July 2010
Monthly Archives
Red Wine Jus – dark, rich and velvety.
If you are going to hold a dinner party, I think going that little bit further is definitely the way to go. Sure, it usually means more work for you but the rewards of having your guests sigh with pleasure when they taste your food most definitely makes it all worthwhile. So to accompany my show stopping centrepiece crown roast, I wanted to provide a dark, rich and velvety jus to drizzle over the dainty cutlets. This recipe is easy to make. There is an intensity as well as a good balance of flavours. Besides, any leftover can be frozen and used … Continue Reading
Wild Rice Stuffing – the perfect filling for a succulent crown roast.
As a follow on from the crown roast post, I thought I should add the recipe for the vibrant and colourful stuffing that uses a mixture of white and wild rice. Apart from providing a tasty accompaniment to serve with your roast, it’s alternative purpose is to provide support for the crown roast as it cooks, allowing the roast to keep its shape. It also looks beautiful when served in the centre of the roast on a beautiful platter. Wild Rice Stuffing Recipe Ingredients 1 cup long grain rice 1 cup wild rice 4 cups of chicken broth 4 stalks … Continue Reading
Crown Roast – A Dinner Party Show Stopper
For my beautiful daughter’s 21st birthday, we held an all-girl, elegant dinner party for her and 7 of her girlfriends. To make this a special event, I decided to cook a Crown Roast with Wild Rice Stuffing along with mash, roasted truss tomatoes, yellow squash and green beans tossed with garlic oil. To top it off, the succulent meat was drizzled with red wine jus. If you haven’t already developed a good relationship with your butcher, then now is the time to do so. Not just for the crown roast – they are brilliant in helping with special cuts of … Continue Reading
Crafty Creations for a 21st Dinner Party setting.
Last Saturday night we held an elegant, feminine, all-girl dinner party for my beautiful eldest daughter’s 21st birthday. An amazing feat considering at the tender age of 18 months she was diagnosed with bacteria meningitis with an extremely poor prognosis. We were informed that she would be profoundly deaf, have brain damage and never be able to walk again. Things definitely were looking on the downside. But never one to give up (her or me), through hard work and sometimes sheer frustration, she learnt to walk again. Hearing tests proved positive and after a two year battle things returned to … Continue Reading
China Beach, Manly| Savouring the flavours of the Orient
I had been eagerly anticipating the opening of this little gem of a restaurant, baby sister of China Doll Restaurant at Woolloomooloo. Apart from the vast selection of Asian delights available, the thing that caught my eye was the decor. Maybe this has to do with my interior design background, but the overall feel of this new eatery evokes a sense of calmness with its light, airy, clean fresh feel without being sterile. There is, of course, the added advantage of being opposite picturesque Manly Beach providing sparkling water views by day. A busy juxtaposition is created with the use of Vietnamese floor tiles … Continue Reading
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