{"id":6115,"date":"2014-03-29T20:31:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T03:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marialiberati.com\/?p=6115"},"modified":"2014-03-29T20:31:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-30T03:31:40","slug":"celebrate-tuscany-with-me-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/2014\/03\/29\/celebrate-tuscany-with-me-at\/","title":{"rendered":"Tortino di Portabella e Patate (Portabella Potato Torte) &#124; Celebrate Tuscany With Me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/le-marche-sunflowers.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1741\" alt=\"le-marche-sunflowers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/le-marche-sunflowers-300x224.jpg?resize=300%2C224&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nWith 2 Tuscan themed events\/appearances coming up..I have Tuscany on my mind..from my first event that celebrates the 562 nd birthday of Leonardo da Vinci at Muhlenberg College,Allentown, Pa. on April 8th, form 7:30 to 9:30 with a presentation on Leonardo da Vinci and my book dedicated to him\u2026 The Basic Art of Italian Cooking Da Vinci Style and a reception with sampling of recipes from the book to follow\u2026.<a title=\"http:\/\/www.localwineevents.com\/events\/detail\/521060\/leonardo-da-vinci-and-the-history-italian-cuisine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.localwineevents.com\/events\/detail\/521060\/leonardo-da-vinci-and-the-history-italian-cuisine\">http:\/\/www.localwineevents.com\/events\/detail\/521060\/leonardo-da-vinci-and-the-history-italian-cuisine<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/rsz_1front_cover2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"rsz_1front_cover\" alt=\"rsz_1front_cover\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.marialiberati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/rsz_1front_cover_thumb2.jpg?resize=188%2C244&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"188\" height=\"244\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nto the May 10th event<br \/>\nCOOKING AUTHENTIC TUSCAN CUISINE Event at the Culinary Center at the Montgomery County Community College in Lansdale Pennsylvania,which includes a lesson on Tuscan cooking and a 5 course Tuscan meal with wine sampling..<br \/>\nYou can go to anyone of these websites for more info on this special event<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www3.mc3.edu\/culinary\/\">http:\/\/www3.mc3.edu\/culinary\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www3.mc3.edu\/culinary\/non-degree-courses.html\">http:\/\/www3.mc3.edu\/culinary\/non-degree-courses.html<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www3.mc3.edu\/culinary\/special-events.html\">http:\/\/www3.mc3.edu\/culinary\/special-events.htm<\/a><br \/>\nHope to see you at both events, for more info or to register you can also email <a href=\"mailto:events1@marialiberati.com\">events1@marialiberati.com<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>Tortino di Portabella e Patate (Portabella and Potato Torte)<\/strong><br \/>\n1 lb (500 gr) of potatoes<br \/>\n\u00bd cup (100 gr) extra virgin olive oil<br \/>\n2 garlic cloves<br \/>\n1 handful parsley<br \/>\n1 tsp dried oregano<br \/>\n1 lb Portabella mushrooms<br \/>\npinch of salt, freshly ground pepper to taste<br \/>\nGently clean mushrooms , slice. Peel potatoes and slice thinly. Steam till&nbsp; soft but not cooked thoroughly, chop garlic and parsley and set aside. Oil a pie pan, layer first mushrooms , then layer of potatoes, season each layer with garlic, parsley,oregano ,salt and pepper. Drizzle olive oil on top, Bake in preheated oven to 400 F&nbsp; (200C)&nbsp; for 20 minutes or until all liquid is absorbed. And potatoes are golden brown. You can also use my Tuscan Picnic Spice Blend that works exceptionally well with potatoes and you can purchase them here online <a href=\"http:\/\/quintessentialgourmet.highwire.com\/product\/tuscan-picnic-spice-blend\">http:\/\/quintessentialgourmet.highwire.com\/product\/tuscan-picnic-spice-blend<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nGet your copy of The Basic Art of Italian Cooking: Da Vinci Style for more recipes and stories on Leonardo da Vinci and culinary travels through Italy, you can purchase here at www.marialiberti.com or at Amazon or exclusively at Kindle<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\ncopyright 2014 Art of Living, PrimaMedia,Inc\/Maria Liberati<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; With 2 Tuscan themed events\/appearances coming up..I have Tuscany on my mind..from my first event that celebrates the 562 nd birthday of Leonardo da Vinci at Muhlenberg College,Allentown,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1964,59,42,4,34,11],"tags":[1965,1966],"class_list":["post-6115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cook-with-maria","category-cooking-tips","category-culinary-art","category-events-appearances","category-italy","category-recipes","tag-culinary-center-at-montgomery-county-community-college","tag-muhlenberg-college"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6115"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6115\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marialiberati.com\/freshsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}