My lovely Wife and I spent New years with great friends, Stuart and Karen and their two daughters, Chloe and Annabelle. Stuart is a great amateur Chef and together we cooked up some fantastic recipes. We did a great three course dinner on new years eve and had a buffet dinner on new years day. I really had a great time cooking and it is so rewarding to cook for people that really appreciate their food. Chloe and Annabelle are aged 13 and 9 and have fantastic palettes for their age and ate everything that we cooked. I must also give Karen so much credit as she did a great job cleaning up after two chefs in her kitchen.
New years eve Menu
Starter
Seared scallops, salsa verdi.
Fragrant basmati rice with lemon zest and cracked black pepper.
Main-course
Traditional beef fillet Wellington, served rare.
Wrapped in crisp puff pastry with wild mushroom and bacon pate.
Served with;
Buttered carrots, glazed with fennel seed,
honey roast parsnips,
green beans, saute with streaky bacon.
Red wine and dijon mustard gravy.
Dessert
Karen's special chocolate chip brownies with vanilla icecream.
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New year day menu
Roast leg of pork in tandoori marinade.
Served with pilau rice, vegetable pakora, poppadom, sweet chili dip,
garlic flat breads, pork crackling and cumin, ginger and coriander gravy.
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| Vegetable pakoras |
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