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Alf
Founder of The Macro Compass. Former Head of $20bn Portfolio. Next: CIO of my own Macro Fund.

Dec 24, 2021, 10 tweets

Our grandmas would be proud of us tonight.

Proper Southern Italian dishes, which also means f**k the look, it must taste good and portions big enough to feed an army.

All religiously handmade - no cheating.

Enjoy!

1/10

This is how you start: enough salami, ham and cheese to make you feel full…but you just started.

2/10

Ok grandma, we deviated a bit here.

Muffins with pancetta and melted cheese.

Smells amazing, tastes better.

3/10

We are still looking at entrees here!

Rustico with ricotta, parmigiano and spinach.

4/10

Grandma special ravioli.
Wife delivered big times here, look at these boys!

Fluffy, perfect consistency.
Filled with ricotta and parmesan, cooked for only few minutes and served…

5/10

…like this!

Zero care for the presentation, ravioli like it’s raining!

Fresh tomato sauce - yes, handmade too!

My family produces fresh tomato sauce every single August, no exceptions.

6/10

It’s time for queen parmigiana di melanzane!

Fried eggplants with mozzarella and tomato sauce.

Typical Neapolitan dish, absolutely delicious but very complicated to get it right!

7/10

Aaaand fish of course!

Deep-fried calamari with salt and lemon from the Amalfi Coast.

Also here, no cheating: clean a gazillion calamari, don’t buy them already cleaned and cut in rings.
Major difference in taste.

8/10

Clearly, King Homemade Sourdough Bread won’t miss the party here.

A look at the inside crumb, holes and all.

9/10

Panettone, pandoro, limoncello and coffee still to go.

1 full week to digest and 3 months diet to follow! :)

Happy holidays everybody!

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