Paolo’s Truffled Dwarf Peaches Recipe: Vitello Tonnato

Paolo’s Truffled Dwarf Peaches Recipe: Vitello Tonnato

  One of our all time favorite dishes is “Vitello Tonnato” (cold veal with tuna sauce). For the ones that have never tasted it before, this dish might not sound too appealing. Trust me though, the tuna sauce is so mild in taste and silky in texture, that it feels...
Paolo Macchi preparing a plate with Parmigiano Reggiano

Paolo Macchi preparing a plate with Parmigiano Reggiano

I have, since I started writing about or products, 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...

Truffle Carpaccio: Macchi Family Serving Suggestions

TRUFFLE & EGG CROSTINI We have a family country house on lake Massawippi, in the Eastern Townships and it is now the second generation of Macchi boys ( our children, Paolo’s and Mine) making noise in the area. Growing up, Paolo spent every weekend and holiday in...

Buffalo Mozzarella: The Macchi Family's Serving Suggestions

Since Mozzarella di Buffala / Buffalo Mozzarella is a perfect “summer cheese” we like to use it often in the summer. We had some guests over on Sunday and Paolo prepared a Panzanella salad as a side dish to our BBQed chicken wings, it tasted just as good as it looks...

A Dinner At Home Using Freshly Arrived Summer Truffles

This evening I was in the mood to have an earthy meal for dinner. Knowing that the fresh summer truffles just arrived this morning at Macchi Inc., I decided to ask Paolo if he could do his magic tonight, and prepare something for us specifically to satisfy my...

Cooking with the Macchi Family: Bottarga

Since Paolo’s family originates from the north of Italy the region of Lombardia, bottarga was not at all consumed growing up. When we started importing it in 2002 to Montreal we have done plenty of research and followed traditional recipes as well as made our own ways...