26.12.08

An Italian Christmas Feast


The most amazing duck liver Armagnac paté courtesy of Karen's friend Danielle


Cooking up the sauce for the pasta [ olive oil, black pepper, garlic, lemon zest, thinly sliced lemon ]


Linguine with lemon, pecorino and parmesan


The snappers were marinated in a mix of oil, red wine vinegar, lemon juice, ground coriander, garlic, oregano, and pepper and then roasted. Served with butternut squash


Tomato basil sorbet


The Christmas goose

Deboned, stuffed with a deboned chicken and an Italian stuffing [ pancetta, pork shoulder, prunes, chestnuts, sage, rosemary, eggs, breadcrumbs, parmesan ]

While the camera was broken we also had a bitter salad with chicory and garlic, and tiramisu


Quoc's macarons [ pear, cherry, chocolate and hazelnut, chocolate Grand Marnier, chocolate peanut-butter] and to the right a selection of German Christmas cookies from my cousin Roisin in Frankfurt.


Home made tea cakes from Emily's Mom.