Apparently the end of financial year has not assisted my accounting abilities and the exact number completed is a little fuzzy but after last night we have definitely cooked 50 recipes from MTAOFC. Le Gourmand cast doubt onto the impressiveness of this last night with the argument that cooking beans in butter was not really that impressive and I challenged him to a night following 5 (or more) different Julia recipes and flicking around in the cookbook without his head exploding. If the challenge was accepted I did not hear the very faint agreement...
So back in the Julia saddle after a weekend away -
Menu
Lamb and rosemary sausages with Sauce Soubise
Broccoli (slight altercation in the oven, was going to use them to make the creamed brussel sprouts recipe but ended up sticking with braised in butter)
Cherry tomatoes
Crêpes De Pommes De Terre
The Sauce Soubise involved slow cooking sliced onions in butter (surprise, surprise) then adding some flour and milk and simmering before blending and then adding some cream to thin it out and salt, pepper and nutmeg to season. Tasted great with the flavours in the sausages as well as with the broccoli. A really smooth French sauce - Le Gourmand was impressed and agreed that sauces were where French cooking comes into itself.
The potato pancakes were mashed cream cheese, flour, eggs, cheese, grated potatoes and seasoning mixed together with some milk. They were cooked like pancakes and were light and delicious. I had grated the swiss cheese instead of finely dicing it, which ensured very smooth pancakes.
Le Success!
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