Apertif: White Wine and Mint Granita from Easy Growing. There are also great recipes in here flowerpot cornbread which I would like to try, cooking something in a flowerpot - genius! The people drank these and struggled through severe brainfreeze while the dogs (Archie Oneman the Wonderman, Janet and Lowrider) played at sniffing each others crotches.
Entree: Broccoli and Egg from Your Place or Mine? by Gary and George. I don't like to think too much about what the title of this book is insinuating. But it's nice to see that the lovely couple are able to reep in more rewards post Masterchef.
Main: Lamb Farcie from Jacques Reymond Cuisine de Temps. Troy's masterpiece. Double lamb cutlets with a chicken and sweetbread farce (mousse) wrapped in creppinette. Lamb cutlets were baked on rock salt. Served on silverbeet, with a tamarind and ginger dressing.
Dessert: Ginger Brulée Tarts and Rhubarb and Almond Tarts from Bourke Street Bakery
Verdict: Apertif was good. Someone (they shall remain nameless) didn't read the recipe properly and the mix turned out brown instead of a mint green. Still delicious, but really it's just watered down sugary wine.
Entree - OK quite simple, but about as exciting as a night out (or in) with George and Gary.
Main - A show stopper. Every mouthful was delicious. Definitely worth all of Troy's hard work the night prior. Big thanks for working tirelessly. Sorry you had to clock up an epic 20 hours on your feet that day!
Dessert - We were all very full by this stage but managed to push through. Ginger brulee tarts were the favourite. The rhubarb and almond tarts were a little dry. This will be because we opted not to make a pastry cream to fold into the frangipane. The pastry used for these tarts was very good. A light, flaky and sweet pastry which really worked with the brulee tarts.
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