I get to spend another day in the kitchen!!! Though I've never had the pleasure of meeting her, Lou's mom had a saying "if you cannot do it with a smile, don't do it at all".....and I try to live up to that saying. My brother and his wife are coming for dinner. My nephew from CA is coming as is my nephew from FL. So, we're 6 for dinner tonight.
First course is quail eggs (my plan is to poach them, but it may be hard boiled, depending on how much the shells piss me off) with candied cranberries, toasted pignoli nuts over raddichio and arugula with truffle vinaigrette. Voignier wine for this
Second course is still up in the air. I've officially tossed the home made ravioli idea. HOnestly, I just don't have the time. I'm still considering the pistachio stuffed rice balls (but, I may just save that for the next IC). If I don't do the rice balls, it's going to be gnocchi with figs and pancetta in a light cream and sage sauce.
Third course is slow roasted crown roast of pork with an apple and herb stuffing, oven roasted beets and home made apple sauce. We have a beaujolais for this.
Dessert is tiramisu - which I really have to get busy on. Should have done that yesterday.
I want to get to the gym at some point today.....wish me luck with that!!
First course is quail eggs (my plan is to poach them, but it may be hard boiled, depending on how much the shells piss me off) with candied cranberries, toasted pignoli nuts over raddichio and arugula with truffle vinaigrette. Voignier wine for this
Second course is still up in the air. I've officially tossed the home made ravioli idea. HOnestly, I just don't have the time. I'm still considering the pistachio stuffed rice balls (but, I may just save that for the next IC). If I don't do the rice balls, it's going to be gnocchi with figs and pancetta in a light cream and sage sauce.
Third course is slow roasted crown roast of pork with an apple and herb stuffing, oven roasted beets and home made apple sauce. We have a beaujolais for this.
Dessert is tiramisu - which I really have to get busy on. Should have done that yesterday.
I want to get to the gym at some point today.....wish me luck with that!!