the restaurant. This day they were making different starters, tried to make pizza themselves. Pizza is made in an traditional oven. Also it was surprising that Italians use a lot of salt for making dough for pizza.
Today we had a trip for all day. We have visited Perugia and Assisi. Perugia is famous for it’s festival of chocolate, which probably will go on the next week. People are coming from all over the world, to see this event. We visited different shops with chocolate. Incredible! Also there are free underground escalators, so you can get to any point of the town with out of using car. That is why air is very clear in the town. This is the fist town in Europe where this kind of transporting was invented. Also we visited showplaces of this. We visited cathedral, famous in Europe fountain with statues of famous professions around.
We had lunch at Patrice’s cousin. She is also a cook, but she is specialized in seafood.
After lunch we went to Assisi. This not a very big town. There we visited famous “Basilica of St. Francesco”. Assisi is famous for it’s baking. Tanya tasted “cannolo” with three kinds with different types of filling. Cannolo it is a typical Umbrian pastry used especially for breakfast.
When we came back to the farm we had about 10 minutes to change clothes. So than Pavel and Maria went to the restaurant. There we were making antipasto. We familiarized with some Italian starters and learnt the recipe of pizza’s dough. We saw how works Italian restaurant. All people were running. Also we saw new desserts for us. We saw burning desserts. It looked great. After work we finally tried Italian pizza. This was amazing, pizza was very tasty. There were two kinds of pizza, bianca and I don’t remember the name of it, but there was tomato sauce, cheese and something else. Alexandra said that probably it was margherita
On the dinner we had vegetable soup. We learned that it has to be thick. Maria and Tanya liked it very much, but Pavel with another Maria had no opportunity to taste it. But they had pizza :)
Saturday, October 10, 2009
9.10.2009
Today we (Tanya and Masha) had practice in the morning till lunch in the bakery. Making loves (loafs) becomes easier and easier. We also tried put bread into the oven and here we must admit we still need some practice. It’s not so easy to put a soft, well grown loaf into a hot oven little hands :). We keep on trying. Pasha and Masha were participating in the wine making process. They were pressing the red wine. It’s almost finished. Then we all went to the kitchen to make lunch. Today we made pasta “all’amatriciana”. It’s made with bacon and onion and guess what? Of course tomato sauce! Usually you use long pasta for it like spaghetti № 12or bucatini (spaghetti with a whole in it). But it is as tasty as it with short pasta as well. Almost everybody had a repetition. Yummy!!! In the siesta time we helped to prepare the tables and chairs for Sunday. We are really looking forward to Sunday it will be special day, we hope. Later about 6.00 p.m. Pasha and Masha the cook went for the first time to practice to the restaurant that collaborates with Fattoria Boilogica. They were very stressed and worried but we will see tomorrow morning their first impressions. While they were working in the restaurant we finally learnt how to make onion soup. We have never cut so much onions in our life. We were all crying in the kitchen together with Alexandra (: It was interesting as it was a new taste for us.
For a moment it’s all from us. We’ll try to uploaded the blog as often as possible.
Baci dalla bella Italia!!!:)
Today we (Tanya and Masha) had practice in the morning till lunch in the bakery. Making loves (loafs) becomes easier and easier. We also tried put bread into the oven and here we must admit we still need some practice. It’s not so easy to put a soft, well grown loaf into a hot oven little hands :). We keep on trying. Pasha and Masha were participating in the wine making process. They were pressing the red wine. It’s almost finished. Then we all went to the kitchen to make lunch. Today we made pasta “all’amatriciana”. It’s made with bacon and onion and guess what? Of course tomato sauce! Usually you use long pasta for it like spaghetti № 12or bucatini (spaghetti with a whole in it). But it is as tasty as it with short pasta as well. Almost everybody had a repetition. Yummy!!! In the siesta time we helped to prepare the tables and chairs for Sunday. We are really looking forward to Sunday it will be special day, we hope. Later about 6.00 p.m. Pasha and Masha the cook went for the first time to practice to the restaurant that collaborates with Fattoria Boilogica. They were very stressed and worried but we will see tomorrow morning their first impressions. While they were working in the restaurant we finally learnt how to make onion soup. We have never cut so much onions in our life. We were all crying in the kitchen together with Alexandra (: It was interesting as it was a new taste for us.
For a moment it’s all from us. We’ll try to uploaded the blog as often as possible.
Baci dalla bella Italia!!!:)
8.10.2009
Thursday
We had a breakfast prepared by Tanya at 8 o'clock. After that Pavel went with Alexandra to bakery, Maria V. went to bottle and Tanya with
Maria B. went to clear mill for flour. On the lunch we had pizza "farcita". It looks like sandwich, but is quiet tasty. It is basically used as starter, cut into small pieces and picked with a decorative stick. You can fill it with salad, salami, tomatoes, cheese and mustard and mayonnaise.
After lunch we had Italian language lessons. We were learning new words from themes shopping and food. Lessons were about one hour and a half. After that we had some free time. We were planning to start making onion soup, but Patrice with Alexandra
came back from Spoleto to late. While they were absent girls get crazy in there rooms. They were telling stories about summer camp. It was very funny. When they went outside it was very dark.. no light in the house. We were happy to see Patrice and Alexandra back home:). We started making dinner. We made pure of potatoes and fried chicken with salad.
Thursday
We had a breakfast prepared by Tanya at 8 o'clock. After that Pavel went with Alexandra to bakery, Maria V. went to bottle and Tanya with
Maria B. went to clear mill for flour. On the lunch we had pizza "farcita". It looks like sandwich, but is quiet tasty. It is basically used as starter, cut into small pieces and picked with a decorative stick. You can fill it with salad, salami, tomatoes, cheese and mustard and mayonnaise.
After lunch we had Italian language lessons. We were learning new words from themes shopping and food. Lessons were about one hour and a half. After that we had some free time. We were planning to start making onion soup, but Patrice with Alexandra
came back from Spoleto to late. While they were absent girls get crazy in there rooms. They were telling stories about summer camp. It was very funny. When they went outside it was very dark.. no light in the house. We were happy to see Patrice and Alexandra back home:). We started making dinner. We made pure of potatoes and fried chicken with salad.
7.10.2009
Wednesday
This day Pavel prepared breakfast for us. After breakfast Maria V. and Tanya went to bottle vine. Pavel and Maria B. were cleaning the garden preparing the farm for Sunday open doors.
Than we had a lunch, it was Lasagne. We were observing first stage of making white wine. Patrice made juice from grape. It is really tasty. After working day we had quick dinner, and almost in 9 we were sleeping.
Wednesday
This day Pavel prepared breakfast for us. After breakfast Maria V. and Tanya went to bottle vine. Pavel and Maria B. were cleaning the garden preparing the farm for Sunday open doors.
Than we had a lunch, it was Lasagne. We were observing first stage of making white wine. Patrice made juice from grape. It is really tasty. After working day we had quick dinner, and almost in 9 we were sleeping.
6.10.2009
Tuesday
In the morning Maria V. met fox. It was fat and big, it was standing near girls door. Maria gets scared. Maria V. was making breakfast.
After breakfast we helped Laura to feed animals. After that Maria went to make flour.
Maria said that it was very hard job. Tanya was helping Alexandra with bread making. There were three kinds of bread that day. Every Tuesday there is a third type of bread made it’s without normal flour it’s made with spelt flour. There is less glutein in it. Good to know!
Pasha and Masha B. were bottling red vine and putting corks in the bottles. After that we had lunch. Than we went to Spoleto. Pavel and Maria tryed hotdogs. Hotdog looked like a hamburger. After we went and bought ice cream. We were just walking around in the town.
Siesta has ended and there were a lot of people on the streets. Than we went to Euro Spin, this is a shop like Maxima.
While we were waiting for Patrice, we met Russian - speaking man. He said that he is here about 5 years and he is from Ukrainian.
When we came back to farm Maria V. and Pavel went to make Lasagne. Lasagne was very tasty and crispy. We learned that Lasagne it’s a name for pasta and not only the dish. Lasagne can be made in many ways and we learned the most traditional Italian Lasagne called “alla bolognese”. It is made with minced meat, beschamel, parmiggiano(cheese) with lemon skin grated and of course tomato sauce. We noticed that tomatoes are the one of the most important/essential ingredients in Italian cooking.
Tuesday
In the morning Maria V. met fox. It was fat and big, it was standing near girls door. Maria gets scared. Maria V. was making breakfast.
After breakfast we helped Laura to feed animals. After that Maria went to make flour.
Maria said that it was very hard job. Tanya was helping Alexandra with bread making. There were three kinds of bread that day. Every Tuesday there is a third type of bread made it’s without normal flour it’s made with spelt flour. There is less glutein in it. Good to know!
Pasha and Masha B. were bottling red vine and putting corks in the bottles. After that we had lunch. Than we went to Spoleto. Pavel and Maria tryed hotdogs. Hotdog looked like a hamburger. After we went and bought ice cream. We were just walking around in the town.
Siesta has ended and there were a lot of people on the streets. Than we went to Euro Spin, this is a shop like Maxima.
While we were waiting for Patrice, we met Russian - speaking man. He said that he is here about 5 years and he is from Ukrainian.
When we came back to farm Maria V. and Pavel went to make Lasagne. Lasagne was very tasty and crispy. We learned that Lasagne it’s a name for pasta and not only the dish. Lasagne can be made in many ways and we learned the most traditional Italian Lasagne called “alla bolognese”. It is made with minced meat, beschamel, parmiggiano(cheese) with lemon skin grated and of course tomato sauce. We noticed that tomatoes are the one of the most important/essential ingredients in Italian cooking.
5.10.2009
Monday
At 7 o'clock Tanya went to help Laura to make breakfast. Breakfast was very light as usually, no sausages, no cucumbers, only bread with butter, marmalade and cheese=)) A typical Italian breakfast. After breakfast Tanya and me were bottling vine, meanwhile Maria B. was baking bread with Alexandra. Pavel with Laura were making different types of flour. When we finished we went to clear classrooms. Alexandra was thankful. Masha B. and Pasha cleared their working places and we were ready. Masha B. was serving the table. Than Pasha, Tanya and me went to have a lunch. After that we went to Foligno.
There we visited shops, watched architecture, people. There was siesta, so there was not a lot of people. We had ice cream. Italy is quiet famous for its ice-cream. It was really good even I’d say very, very good. Molto BUONO! We also learnt that “gelaterias” will close soon for the winter period so we have to eat as much as we can now :). Tanya bought souvenir. We did not have a lot of free time because we had to go back to the farm to have practice in the kitchen. Pavel and Tanya were making “gniocchi” which is pasta made with potato dough. It’s very soft and in Umbria (the region were we are) it’s served with red sauce but it can be also made with pesto. Very stodge meal. Alexandra promised to show us how to make good pesto but she has to find some fresh basil and it’s not easy as it’s not the right season. But she will do her best! :)
From Masha Vasilevich.
Monday
At 7 o'clock Tanya went to help Laura to make breakfast. Breakfast was very light as usually, no sausages, no cucumbers, only bread with butter, marmalade and cheese=)) A typical Italian breakfast. After breakfast Tanya and me were bottling vine, meanwhile Maria B. was baking bread with Alexandra. Pavel with Laura were making different types of flour. When we finished we went to clear classrooms. Alexandra was thankful. Masha B. and Pasha cleared their working places and we were ready. Masha B. was serving the table. Than Pasha, Tanya and me went to have a lunch. After that we went to Foligno.
There we visited shops, watched architecture, people. There was siesta, so there was not a lot of people. We had ice cream. Italy is quiet famous for its ice-cream. It was really good even I’d say very, very good. Molto BUONO! We also learnt that “gelaterias” will close soon for the winter period so we have to eat as much as we can now :). Tanya bought souvenir. We did not have a lot of free time because we had to go back to the farm to have practice in the kitchen. Pavel and Tanya were making “gniocchi” which is pasta made with potato dough. It’s very soft and in Umbria (the region were we are) it’s served with red sauce but it can be also made with pesto. Very stodge meal. Alexandra promised to show us how to make good pesto but she has to find some fresh basil and it’s not easy as it’s not the right season. But she will do her best! :)
From Masha Vasilevich.
4.10.2009
Sunday it is normally a day off.
Pavel, Masha V. and Tanya woke up at 8.20 and went to have a breakfast. While they were taking meal I had more 30 minutes to sleep.
After that we went to Spoleto to visit sights. We went to the cathedral to see how Sunday service is, Alexandra gave us 30 minutes of free time so we could visit souvenir shops. Than we went to library to have some cappuccino.
When we came back to the farm Pavel and Tanya went to kitchen to help Alexandra, meanwhile Maria’s were taking sunbaths. After lunch we had a lot of free time and it was a little boring.
Maria’s started to jogging! About 7 o'clock Pavel and me had practice, we were making pasta. The dough that we made was with eggs. We used a little machine for flattening pasta and then for cutting it. We made papardelle with the meat sauce. We could never imagine that there are so many types and formats of pasta! Tortiglioni, penne rigate, strangozzi, farfalle, pipe and even spaghetti there are a few types № 5, № 10, № 12!
It was very interesting and cognitive. After that Masha V. served the table, it was tasty.
After the diner Tanya and Pasha went to sleep, me and another Masha were clearing the kitchen.
It was not difficult today, so we do not get tired a lot. That is all for a moment.
Buona notte!
From Masha Bodnja
Sunday it is normally a day off.
Pavel, Masha V. and Tanya woke up at 8.20 and went to have a breakfast. While they were taking meal I had more 30 minutes to sleep.
After that we went to Spoleto to visit sights. We went to the cathedral to see how Sunday service is, Alexandra gave us 30 minutes of free time so we could visit souvenir shops. Than we went to library to have some cappuccino.
When we came back to the farm Pavel and Tanya went to kitchen to help Alexandra, meanwhile Maria’s were taking sunbaths. After lunch we had a lot of free time and it was a little boring.
Maria’s started to jogging! About 7 o'clock Pavel and me had practice, we were making pasta. The dough that we made was with eggs. We used a little machine for flattening pasta and then for cutting it. We made papardelle with the meat sauce. We could never imagine that there are so many types and formats of pasta! Tortiglioni, penne rigate, strangozzi, farfalle, pipe and even spaghetti there are a few types № 5, № 10, № 12!
It was very interesting and cognitive. After that Masha V. served the table, it was tasty.
After the diner Tanya and Pasha went to sleep, me and another Masha were clearing the kitchen.
It was not difficult today, so we do not get tired a lot. That is all for a moment.
Buona notte!
From Masha Bodnja
Saturday, October 3, 2009
3.10.2009
Day strated at 9 o'clock, after breakfast we started to study Italian language. Now we are going to Spoleto to Internet cafe. We don't know will we have a free time or not.
At last we get to Internet cafe! In Estonia it is cheaper like most of the things :), but there we have to pay 2 euro per hour...
We were there about 30 minutes, it was my first time when I was in internet cafe.
Than we went shopping, all bought something, but not me. I did not find anything interesting for me yet.
About 7 o'clock we came back to farm. Me and Pavel were helping Alexandra to make dinner. It was the tastiest dinner!!!!
We eat prosciuto, pasta with parsley, beef with vegetables and salad with wine vinegar, but this was not very tasty for me. Me and Pasha washed all dish and in 22.30 we were free.
This day passed very quickly. O-o! By the way, I was translator for Maria and Maria. Patrice speaks Italian, Alexandra translates it to English, and I translate to Russian. It good practice for me:).
From Tanya
2.10.2009
Day started at 8 o'clock from baking bread. We were making black that is wholewheat and white bread, pizza and cake called "ciambella". The bread they make here is predicted by hand completely. They are using their own ecological flour of two types. The bread is made on natural yeast and a little bit of synthetic yeast is used to start the fermentation and dough growing. The oven is traditional and it is heated with wood. As a first thing we all learnt to work the dough and to make loves.
We had some time to relax before lunch. On lunch we had yesterday rissotto with chicken. Butcher looked liked in films. Man about 110 kilos, with piersing, with beard. He was only 24 ears old but very skilful. After butches finished we were taking meat and putting it in vacuum packets and later it was frozen in the shock freezer.
After that we had to clean =].
In the evening Alexandra was very angry because we did not help Laura in the kitchen, and later we came all together to kitchen instead of 2 of us. There must be some organisation :).
Day started at 8 o'clock from baking bread. We were making black that is wholewheat and white bread, pizza and cake called "ciambella". The bread they make here is predicted by hand completely. They are using their own ecological flour of two types. The bread is made on natural yeast and a little bit of synthetic yeast is used to start the fermentation and dough growing. The oven is traditional and it is heated with wood. As a first thing we all learnt to work the dough and to make loves.
We had some time to relax before lunch. On lunch we had yesterday rissotto with chicken. Butcher looked liked in films. Man about 110 kilos, with piersing, with beard. He was only 24 ears old but very skilful. After butches finished we were taking meat and putting it in vacuum packets and later it was frozen in the shock freezer.
After that we had to clean =].
In the evening Alexandra was very angry because we did not help Laura in the kitchen, and later we came all together to kitchen instead of 2 of us. There must be some organisation :).
1.10.2009
We started at 8.30 o'clock, so we had more time to sleep. After breakfast we went to nearest town San Anatolia to agricultural school. We were going to town throw mountains and tunnels. Nature is very delightful!! One of the teachers met us and made showed us around the school. There are only 90 pupils. It’s a new school and very small. But they have nice classrooms and a big gym. We had an opportunity to meet some Italian students more or less of our age. They were very friendly and we spoke in English with them about Italy and Estonia etc. After we went to a café nearby. There we had cappuccino and eat some sweets. Than Patrice took as to Spoleto. We went shopping and Pavel with Tanya went walking.
There we had about 2 hours of free time. We understood that Spoleto is small town about 35 thousand inhabitants and u can’t get lost there. Spoleto is a small town but there are a lot of theatres including an antique Roman theatre. There is a famous festival of arts that takes place every year. There are also a lot of typical restaurants and inns (trattoria). Some of the restaurants are very chic and expensive. We went back to farm for lunch.
After lunch we finished collecting grapes. We collected about 1500 kilos of grape.
Pavel was loading all boxes, about 50 boxes and each weight about 15 kilos, to the tractor.
We took all red grape. Dinner was bellyful. Rissotto, chicken and pudding for dessert.
Tomorrow we are going to bake bread and watch how butcher works pork meat.
Buona notte!!!!
We started at 8.30 o'clock, so we had more time to sleep. After breakfast we went to nearest town San Anatolia to agricultural school. We were going to town throw mountains and tunnels. Nature is very delightful!! One of the teachers met us and made showed us around the school. There are only 90 pupils. It’s a new school and very small. But they have nice classrooms and a big gym. We had an opportunity to meet some Italian students more or less of our age. They were very friendly and we spoke in English with them about Italy and Estonia etc. After we went to a café nearby. There we had cappuccino and eat some sweets. Than Patrice took as to Spoleto. We went shopping and Pavel with Tanya went walking.
There we had about 2 hours of free time. We understood that Spoleto is small town about 35 thousand inhabitants and u can’t get lost there. Spoleto is a small town but there are a lot of theatres including an antique Roman theatre. There is a famous festival of arts that takes place every year. There are also a lot of typical restaurants and inns (trattoria). Some of the restaurants are very chic and expensive. We went back to farm for lunch.
After lunch we finished collecting grapes. We collected about 1500 kilos of grape.
Pavel was loading all boxes, about 50 boxes and each weight about 15 kilos, to the tractor.
We took all red grape. Dinner was bellyful. Rissotto, chicken and pudding for dessert.
Tomorrow we are going to bake bread and watch how butcher works pork meat.
Buona notte!!!!
30.09.2009
Wednesday
We had breakfast at 8 o'clock. Later we went to collect grapes. While we were taking grapes. Pigs were eating grapes from boxes. Pavel repeld them sometimes :D. We were picking and also could see how the wine is made. We never thought that the wine before becoming wine is a vary tasty, sweet grape juice :). Now it has to ferment for a few days to become fresh wine. At dinner there was some typical beef meat made on fire in a very bloody way. Maria V. and Tanya had difficulty to eat it as we are not used to making meat in this way.
Wednesday
We had breakfast at 8 o'clock. Later we went to collect grapes. While we were taking grapes. Pigs were eating grapes from boxes. Pavel repeld them sometimes :D. We were picking and also could see how the wine is made. We never thought that the wine before becoming wine is a vary tasty, sweet grape juice :). Now it has to ferment for a few days to become fresh wine. At dinner there was some typical beef meat made on fire in a very bloody way. Maria V. and Tanya had difficulty to eat it as we are not used to making meat in this way.
29.09.2009
Second day.
We woke up at 9 o'clock. Night was great but it was cold sometimes. Girls had troubles with shower.
At the breakfast we head teaaaa instead of café. "Das is fantastic." After we had free time
so went sightseeing. A lot of mountains, ground is dry, but views are so beautiful. Here are a lot of insects. Huge spiders in girls room.=)
We sunbathed a little. Tryed ecological clear grape. Also we were sealing bottles with vine.
Alexandra made for us excursion around the farm. Here we saw cows, pigs, mice and 2 cats.
In the afternoon we went to Spoleto. It is the nearest town to us. There we visited one of the most important cooking school in Italy. In the school of high cousine we could see the equipment for cooking and learning to cook and bake. The school is divided into different sections: there are classrooms where they teach just cooking fish, or preparing the vegetables, or wine keeping and testing (somelier). It was impressive, we found it interesting. Just to tell you courses there cost about 15 000 euro. It was cool! After that we went to Spoleto's castle. We were impressed. It is so amazing. Castle, nature.. fascinating views.
After walking we went to have a meal. We dressed up our spesial t-shirts and gave present to
Alexandra and Patrice. Patrice and Alexandra have a little son David, he is 17 months old.
Maria’s did not like the food, but Tatjana liked the dessert a lot. After dinner we went sleep to our rooms.
Second day.
We woke up at 9 o'clock. Night was great but it was cold sometimes. Girls had troubles with shower.
At the breakfast we head teaaaa instead of café. "Das is fantastic." After we had free time
so went sightseeing. A lot of mountains, ground is dry, but views are so beautiful. Here are a lot of insects. Huge spiders in girls room.=)
We sunbathed a little. Tryed ecological clear grape. Also we were sealing bottles with vine.
Alexandra made for us excursion around the farm. Here we saw cows, pigs, mice and 2 cats.
In the afternoon we went to Spoleto. It is the nearest town to us. There we visited one of the most important cooking school in Italy. In the school of high cousine we could see the equipment for cooking and learning to cook and bake. The school is divided into different sections: there are classrooms where they teach just cooking fish, or preparing the vegetables, or wine keeping and testing (somelier). It was impressive, we found it interesting. Just to tell you courses there cost about 15 000 euro. It was cool! After that we went to Spoleto's castle. We were impressed. It is so amazing. Castle, nature.. fascinating views.
After walking we went to have a meal. We dressed up our spesial t-shirts and gave present to
Alexandra and Patrice. Patrice and Alexandra have a little son David, he is 17 months old.
Maria’s did not like the food, but Tatjana liked the dessert a lot. After dinner we went sleep to our rooms.
28.09.2009
It was the longest Monday in my life. We don't sleep about 24 hours. We start our trip from4 o'clock. We get in the car and went to Tallinn. There we was waiting for the plane the shouldbe in 8.50.As for me it was my time when I fly. The plane was not so big as I thought. Then we goto Riga and after that to Rome. When we was in Rome we had some free time so, we went to Vaticanoand to Spain square. Vaticano was amazing, but we had not so many time to see all things.We came to Spoleto only at 23 o'clock and we had dinner only at 24 o c'lock. We were lucky,next day weekend.
It was the longest Monday in my life. We don't sleep about 24 hours. We start our trip from4 o'clock. We get in the car and went to Tallinn. There we was waiting for the plane the shouldbe in 8.50.As for me it was my time when I fly. The plane was not so big as I thought. Then we goto Riga and after that to Rome. When we was in Rome we had some free time so, we went to Vaticanoand to Spain square. Vaticano was amazing, but we had not so many time to see all things.We came to Spoleto only at 23 o'clock and we had dinner only at 24 o c'lock. We were lucky,next day weekend.
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