It seems that we’ve
barely recovered from the Degustation Menu, and it’s time for another dinner
party club. This time, the Urban
Gardeners are hosting a “From Scratch” theme, in order to soothe the She-Urban
Gardener’s need to make mascarpone from scratch.
We started with the
Visitors from Hawkes Bay providing little cheesy biscuits with bubbly – I was
clearly so excited by the little cheesy biscuits that photography was
forgotten, and then they were gone! So,
little cheesy biscuits are definitely a good thing to make from scratch.
The MOTH was keen to
try his hand at pâté [recipe to come], so he made delicious pâté, while I
experimented with breads – brioche and spelt.
Some red onion jam completed the entrée.
The main was a delicious beef pie, made
by the Bean Counters.
The Creative Cooks rustled up a salad,
along with asparagus (some home-grown) and hollandaise made with HOME MADE
BUTTER! Wonderful.
The Urban Gardeners made a wonderful
baked cheesecake, with the base biscuits made and then crushed, the mascarpone made
from scratch, and raspberry coulis to top it off.
Just to make sure there was no room
left, the Visitors from Hawkes Bay added these little morsels to finish us off.
It was another successful evening. To round things off, our rhodos are flowering... I don't know the name of this one, but it provides a lovely flash of sunshine.
No comments:
Post a Comment