Food, food and more food...

On Friday night, the Italian Club in Mt Gambier help a Pizza & Pasta night and we were all invited. They had a very big crowd.
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On Saturday night, we gave Chiara a typical Australian dinner - roast lamb, potatoes, carrots, pumpkin and peas with gravy.
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Chiara, Brianna, Samantha & Beatrice
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On Sunday, we joined the Macera family and visited the Coonawarra wine district. Ric rode his motorcycle there and he gave Chiara and the girls a quick ride down the road. We enjoyed a lovely lunch at Upstairs at Hollick.
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Salmon & Leek tart with fresh herbs
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Aged Teys Brothers black Angus scotch fillet, dauphinous potato, pepperonata, green beans with cabernet jus
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Rare roasted Naracoorte venison topside, daupine potato, local beetroot & horseradish cream, green peppercorn jus
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Stuffed chicken fillet, carrot mash, coriander cream and cream beans
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Pan roasted duck breast, black olive polenta, spiced cherries, mushrooms and Arabica sauce
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Grilled Watson's lamb backstrap, white bean puree, shiraz jus; warm salad of confit lamb shoulder, cherry tomatoes, basil and white anchovies (mine!)
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Pasta with prawns and chorizo (didn't write down the description for this one, sorry)
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Now onto the desserts.....
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White chocolate panna cotta, anise jelly, chocolate crumble and cherry icecream
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Bitter dark chocolate tart, chocolate sorbet, caramel sauce, salted peanut brittle & pure cream
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...and finally, steamed lemon pudding, passionfruit and nectar syrup, passionfruit semi freddo and pure cream
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We went home feeling very full. It was a warm night so we sat outside and had pizzas cooked on the pizza stone in the barbecue for a late dinner.
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Chiara got to see our cat, Bonnie, play with a mouse before eating it and because the night was so warm there were lots of bugs swarming about. She had bugs in her hair and trying to got down her t-shirt.
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Tonight (Tuesday) we have a farewell dinner for the Italian students at TWC then we farewell them tomorrow as they head for Melbourne for 2 days before they fly back home to Torino.
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Cheers - Joolz