This weekend, I decided to (with my wife) flex my baking muscles and we made dish (dessert, in this case) #6: Torta Elvezia, which is a traditional recipe from Mantova.
Basically, it is meringues and almond flour (not, it's not a macaron!), piped into coils and then layered with Zabaglione (a type of Italian dessert that is like spiked Eggnog) and Italian-style Chocolate Buttercream, with crushed (in this case, almost pureed lol) hazelnuts on the side:
It was so bloody delicious, we ate it up in 2 days (also game 4 pieces away to neighbours and my parents) and given that it is almond flour, it is so light, it isn't filling at all.
Dish #7 and #8, were two appetizers, combined to make 1 meal: Bresaola alla Valetllina con Grana Padano e Ruccola (basically a type of beef cold cut, sliced razor thin, toped with a cheese similar to parmesan and ruccola, not, "arugula:" that is an incorrect term). Accompanying it was a traditional (and boring) Milanese dish, Fried Eggs over Asparagus lol:
A nice, light dinner, that is actually fairly-healthy.
Pancake tonight for dinner, as it is Shrove Tuesday!