Socca (Flour) August 10, 2019
Posted by cint77 in Recipes.Tags: flour, Jacinta, recipe
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For this Yotam Ottolengthi recipe, served in the Flower/Flour dinner, I used brown onions not white and doubled the recipe. When making the pancakes don’t add all the water straight away as mine were a bit thin. Make sure the pan is hot to get the bubbles.
Cauliflower Cake (Flower) August 10, 2019
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This dish from the Flower/Flour dinner is from Maggie Mariolis. There were no modifications to the recipe except that I only used 125g of Parmesan because that is the size of packets they sell at the supermarket, and I used dukkah because I couldn’t find black nigella seeds.
Flower/flour August 9, 2019
Posted by andrewescott in Dinners.Tags: andrew, dinner, flour, flower, Jacinta
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Two words that sound the same are called homophones, and the theme for our dinner on Monday 5th August was one, either flour or flower as appropriate to the recipe! Andrew was the host, and cooked the dessert dishes along with Jacinta who cooked the savoury ones.
Drink
Andrew started us with a flower-themed drink: champagne with hibiscus flower in syrup.
Entré
To begin the savoury courses, Jacinta served us Yotam Ottolengthi’s socca (chickpea flour pancakes).
Mains
For mains, Jacinta served a Yotam Ottolenghi cauliflower cake and a green salad.
Dessert
For dessert, Andrew firstly served a small “palate-cleanser” dessert of muhalabia (orange blossom water milk custard), followed by dark chocolate mud cake (using coconut flour) decorated with a sugar fondant rose.
Slow August 9, 2019
Posted by andrewescott in Dinners.Tags: dinner, kerri, laura, slow
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With winter upon us in Melbourne, it seemed appropriate to pick the theme of Slow food for our dinner. On Monday 15th July, we sat down to linger on delicious food from Laura and Kerri, with Kerri hosting.
Drink
Laura served us an infused cocktail spirit with lemonade to get us into the slow mood.
Entré
To start the dinner proper, we had Greek chicken and lemon soup.
Mains
For mains, we had lamb with onion and thyme, scalloped potatoes, and a warm winter salad.
Dessert
To finish the dinner, we had slow roasted quince with honey, cinnamon and cloves, with brandy butter ice-cream, a cake (which sadly I can’t remember much about now), and gluten-free almond biscotti with a hot drink.
Spanish August 9, 2019
Posted by andrewescott in Dinners.Tags: dinner, franca, Jacinta, spanish
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For Monday 3rd June, we went regional, and had a Spanish dinner. Franca and Jacinta were our cooks for the evening, with Jacinta hosting.
Mains
The mains were served tapas-style, with a range of smaller dishes for sharing. These included fried eggplant with herbs and honey, ricotta with grapes and olives, Frank Camorra’s ensalada de remolacha (beetroot salad with fennel and cumin), and Frank Camorra’s prueba de matanza con patatas panadera (fresh chorizo with baker’s potatoes).
Dessert
For dessert, we had individual serves of crema catalana.
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