Tonight, I will be attempting my first meal with all French recipes from my new cookbook. I'm very excited, and a little nervous at the same time. If all goes according to plan, I will be serving a multi-course dinner. Here is the menu as it stands now:
We will start with Garlic soup and french bread (Julia says this soup, if done correctly, is not overpoweringly garlic, but rather has a delicate, aromatic flavor.)
For the main course, I will be making Supremes de Volaille a Brun with a Beurre Noisette. That's a fancy way of saying chicken breasts sauteed in butter with brown butter sauce. They will be served with buttered green beans, and sauteed potato balls. I will be serving a rich read wine that Paul and I bought on our honeymoon. (I've read that wine doesn't travel cross-country well in the summer...)
The main course will be followed by fruit with three different kinds of cheese: Brie, Gouda, and Aged Asiago. Very French.
Finally, we'll top the whole thing off with a chocolate mousse dessert that is not actually from Julia's cookbook, but sounds delicious all the same.
Well, here goes! Bon Appetite! (I hope...)
So... how did it go? We had leftover ham and leftover spaghetti noodles in a white sauce (made fresh!) served with leftover broccoli and leftover fresh fruit. Mmmmm....mmmm...Good!! I used my "French" cookbook "Bettye Croqeur" for the white sauce. ;)
ReplyDeleteGeez, I'm just getting more and more excited about when I get to come visit you, keep up these four course meal things eh?! ;D I had a bowl of insta-soup for dinner last night. You just dump some powder into a bowl, pour boiling water over it, and you've got soup.
ReplyDeleteI try not to think about that too hard when I eat it ;)
Sounds fun, I hope it turned out well and deliciously!!!! You should totally watch Julie and Julia again!!!! ;)
Brie, Gouda, and Aged Asiago--- Sounds like three characters you'd find in a Christmas Eve Pageant written by Christopher Moore...
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