Friday, October 14, 2011

From French Pyrenees to Catalonia coast

10-14-2011 Fri. mild, rain to shine.



BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- soup wonton
AFTERNOON-TEATIME
--- pear
DINNER --- ( a Spanish and southern French dinner for the cooking club) figs with Serrano ham | pickled mussels with roasted red pepper | Spanish sharp goat cheese | Marcona almonds | Spanish cava || braised stuffed baby squid and pickled mackerel | pear and bitter green salad | butternut squash and granny smith apple soup | duck confit | saffron rice | layered ratatouille with sofrito sauce | Provencal rose | Bordeaux white wine || Crema Catalonia | Spanish herbal liqueur | Spanish almond chocolate



figs with Serrano ham


Spanish pickled mussels

Spanish goat cheese and almonds

squid and mackerel


serving pear salad


layering ratatouille

sofrito and thyme-garlic sauces for ratatouille


baked ratatouille

duck confit, saffron rice


  • this version of layered ratatouille is " a combination of all sorts of recipes... bits from Jose Andres, Thomas Keller, Smitten Kitchen, Pixar, and some bits from nowhere" (D.D.). two sauces and layered structure are crucial.