Sunday, September 12, 2010

Mmmm... Dinner...

Remember how I've said that Eric likes to cook and is really creative about it?  I was not kidding.  Our new house is still slightly in a shambles, but we've managed to get the kitchen mostly straightened (I'll admit it, Eric did most of the work), so tonight he decided he'd cook us a nice dinner.  We went shopping and ended up with...

First Course - A salad of dandelion greens, rainbow chard and fennel salad in a parmesan crisp bowl with a strawberry balsamic vinaigrette.


Second Course - Blue Point oysters served with an onion, apple cider and balsamic vinegar sauce.


Third Course - Seared scallops with grains of paradise and saffron cream sauce and foam.


Intermezzo - Coconut and Mango - Sunny side up.  That's actually coconut milk, gelled with sodium alginate and calcium chloride, and mango juice spherified the same way.  He was just having fun trying this, but it turned out to be really yummy!


Fourth Course - Thinly sliced chicken seared in white truffle oil, served with mango caviar and red onions over quinoa.


It was as delicious as it looks!

4 comments:

Additionsstyle said...

Wow, that looks and sounds amazing. Lucky you, I can't even let my husband in the kitchen.

Larissa said...

Thanks, yeah, I got lucky. He brews really good beer too!

Amy W said...

That looks awesome!!! My hubby is a really good cook too, but not fancy like that. :) I don't think I've even tasted, well, any of those foods! They sound yummy though!

Larissa said...

I come from a mom whose cooking is amazing, but very down-home Jewish food... brisket, turkey, etc. Thankfully I've always been open to trying and eating different things, 'cause Eric likes to play with all sorts of ingredients & techniques. I love both kinds of food... which means I have the potential to be about 400 lbs someday. ;-)

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