- Vegetable Terrine
- Roasted Garlic Soup
- Fried 1/2 Shrimp with Apricot & Chili Confiture
- Coq au Vin with Fingerling Potatoes
- "Strawberry Cheesecake"
- Fresh, whipped sheep's milk cheese with fresh strawberries, strawberry sauce and biscuit
- Pistachio Pastry Cream with Chocolate Ice Cream
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Dinner - Monday, August 24th
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Dinner - Monday, August 10th
Well, I've been doing a fair amount of reading on cheeses (because as I mentioned previously I was annoyed with my inferior knowledge of cheese), and so I think that I am going to attempt a very simple, cheese based dinner. The reasons are twofold (and no, there will be no vote because I can't know what cheeses I will buy until I buy them): Firstly, it's hot out and I want to steer away from cooking (the only cooking will be the bread), and secondly I haven't an over-abundance of energy at the moment due to the heat and the amount that I'm working. So, this dinner will differ from the usual in that I will also be including paired wines within the price (remember serious cheese needs two things - good wine, and amazing bread) instead of in addition to. Cheese is best bought the day that it is used, so I will probably try to get about 8-10 cheeses (or whatever is within a reasonable price), and the price will probably end up being between $15 - $20 (plan on $20), so you won't be able to pay me in advance.
A Tasting of Cheese($15-$20)
- Green salad with fruit and nuts
- Kobiola - 3 milk; Piedmonte, Italy
- Langres, Campagn Region - France
- Pave de Jadis - Goat; Loire Valley, France &
Comté, AOC - Cow; France - Abbey de Belloc - Sheep; France &
Sottocenere with Truffles - Italy - Pecorino Grand Cru - Italy &
4yr Parmesan - Italy - Teleggio - Cow; Lombardy, Italy &
St. Agur Blue - Cow; France - Strawberry and Champagne Terrine