Thursday Dinner
- gougeres
- blood orange, toasted almonds, dates, parmesan shavings
- home-made pastrami on home-made rye
- roast chicken, double-stock with lemon-sherry reduction
- roast squash, roasted over thyme sprigs and garlic
- grilled asparagus
- Boston salad
- tarte tatin, cheeses
- chocolate chilli cookies
A fresh exploration of what I can manage, given the necessarily late start on a weekday. Not that late: 4pm. Fun with flex time. Still, it was a busy three hours and a close game, but the home team won in the end.
I don’t really remember the chicken, unfortunately; I've been working harder on getting roast chicken right these days, and had real hope for the improvised sauce. I made Clotilde’s cookies with Caillebaut, which I had on hand; they're better with Valhrona, and they're better if you don’t overcook them. They’re still pretty good.