quenelle reshaped

5-24-2014 Sat. warm, sunny.  


WEEKEND BREAKFAST --- coffee | baguette | French cheese | raspberries |  apple AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- Gin and tonic | cheese twist | toasted bread | fois gras | French cheese | olives
DINNER --- steamed potatoes with parsley | French lentils | quenelle (remake) | salad | wine

 walking through IRS

 

• quenelle went through a remake, this time with a dumpling shape, but texture too dense.

French twist

5-23-2014 Fri. warm, sunny.  


BREAKFAST --- coffee
LUNCH --- baguette and French cheese | nectarine
AFTERNOON-TEATIME --- tea 
DINNER --- ( for Inger and Jan)  homemade baked cheese twist |  foie gras | salami | baguette | wine || Burrata cheese with slightly pickled cucumber and beech mushroom | fish quenelle with cream sauce and black truffle | lamb stuffed Holland eggplant | French green lentils with vegetables and mustard vinegar dressing || French artisan chocolate | tea 

 

• first try on fish quenelle from scratch. no recipe talked about dumplings could disintegrate during poaching even at below-boiling temperatures.