This event is one of a series of events that are part of La Vendemmia.  View all events at www.prestonstreet.com/lavendemmia/sched.html  

What:

Trattoria Caffe Italia and Slowfood Ottawa present "Italian Roots in Local Soil", Salsiccia Ubriaca (translates to drunken sausages).  A fine evening of unique food and wine alliances and music, celebrating Italian traditions and local foods. 

The menu was prepared in consultation wtih Angelo Bean, Chef David Neil, Sweetgrass and Slowfood Ottawa. 

 

6:00pm cocktails
7:15pm dinner

Menu:

*note: timings are approximate.

Cocktails
Hors D’oeuvres - 6:00pm:  homemade bruschetta, stuffed mushrooms & roasted peppers
Wine Pair: Cuvee Catharine Henry of Pelham

Course 1 - 7:15pm: Antipasto Plate: pingue Salumi from Mario Pingue
Wine Pair: Cabernet Rose Henry of Pelham

Course 1– 7:15pm: Insalata: Insalata mista (from Acorn Creek Farms) Wine Pair: Cabernet Rose Henry of Pelham same as above

Course 2: - 7:45pm: Gnocchi al Guanciale
Wine Pair: Tastone Montepulciano D’abruzzo

Course 3: - 8:45pm: Salsicce Ubriaca (drunk sausages) served with local,
fresh contorni
Wine Pair:  Baco Noir Reserve, Henry of Pelham

Course 4: - 9:40pm: Cheese Platter per table: Herb crusted Pecorino & other delightful cheeses from Monforte
Wine Pair: Riesling, Henry of Pelham

Course 5: - 10:00pm:  Apple Cinnamon cheesecake, coffee/tea

• You will taste the delicious and wholesome salumi of the Niagara Peninsula prosciutto maestro Mario Pingue.  Other local food purveyors will be featured.  
  
• Fresh pasta made with local wheat, Niagara’s grapes skin flour and Montepulciano D’Abruzzo wine, bathed in a delicious salsa al guanciale.    
  
• This evening Angelo Bean will introduce a new product and concept:  A tasting of delicious and wholesome sausages made with local pasture-raised pork meat.   Ontario and Italian wines are introduced in the sausage mix in a concentrated form by a unique method. Artisanal sausage making in its purest form…for the wine lover!  You will experience the effects of good vintage wine on the sausages.  You will rate and declare your favorite one (like a wine tasting).  The original-terroir-inspired dish presentation will awe you!
  
• A singing, vintage-sausage-making demonstration by Angelo & Leonardo (sing along required). 
  
• “Two wines one culture”: the folklore and roots of Baco Noir and Montepulciano D’Abruzzo “real wines for real people” will be lively debated and explored by Jacques Breau of Henry of Pelham Winery.
  Locally produced contorni, appetizers, cheeses and dessert will be featured.
  It will be an evening of abundant, authentic, wholesome food and wines. 

Angelo and Leonardo will make the evening an authentic experience with their demos and singing.  Un Sacco di Baldoria!  Let’s celebrate the Italian Roots and the exciting Local Soil at the table, with our friends.  

Saturday, September 22, 2007 from 06:00 PM - 10:00 PM (ET)

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SOPRA Room, Trattoria Caffe Italia
250 Preston Street
Ottawa, ON
Canada

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La Vendemmia - Ottawa's Celebration of Italian Wine & Food

In Italian tradition, harvest time is when Farmers gather together to celebrate the earth's bounty, catch up with their neighbors, and offer their produce. It is a time of merriment, celebrating the end of the intense work involved in planting, growing, and harvesting. Wine -- being such an integral part of any gathering of friends -- has its own celebratory harvest tradition. Fresh off the vine grapes are poured into huge vats, and crushed in the first stage of this centuries old art form. View all La Vendemmia events at www.prestonstreet.com/lavendemmia/

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