In honour of the day of red stuff, Ive invited some friends over for a 3-course meal. As all my creative efforts went into finding the recipes and attempting to prepare for them, I was devoid of any further inspiration and have hung onto the prerequisite red everything for the evening. Don’t judge me.
Anyway, as the purpose of the meal is to inflict something new upon my friends (and myself) I needed to attempt stuff I’ve never done before (which, by the way, is almost everything). Enter duck breast fillets (in a berry sauce) followed by creme brulée (with a berry topping). Oh, and a champagne starter thingy (with berries). I think I’ve got the whole berry market cornered.
As I type this, the brulée custards are cooking in the oven and the berry sauce for them is cooling. Ive never done a brulée before, never mind a berry one and it went waaay too smoothly. Im alarmed. Something must be wrong. Nothing burnt, scalded, separated or split. Nothing exploded. Nothing broke. But maybe its too soon to tell as the meal is only being served in 8 hours. I’ll keep you posted.
Right, so one item on the menu down-ish. Two items to go. Let’s see how this whole thing pans out (ha)!
