MrsMacchi's recipe with Grana Padano

Previously today I showed you how you can really enjoy having parmigiano on it’s own without hardly any preparation! I will now show you one of my favorite recipes, with my favorite parmigiano cheese, The Grana Padano. I really love this cheese, it is similar to the reggiano but creamier. This cheese is off course a cheese that we supply our clients with here at Macchi Inc. It is important for me to let you all know that we do not import our cheeses ourselves since we  do not have any cheese quotas. What we import here at Macchi Inc. is the Citterio brand, bottarga and truffles and in the future hopefully we will import more.

Baby spinach salad with strawberries and Grana Padano

This is a perfect light salad with lots of flavour, assemble in a bowl: Baby spinach leaves, sliced strawberry’s and some Grana padano shavings. For this, all you need to add is a little  cracked black pepper, evoo and some balsamic vinegar. There  is no need to add any salt because the parmiggiano brings all the salt you need to the dish. Buon Appetitio! As usual, let me know how you liked it or if you made your own recipe, don’t hesitate to share it with me.

 

Paolo Macchi preparing a plate with Parmigiano Reggiano

Hi I’m back and here to stay! Here we are, Monday morning and a whole week a head of us, but since the Canadian thanks giving weekend is coming up it doesn’t feel as depressing as most Mondays do to me.
I have, since I started blogging, been looking forward to talking about this weeks product. It is a product that we all have used or consumed and some just can’t have a pasta plate without it! This product would amongst stone be considered as the diamond, amongst metal it would be considered platinum and amongst the cheeses it is by far ‘the King of Cheeses’, I am talking about – Parmigiano -.

I wanted to give this week a soft start and begin with showing you how we enjoy having this cheese at the Macchi residence!

Paolo’s Parmigiano reggiano plate

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MrsMacchi and Kim Vallee at DNA Restaurant

On the launch of my Blog, the first product that I introduced was our key product: The Citterio Prosciutto. Kim Vallee sent me a message on twitter and let me know that she had by then only had one kind, of the five kinds of prosciutto that we are supplying and I quickly responded to her and offered her to have a Prosciutto tasting with us over a lunch at restaurant DNA in Montreal. With me I brought my husband and the President of our company Macchi Inc. Paolo Macchi and Kim were accompanied with the all so pleasant foodie friend of hers, Nathalie Rivard. As we all installed our selves at the table, there were 4 cameras and one video camera, one computer and 3 iphones covering our table and I was just thinking; “will there be any room for the plates?”

- Of course, there was !!!

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AND THE WINNER OF THE DNA GIFT CERTIFICATE IS ANNIE

Congratulations Annie!

You are the winner of a five course tasting menu for two at Restaurant DNA! I guess you invited many people, and increased your chances a lot!!
Please send me your mailing info to hivron@macchiinc.com, so that I can mail you your gift certificate as soon as possible.

Thank you all for participating and stay tuned for the next competition, next time is your turn to win!

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GIVEAWAY: Win A FIVE COURSE TASTING MENU FOR TWO AT RESTAURANT DNA

It is a real pleasure for me to give this away on my blog. DNA is a restaurant I absolutely love. And I am sure that the experience you will have there will most definitely be a memorable one. So here is the prize for this week’s giveaway:

The Prize:
A FIVE COURSE TASTING MENU FOR TWO AT RESTAURANT DNA

So Easy to Participate:

You just have to tell me in the comment section below which product that I covered on my blog was the most interesting to you and why.

Who Wins?

1. The winner will be selected randomly using http://www.random.org
2. The winner will be announced in the comment section below next Sunday at 9:00 PM

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AND THE WINNER OF THE BRONTE GIFT CERTIFICATE IS GABRIEL DE ROSSI

Congratulations Gabriel!

You are the winner of a five course tasting menu for two at Restaurant Bronte!
Send me your mailing info to hivron@macchiinc.com, so that I can mail you your gift certificate as soon as possible.

Thank you all for participating and stay tuned for the next competition, next time is your turn to win!

We would like to note that winners are selected randomly using RANDOM.ORG – True Random Number Service (more…)

 

Macchi Inc.'s Burrata in the Montreal Gazette

Hello everyone!

It’s Saturday morning and Paolo and I are having our morning coffee and finished reading Lesley Chesterman’s article in today’s Montreal Gazette about a tasting she had with Paolo at Restaurant DNA in Montreal, performed by part owner and Executive Chef Derek Dammann.

For the readers that have “been” with me from the beginning, you all know that I started the “blogging” on the Macchi Inc. facebook fan page, not long ago. I then, spoke very briefly about Burrata as my first introduction to our products. Thanks to the huge and positive feedback and everyones comments it made it very easy for me to know what you were all interested in reading about.

Having that said, I would like to thank you all for your support and please continue commenting about our posts and let me know what more it is that you would like to hear about. (more…)

 

GIVEAWAY: Win a 5 Course Tasting Menu For Two at Brontë Restaurant

I am so excited that Brontë has decided to give me another prize to give away on my blog!

The Prize:

A FIVE COURSE TASTING MENU FOR TWO AT FIVE STAR RESTAURANT BRONTË

So Easy to Participate:

You just have to tell me in the comment section below which is your favorite restaurant in Montreal. You can share with me why, if you wish, it is optional.

Who Wins?

1. The winner will be selected randomly using http://www.random.org
2. The winner will be announced in the comment section below next Sunday at 9:00 PM

The Rules:

1. Participants should live in Montreal (or planning a trip there!)
2. We will communicate with the winner to get his/her address (please enter the right email)
3. Invite a friend to participate, and tell us who it is in your reply, you will double your chances of winning
4. Gift certificates will be mailed to the address winner provides us with
5. Gift certificate should be used within 90 days, or else it expires
6. Gift certificate does not include alcohol and wine.

Good Luck to all!