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My friend surprised me and flew in from the Bahamas for less than 15 hours yesterday. He had his driver pick me up and whisk me off to the new Bulgari Hotel in Knightsbridge for dinner. The hotel is filled with marble and lots of silver (Bulgari started out as a silversmith way back when) as well as lacquered mahogany wood walls that give an element of being on a yacht. We descended a dramatic staircase to our table at their Il Ristorante travel package deals new zealand Italian restaurant for our meal.
A nice after dinner treat offered by the house was the dessert called Sbrisolona, which is a crumbly tart Italian peasants used to make by mixing cornmeal, hazelnuts and lard, instead of butter. It is usually broken with the hands or with a small hammer. Find the recipe here .
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