Wow - what a whirlwind -
Menu for the Thursday Mega Feast
My dad had bought a massive 3.5kg Ocean Trout, it was the biggest undertaking which my husband and I have ever undertaken.
We wrapped "him" (the fish) in foil and filled him with ginger, garlic and lemon. We cooked it on the BBQ for about 1.5hours.
It was delicious !!
What else did we serve?
Celeriac Salad
Peel Celeriac, Grate, add lemon juice, salt, pepper and some avocado oil.
Wild Rice
Put the wild rice in a pan, cover with boiling water, let sit with lid on for 1 hour. Then turn on, bring to boil and simmer for about 20 minutes till the seeds open. then add a good nob of butter, salt and pepper to taste and serve warm (mmm yum!!!)
Crunchy potatoes
I actually completely stuffed up the potatoes (I seem to do this every time my in-laws come to dinner) only it was a blessing in disguise as they turned out really well. I peeled and cut them into quarters, boiled them (was meant to be par boiled but they were left on way too long as Princess A was a little hungry and by the time I got back to them I think they were almost ready to mash), drained them and thumped them around the colander a little to make the edges a bit scuffed/roughed up, drizzle with olive oil and put in a pretty hot oven (about 180-200) for about 40 minutes. They were crunchy and delicious. I did not add salt, however for some people you may also want to sprinkle them with salt.
Other Veg
We just served some steamed broccoli and steamed carrots to add some colour and texture to the meal.
Dessert - the Birthday special
after having read "the colour of tea" which i think is just the most beautiful book I have read in forever - it inspired me to take the culinary journey to France and make some Macarons.
I will post the recipe in a separate post with piccies - but as a hint and teaser, I made coffee, strawberry and orange macarons and every last one of them got gobbled up. MMMM!!!
Menu for the Thursday Mega Feast
My dad had bought a massive 3.5kg Ocean Trout, it was the biggest undertaking which my husband and I have ever undertaken.
We wrapped "him" (the fish) in foil and filled him with ginger, garlic and lemon. We cooked it on the BBQ for about 1.5hours.
It was delicious !!
What else did we serve?
Celeriac Salad
Peel Celeriac, Grate, add lemon juice, salt, pepper and some avocado oil.
Wild Rice
Put the wild rice in a pan, cover with boiling water, let sit with lid on for 1 hour. Then turn on, bring to boil and simmer for about 20 minutes till the seeds open. then add a good nob of butter, salt and pepper to taste and serve warm (mmm yum!!!)
Crunchy potatoes
I actually completely stuffed up the potatoes (I seem to do this every time my in-laws come to dinner) only it was a blessing in disguise as they turned out really well. I peeled and cut them into quarters, boiled them (was meant to be par boiled but they were left on way too long as Princess A was a little hungry and by the time I got back to them I think they were almost ready to mash), drained them and thumped them around the colander a little to make the edges a bit scuffed/roughed up, drizzle with olive oil and put in a pretty hot oven (about 180-200) for about 40 minutes. They were crunchy and delicious. I did not add salt, however for some people you may also want to sprinkle them with salt.
Other Veg
We just served some steamed broccoli and steamed carrots to add some colour and texture to the meal.
Dessert - the Birthday special
after having read "the colour of tea" which i think is just the most beautiful book I have read in forever - it inspired me to take the culinary journey to France and make some Macarons.
I will post the recipe in a separate post with piccies - but as a hint and teaser, I made coffee, strawberry and orange macarons and every last one of them got gobbled up. MMMM!!!
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| The Macarons |
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| Work in Progress... and the BIG fish!! |
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| Orange, Strawberry and Coffee Macarons |
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