For our 200th blog party we decided on a simple, fun, no-cook menu. We headed to our fantastic local Italian market, Mazzaro’s, and bought a wonderful assortment of meats, cheeses, and other goodies.
Our first stop was to the cheese counter where we met Charlie. We sampled many great Italian cheeses and settled on three – Robiola Bosina (a soft cheese made with both cow and sheep’s milk); Moliterno al Tartufo (an amazing truffle sheep’s cheese from Sardinia); and Alpeggio (a mild hard cheese).
Next stop was the meat counter. After another round of tastings we picked hard salami, Sopressa, Proscuitto di Parma, and Speck.
To round out our platter we added:
- Red seedless grapes
- Fuji Apples
- Dried apricots
- Black Mission Figs
- Jar grilled artichokes by Decarlo
- Jarred Pomodorini – sweet cherry tomatoes by Decarlo
- Kalamata Tapenade
- Mixed Olives
- Rosemary Cracker
- Breadsticks
A wonderful time was had by all and there were no pots or pans to scrub!
