By Palma Hansen –
Host your own Italian dinner party!
2. Set a festive table using red, white and green as your theme.
3. Keep the menu simple:
Antipasti can be as easy as a platter of cured meats, salami, cheese, olives and fruit.
Make your own pasta or pizzas on the grill.
I served this easy pasta dish with homemade garganelli pasta, but you can use a box of dried penne.
Sausage Pasta:
Dessert:
Gelato and espresso or try a “Spaghetti and Meatball Cake”
Place on top of the frosted cake. Add some pureed strawberries for the “sauce”, and grate some white chocolate for the parmesan cheese. Be ready for Oohs and Aahs!
Palma’s passions are Italian travel, cooking, and living an Italian lifestyle in the southern California desert. She is in private practice as a licensed Marriage Family Therapist. Palma and her husband love sharing their knowledge of Italy with others during their small group tours to bella Italia. http://www.palmabellasitaly.com