Wednesday, March 17, 2010

First Dinner (Theme: French Bistro)

The first dinner went great. Here are the photos...


Mussels and Pate with a French Baguette
Course 1 (Light/was Course 2 but since it was hot, we started with this first):

Louis Roederer Champagne paired with the Mussels.

Mussels with slices of bread to soak up the sauce.

Pate with bread awaits.

Mussels.

A toast to friends and food...and wine (and champagne)...and...

Pate. Some of us love pate too much.


Seared Scallops in a Lemon Butter Sauce over Belgian Endives
Course 2 (Light/was Course 1):

Scallops.

Wine Pairing: Side Yard Rielsing

Excellent colors.


Herbed Steak Frites in a Mustard-Wine Sauce
Course 3 (Main):

Fries served on top.

Wine Pairing: James Cole Malbec.

Fries on the side.


Lemon Tart (Sabayon method) with a Blood Orange Sorbet and Candied Orange Peels
Course 4 (Dessert):

The whole tart! Looks very French!

Fabulicious tart with sorbet.

Inniskillin Sparkling Ice Wine paired with dessert.

An excellent way to end the dinner!

2 comments:

  1. im yurahs sister. y told me about what you all are doing here. hope you dont mind me following along! very inspiring! sounds like it was a wonderful dinner! i may try out a couple of the recipes here, esp since all the kinks have been worked out... keep up the great work!

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  2. definitely try the recipes, they're fairly simple but taste really good.

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