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[Subject line from Laurence Sterne's The Supper]

About four years ago, or more (back when wine was allowed in carry-on luggage), a friend gave me a bottle of red (Snoqualmie Syrah 2001) with the idea that we'd drink it over a dinner soon.

Well. We finally got around to it earlier this week. There was also a bottle of Meursault burgundy (2004 Jean Monnier et fils) that the BYM had picked up during his day trip to Dijon back in May.

From dinner 1 Oct 2009


So, the menu was planned with those two wines in mind, in tandem with my friend's other preferences (does not eat red meat; loves cheese; ok being my guinea pig). So we ended up with:

Appetizers:
* a "cave-aged" Gruyere that the Turnip Truck recommended as good with Burgundy. It was very tasty.
* sugar snap peas
* goat cheese (overshadowed by the Gruyere)

Main:
* plum-glazed salmon
* red peppers stuffed with an eggplant-ricotta-pesto mixture

From dinner 1 Oct 2009



* sweet potato biscuits...

From dinner 1 Oct 2009



...which, meh. Baking is not my strong suit to begin with, but the recipe was clearly out of whack, and the results tasted more like play-doh than fluffy pillows of starchy goodness.

From dinner 1 Oct 2009

On the plus side, my attempt made the dog happy (she hoovered up a cubic foot of dough when I left the kitchen for a minute) and my friend took the leftovers home to combine with apples for bread-pudding.

We ended up not having any room for dessert - which was just as well, since the praline cheesecake pie turned out to be significantly undercooked. *wince*

From dinner 1 Oct 2009

So much for the "jiggle" test. Learn and practice...

The leftover salmon and peppers were terrific as leftovers, and I still have some of the Gruyere left. Yum!


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