09.03.09
Carpaccio & The Reading Woman
In Italian cuisine, Carpaccio pertains to the thinly-sliced, raw, red meat drizzled with a custom-made sauce. In the Philippines, it usually refers to tuna carpaccio – the Asian variation, since tuna is more abundant here as opposed to veal and other red meats, and also because other than raw fish, our palates are normally unaccustomed to rare meats. (Pun intended.) For Marcel Proust, Carpaccio corresponds to the Venetian artist after whom the recipe is named owing to his application of particular color schemes.
For me, Carpaccio points both to the artist who painted one of my favorite reading-women paintings, Virgin Reading;
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and for the tuna dish I relish preparing, and of course, digesting.
Here’s my two-part variation.
There you have it. Carpaccio by the reading woman.
It’s no masterpiece but it is darn good. *winks*
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mika said,
September 3, 2009 at 9:59 pm
ooooh, looks good! are you an italian food lover?
Miracle said,
September 3, 2009 at 10:19 pm
A see-food lover, Mika. I eat all the food I see.haha ;-) I am still having regrets about the pizza I failed to savour when I met you guys.hehehe
Pauline said,
September 4, 2009 at 3:42 am
Mira! You tuna carpaccio looks oh-so-yum-O, love the plating! :) Carpaccio is similar to our kilawin, right? How do you make your tuna carpaccio? :)
Miracle said,
September 4, 2009 at 5:43 am
Hi Pauline! Thanks, thanks! =) Yes, it’s kinda like kilawin and sashimi put together but the sauces sets them apart. Mine’s a mixture of egg yolks, honey, lemon juice, olive oil, and salt, brushed on the already plated fish meat then sprinkled with sliced basil. There’s wasabi and mustard for optional flavouring. I set these two aside and didn’t mix them with the main sauce since both flavours aren’t appealing to everyone. =)
mika said,
September 4, 2009 at 7:45 am
huh? what was wrong with the pizza? my tongue isn’t that refined, haha
Miracle said,
September 4, 2009 at 10:51 am
There was nothing wrong with it! But I was too excited to taste anything.hahaha =) Looking back, I’m sure twas very yummy and I would have devoured two slices under n0rmal circumstances…and I regret neglecting my sense of taste at that particular time.hehe =)