Rustic French dinner 12/12/2010

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Here are a few courses from a recent rustic French dinner I had for a few friends.
Buckwheat pancakes with young garlic creme freche and salmon caviar.
Slow poached egg with winter greens, duck prociutto, garlic croutons, truffle oil, and balsamic vinegar.
pork tenderloin - stuffed with goat cheese, pears and rosemary. Served with roasted pears.

There were more courses but as usually I was too busy to take photos.

 

beef bourguignon - from the garden 11/30/2010

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I really like rustic food. You just take really good ingredients and try make them happy. I made a simple beef bourguinon for a French meal that featured carrots from my garden and it was fantastic. Just great beef, onions, carrots, mushrooms, red wine, tomato paste, garlic, herbs and time.

 

Rustic Italian Feast 09/25/2010

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So I like to have 12 or so of my friends over for a big dinner at least once a month. Yes, it's a lot of work but once you get the hang of it and learn to plan ahead it's really very manageable. Especially, if you get everyone to help out a bit. Here are some photos to start with and I'll add some recipes later...