Mystery Box March 22, 2020
Posted by andrewescott in Dinners.Tags: black beans, cherries, dinner, kerri, laura, mint, mystery box, pecans
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The TV cooking show MasterChef has a Mystery Box challenge, where the contestants need to make a dish featuring surprise ingredients they all get in boxes. We chose this as the theme for the dinner on 6th January, where the non-cooking members suggested an ingredient each to go in the Mystery Box: black beans (suggested by Pam), pecans (Andrew), cherries (Jacinta & Franca), and mint (reserve option from Jacinta).
Entre
To start the meal, we had balsamic cherry, feta and prosciutto pizza.
Mains
The main course was cherry and pecan pesto chicken, with black bean salad.
Palate Cleanser
To cleanse out palates after mains, we had a mint sorbet.
Dessert
To finish, the dessert was black bean, pecan and cherry brownies, and cherry and pecan pound cake.
Herbs March 22, 2020
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On Monday 7th October, our recipe club dinner was inspired by Herbs. Kerri and Pam both cooked, with Pam also hosting.
Drink
The feature drink for the evening was raspberry cocktails inflused with sage, tarragon and mint.
Entre
The entre was Ottolenghi mushroom and herb omlette (meant to be polenta).
Mains
Main course was kangaroo fillets rolled in finely chopped parsley, tarragon, rosemary and mint, with herbed roast vegetables.
Dessert
To finish, dessert was Swiss hazelnut & rosemary cake with chocolate frosting.
Slow August 9, 2019
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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.
Surprise! May 2, 2019
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On Monday 8th April, the Recipe Club dinner was a Surprise! Each dish had something surprising about it. Kerri and Laura cooked, with Laura hosting.
Entré
To begin, we had baked avocado & bacon with surprise boiled egg centre, and parmesan & bacon muffins with surprise Camembert centres.
Mains
For the main course, Laura served us meatloaf with a surprise mashed potato middle.
Dessert
To finish the meal, Kerri had made chocolate mousse with surprise raspberry syrup centre.
Christmas January 5, 2019
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To celebrate Christmas, we had the final Recipe Club dinner for the year on Monday 17th December. Kerri and Laura made the dishes, with Laura hosting.
Drinks
Kerri made two amazing cocktails that started and finished the meal – the “ornamentini” made within Christmas tree baubles, and chocolate peppermint martinis.
Entree
Laura began the meal proper with a cream-cheese Christmas tree.
Mains
The main course was maple mustard roasted turkey with harvest rice, orange carrots with yoghurt parsley dressing, smashed crispy roast potatoes with turmeric and coconut, and southern-style sweet potato salad.
Dessert
Kerri made a gingerbread and cherry galette for dessert (together with the chocolate peppermint martinis).
Yellow January 5, 2019
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On Monday 15th October, Kerri and Laura created a Yellow dinner, with Laura hosting.
Drink
We enjoyed a bourbon lemonade fruit punch.
Mains
The mains were a yellow curry and a Thai chicken salad.
Dessert
To finish the meal with yellow desserts, we had lemongrass parfait with pineapple salsa, and lemon brownies.
Layers January 5, 2019
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On Monday 16th July, as the winter weather had set in, we held a dinner on the theme of Layers. Kerri served dessert, and Andrew cooked the savoury dishes and hosted the dinner.
Mains
Andrew served up Thomas Keller’s Confit Byaldi, a gluten-free Feteer Meshaltet (egyptian), and Rakott Krumpli (hungarian).
Dessert
For dessert, Kerri made an Archeology Trifle.
West African June 9, 2018
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On Monday 5th March, Pam hosted a dinner themed on West African food, cooking together with Kerri.
Drink
The meal was complemented with a striking drink called Zobo (hibiscus tea) from Nigeria.
Main
The savoury dishes were roasted peppers oxtail stew (Nigeria), mafe (West Africa), jollof rice with chicken (Ghana), with fried plantains.
Dessert
To conclude, we had some sweet Sierra Leone morsels: kanya / peanut bites and akaras / banana fritters.
Honey January 13, 2018
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On Monday 8th January 2018, we kicked-off Recipe Club for the year with the sweet theme of Honey. Kerri hosted and cooked the savoury dishes, with Jacinta making the sweet ones.
Main
Kerri leaped right in to a spread of honey-based dishes for main course. There was honey-glazed roast leg of lamb with roast potatoes, an ancient grain salad with a yoghurt and honey dressing, and roasted broccoli with a honey tahini sauce.
Dessert
Jacinta served us two amazing desserts. Firstly a salted honey with roast pistachio icecream, and to finish, a honey-flavoured Japanese souffle cheesecake with apricot jam.
Persian January 3, 2018
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On Monday 2nd October 2017, Pam hosted the Persian dinner, cooking dishes together with Kerri.
Drink
Mains
Kerri made rice with tahdig, barberry rice with chicken, persian green bean rice, pomegranate and walnut stew (khoresht fesenjan), and lamb kebabs cooked in the oven.
Dessert
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