16/09: Birthday Celebration
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
Our friends Bob and Gwen celebrate their birthdays on September 11th and September 12th and another friend Anne celebrates her birthday on September 11. Two of the birthdays were milestones 50 years and 65 years so Ed and I decided to host a birthday dinner.
The table setting and the first course.
Miso soup and carpaccio of vegetables
Lemon sorbet and the main course. Steak wrapped with prosciutto and topped with wild mushroom ragout, garlic mashed potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower
Chocolate cake expertly decorated by Ed
The desert when served and brunch the next morning. The omelet used up the left over mushroom ragout and the left over mashed potatoes were fried into a patty.
This was the first time I've prepared a six course meal and it was a lot of fun. I think all of the food turned out great which was pretty lucky as many of the recipes were new. At the cottage Tina introduced me to a web site call tastespotting.com. This site lets you search for recipes on many different blog sites. I found the mushroom ragout this way and I'm really glad that I found it as I'm sure I will make many times. Thanks for taking the photos Gwen --- iphone's are pretty impressive.
The table setting and the first course.
Miso soup and carpaccio of vegetables
Lemon sorbet and the main course. Steak wrapped with prosciutto and topped with wild mushroom ragout, garlic mashed potatoes, broccoli and cauliflower
Chocolate cake expertly decorated by Ed
The desert when served and brunch the next morning. The omelet used up the left over mushroom ragout and the left over mashed potatoes were fried into a patty.
This was the first time I've prepared a six course meal and it was a lot of fun. I think all of the food turned out great which was pretty lucky as many of the recipes were new. At the cottage Tina introduced me to a web site call tastespotting.com. This site lets you search for recipes on many different blog sites. I found the mushroom ragout this way and I'm really glad that I found it as I'm sure I will make many times. Thanks for taking the photos Gwen --- iphone's are pretty impressive.