Dinner turned out very nicely. The potatoes with basil vinaigrette were a definitely keeper (FC 21, p43) and the dry-aged steaks were to die for. I really didn’t even want the horseradish-chive creme fraiche (FC 69, p76), the steaks were just that good. The rolls were a rich dough base similar to Challah and I’d do those again (FC 6, p24) though I’m not so enthusiastic about the squash gratin (FC 33 p 28). I am not keen about mushy squash but perhaps if I just shorten the cooking time they’d be tastier.
We’ve had the peanut butter pie a few times before so that was a shoe-in. I am not keen on sweet peanut butter things so I had some store-bought mint brownies for myself. It was a lovely dinner complete with a lovely Rioja, a birthday present to Jason from his sister.
July 22, 2008 at 11:27 am
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July 22, 2008 at 6:37 pm
those steaks do look good. I bet some fresh tomatoes would go nicely. We make zucchini ‘boats’ (with squash also) that you might try they aren’t too soft. You slice them longways (kind of thin) and put salt, pepper and bacon bits or parmesan cheese and bake. They do really well on a pizza stone. Everyone in the house eats them and there aren’t many things everyone will eat.