This past Sunday was Easter Sunday, the one day of the year that it is perfectly acceptable to eat chocolate for breakfast! But for my family that is not the only thing Easter is about. Of course there is the religious aspect - we went to church on Good Friday. But mostly for us it's about celebrating our family. We had our grandparents over for lunch and Mum cooked a fabulous meal that she saw on channel seven's My Kitchen Rules.
We started out our culinary adventure with some nibbles - chips and cheese. Following this we had a cheese soufflé. It was a twice baked gruyere soufflé with pear and rocket salad. This was the first time I had tried this dish and it was so incredibly delicious! We paired this with a nice glass of white wine, which complemented the meal perfectly. The pear and rocket salad I could have left though. I'm not particularly a fan of pear at all.
Following this we had beef wellington with red wine jus, which was again beautiful. Mum and I went to a lot of work in the weeks before Easter trying to find two eye fillets that were the same size. We needed this much because the meal was to be feeding 8 people. All our hard work paid off, with the beef cooked medium rare, but closer to rare then medium... just the way I like it! The pastry was beautiful too, with Mum making her own puff pastry rather then buying it.
Finally for dessert we had one of my favourite dishes - creme caramel. Last time Mum made it she used this recipe, but it wasn't perfect, so this time she used one from her Stephanie Alexander cook book. It was delicious! It was served with fresh raspberries which perfectly complemented the dessert.
All in all the meal was delicious. All my grandparents thought so as well. Cooking for the everyone is one of the things our family enjoys the most. Particularly on holidays. The Easter meal with my family is always one of my favourites and this one certainly didn't disappoint!
Yummy creme caramel.
- Posted by Lucinda Moore
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