Good Company & Good Food
When my friend decided to have a special dinner night at her new house aka The Palace, she challenged her guests to prepare a dish with matching wine. I love seafood so thought some baked scallops which I've cooked before would be nice. I've also heard they go well with cauliflower puree so made this for the first time with butter, a bit of milk, garlic, salt and pepper. I used a blender at home to pre-make before arriving. The scallops were bought from Christie's Seafood in the Sydney Fish Markets which is also where I usually buy my oysters from. Before cooking the scallops they are sprayed with olive oil, then sprinkled with salt, pepper and chilli powder. Add a tiny bit of butter and grated parmesan cheese for extra flavour. Bake for about 10 minutes at 180-200 degrees or until they cook and puff up a bit in the oven. Top with chives and serve with fresh lime. It makes such a difference cutting chives with my newly sharpened knives — they used to just squash the chives when cutting. Our host provided appetizers including oysters with a tomato and chive vinaigrette and for dessert was a delicious orange and vanilla panna cotta with blueberry compote (pictured above) which was an obsolute crowd pleaser.
SNAPSHOT REVIEW:
PROS: Getting to try other friends cooking
CONS: Have to cook something, Learning to use someone else's kitchen
MUST TRY: Making panna cotta with blueberry compote
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Aperitif
Appetizers
Oyster with tomato and chive vinaigrette
First course – Chefs Leong & Loz
Second course – Chefs Pat & John
Third course – Chefs Shona & Dan
Fourth course – Chefs Pel & Sam
Pot-roasted shoulder of lamb with roasted butternut pumpkin and sweet red onions, coriander shallot salsa and crème fraîche (Jamie Oliver recipe)
Margan Cabernet Sauvignon 2007
SIMON FAVOURITE :-)
Dessert – Chef Pel
Panna cotta with blueberry compote (Sean Moran recipe)
SIMON FAVOURITE :-)
The panna cotta wobble test
New home
6 comments:
Nice little shack you had dinner in. What a wonderful gastro-fest you all had. Scallops sound delicious and you can't go wrong with the good old Oyster Bay. Have never attempted pannacotta. I usually buy mine from Pastizzi Cafe in Newtown, with raspberry compote. Delish!
Thanks for sharing, looks like you all had a great evening!
Nice post! LOVE the YouTube Panna cotta wobble test! hahaha Cracked me up! :)
Food looks great but that house is droolicious!
What a feast! Good job on the scallop and cauliflower puree!
what a wonderful idea, every dish looks amazing!!
hi john, oyster bay seems to be a great choice at the moment for a marlborough sauvignon blanc. haven't come across any better in that price range but always willing to hear about it. i'll have to remember about the pannacotta at pastizzi cafe, sounds great.
hi pearl, i even have a video of us trying to get the pannacotta out of metal molds which were getting stuck. it was the first time they made them.
hi yaya, the house is amazing. it's a mansion!
hi joey, first time i did the cauliflower puree and definitely won't be the last. was really yummy and simple.
hi maria, thanks for the kind comments. was a fun night and would definitely do again. should get a few bloggers together to have a dinner and dish night. would be fun i think.
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