Epic foodie-ism
Jan. 4th, 2012 10:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
shapeofthingsTonight I threw a belated Christmas/New Years gathering for my Hobart friends. The combination of not having cooked in well over a week, plus having Chef Espen on hand to help out meant I went a little over-board in the catering. I fed 8 of us and could have easily fed 12. There are enough left-overs now in my fridge and freezer that I'm not going to have to cook for the next week, plus I've accrued several new bottles of wine.
The evening was a riotous success, however, and it was great to finally get my friends together to meet each other. It's just a shame![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
geodyne couldn't join us, but that means there will have to be a next time!
So what was on the menu?
And for dessert?
Friends were asked to bring a contribution. Martin brought enough anti-pasto to have fed everyone without me cooking anything (I had to stop him putting everything he'd brought out), Kat contributed some rather tasty salami and a bottle of red (still unopened), Nat brought another bottle of red (half drunk) and Mark and Anita brought some home-grown pink-eye potatoes and broad beans, which I'll cook another day, a bottle of white (almost finished) and a dessert wine (one glass drunk by me).
I totally over-catered, but I had much fun spending the entire day exorcising the culinary ideas that had been building up in my head for the last few months that I was never going to cook for just me. Plus I got old friends together and introduced good people to each other. It was a grand event. Now I just need to deal with the vast amounts of food remaining given my freezer is now chock-full and the fridge is heaving.
Good food, great friends, sweet life. Happy new year.
The evening was a riotous success, however, and it was great to finally get my friends together to meet each other. It's just a shame
geodyne couldn't join us, but that means there will have to be a next time!So what was on the menu?
- Home-made roast garlic hommus with crudities
- Pear, caramelised onion & OMG cheese (sheep & cow's milk with grape pressings - powerful) tart (gluten-free, of course)
- Black quinoa mushroom & pea pilaf
- Dahl fry with basmati rice
- Chicken, olive & asparagus fritata
- Kangaroo & lamb meatballs with native spices and pepperberry-elderberry sauce
And for dessert?
- Watermelon, orange, mint & toasted almond salad
- Mixed berry tartlets (gluten-free hazelnut short-crust)
- Panforte
Friends were asked to bring a contribution. Martin brought enough anti-pasto to have fed everyone without me cooking anything (I had to stop him putting everything he'd brought out), Kat contributed some rather tasty salami and a bottle of red (still unopened), Nat brought another bottle of red (half drunk) and Mark and Anita brought some home-grown pink-eye potatoes and broad beans, which I'll cook another day, a bottle of white (almost finished) and a dessert wine (one glass drunk by me).
I totally over-catered, but I had much fun spending the entire day exorcising the culinary ideas that had been building up in my head for the last few months that I was never going to cook for just me. Plus I got old friends together and introduced good people to each other. It was a grand event. Now I just need to deal with the vast amounts of food remaining given my freezer is now chock-full and the fridge is heaving.
Good food, great friends, sweet life. Happy new year.
