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Lasagne coi nonni
December 31, 2017 // Posted in family, food | No Comments
The last post of 2017 shows nonno Beppe and nonna Carla eventually at our place for a lunch together. And for the occasion we prepared, for the first time, lasagne alla bolognese (the recipe came from this post on Giallo Zafferano). The result was quite good, and we all enjoyed this delicious course.
Let’s now wish happy new year to all our reader, becausethis is our last 2017 post.
Gita a Milano
December 30, 2017 // Posted in Travels | No Comments
Today we went all together to Milano, mainly to visit a nice exhibition called “A Human Adventure“. Lorenzo, who is really interested in rockets, spaceship, planets and so on, was very excited. The exhibition was very nice, and hopefully (for Bea) to visit it didn’t take too much time (roughly 1 hour). Then, to make Bea happier, we went also to the civic aquarium, quite small but pretty nice. Then we went to Piazza Gae Aulenti to have lunch and a good ice cream before to come back, by train, to Pavia. The day was cold, but the sky was blue, and Milano appeared quite comfortable and european… We will come back soon.
Natale 2017
December 26, 2017 // Posted in celebrations | No Comments
Christmas time, when there are little children around, is for sure a special moment. The long wait, culminated in the preparation of cookies for Santa Claus, and carrots for his reindeer, the joy finding many gifts, in the morning is something special. This year we were also lucky enough to have a great lunch (the roasted calf was a successs…) together with uncle, aunt, grandparents, cousins and friends. We hope that your Christmas was happy and peaceful like our. Merry Christmas to all of you.
L’arrosto della vigilia
December 24, 2017 // Posted in celebrations, food | No Comments
Like last year, this year too we were invited at Marco’s and Francesca’s place, together with grandparents and some friends, for Christmas lunch. Here at sacchibelli we were charged for the preparation of the roasted calf. Silvia was a bit worried, but the result looks very good. Let’s wait tomorrow to taste it.
I biscotti di Angelo
December 24, 2017 // Posted in food | No Comments
Ingredienti per 18/24 biscotti
- 250 g farina 00
- 100 g zucchero
- 40 mk olio di semi
- 30 ml di latte
- 1 uovo
- 1/2 bustina lievito X dolci (8 g)
- scorza di limone gratuggiata
In una bacinella si aggiungono farina, zucchero e scorza di limone. Si mescola con un cucchiaio e poi si forma un buco al centro in cui si aggiungono olio, uovo, lievito e latte. Si mescola fino a ottenere un impasto liscio e omogeneo. In alternativa, se si ha a disposizione un robot da cucina, si versano tutti gli ingredienti e si fanno impastare dal robot. L’impasto viene poi suddiviso in tante “crocchette” che vengono messe su una teglia da forno, lasciando tra di esse un po’ di spazio per impedire che i biscotti, lievitando, si fondino fra loro. Infornare, partendo da forno freddo, per 20 minuti con temperatura a 180 gradi.
Recently the adult male component of sacchibelli’s house went to Angelo’s place to fix some network issue. Angelo is a dear friend, and also a great cook. He prepared some delicious cookies, and we asked him the recipe. Here you can find it.
Ingredients for 18/24 cookies
- 250 g flour 00
- 100 g sugar
- 40 mk corn oil
- 30 ml milk
- 1 egg
- 8g yeast
- lemon skill
If you have a kitchen robot, put all the ingredients together and mix them till you get an homogeneous dough. Then split it in many pieces, and give them a kind of “crocchetta” shape. Put them in a baking tray, leaving some space between the cookies, to avoid they will collate each other. Put in the oven roughly for 20 minutes, at 180 degrees. And here you are…
Antivigilia
December 24, 2017 // Posted in celebrations | No Comments
As it happens every year, this year too Luca and Chiara, with Marta and Anna, didn’t forget to stop at our place (and at “nonno Beppe” and “nonna Carla” place, to wish us Merry Christmas. As usual Matteo joined us, and this year we were very happy also because they stopped at our place also for the dinner. The noise and the caos was very strong, but at the end the children made the day very special.
Progressi
December 21, 2017 // Posted in Lorenzo | No Comments
Lorenzo started his swimming activity quite early, almost 5 years ago, when he was 7 months old. He always liked the water and after five years it has been strange to see him to swim, for 25 m, during a Christmas exibithion at the local pool. He was very happy and excited, and we enjoyed his happyness. Good job Lorenzo.
Scacchi
December 17, 2017 // Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments
Today we joined a chess event for children organized in the center of Pavia. In fact Lorenzo (and partially Beatrice) starts to be attracted by this lovely game, and we enjoyed to play together with other children using a very big chess board. And at the end we won too.
Pizza prenatalizia
December 16, 2017 // Posted in friends | No Comments
Together with Domenico, Maurizio and Antonio we spent a short period close each other at Marvell, roughly two years ago. Then we spread out in different semiconductor companies, but we like to meet each other, to remember and to discuss. So last Wednesday we were happy to have all of them at our place for a pizza all togheter.
I 3 anni di Beatrice
December 11, 2017 // Posted in celebrations | No Comments
Little Bea arrived three years ago, and we can’t remember how could be to live without her smiles and her happiness. For her third birthday she decided to invite at home some of her best friends, Giulia and Chiara in particular, together with her cousin Francy. The apartment was a bit busy and cahotic, considering also Lorenzo with Viola (Giulia’s sister) and Irene (Chiara’s sister). There was also little Arianna (Giulia’s and Irene’s sister) but she was so quiet and cute… Thanks for joining us also to zia Lulu’ and zio Paolo, to Carlo and Cristina and to Sara and Guido. You made this important day very special!!!