Apr
7
Easter dinner
by Sofia - in Cooking Party planning
I hope you all had a great Easter! Ours included lots of family time, many rounds of dominoes, some good food and great wine and we went to see some cute new born lambs and chicks. They were all just a few days old if even that and so adorable. All in all we had a fun and lovely time.
I really wanted to share a few photos from our dinner table setting from one of the nights that we dined in our house. Our menu was inspired by the spring. We had green asparagus for starters. I really love it with a mixture of great olive oil and butter heated up with herbs such as oregano, sage and thyme. Add some grated lemon rind and juice, salt and pepper and you are in heaven. Generous shaving of aged parmesan on top is a must! For our main course my dad prepared the lamb and the sauce for it. He is the best chef in the world. I made us a big salad of mesclun greens with a sweet balsamic dressing and garlic potatoes. No one in our family is really in to the creamy kind and everyone always just wants the crispy topping so instead of making it in to a casserole I sliced the potatoes very thin on a mandolin, spread them evenly on baking sheets and drizzled olive oil on top. Then I added plenty of garlic, salt and black pepper and put them in the oven until crispy golden brown. To die for-good. Mint jelly is a must with lamb in our household and we baked an Italian Easter bread to go with it. I actually used my friends challah recipe that is a little sweet and added boiled and coloured eggs for lovely original looks. I added some saffron to it for a lovely yellow colour. This was a suggestion from a colleague of mine and the colours looked very pretty together. I also braided a regular challah loaf to save for the morning and we made ridiculously good french toast from it for breakfast. For dessert I made some meringues to be served with pretty pale green pistachio ice-cream, whipped cream and red currants. I´m sharing the recipe for those meringues this week. We used the rest of the whipped cream at breakfast. What a feast!
Toivottavasti pääsiäisesi oli mukava! Meillä on syöty hyvin, vietetty aikaa perheen kanssa ja pelattu monta kierrosta uutta domino-peliä. Kävimme myös Falkullassa katsomassa pieniä muutaman päivän ikäisiä tipuja ja ankanpoikasia sekä karitsoja. Ne olivat kyllä suloisia! Kuvissa kiirastorstaisen illallisen kattaus. Menusta olikin jo puhetta viimeisimmässä postauksessa.
Hyvää viikon jatkoa!
Have a great rest of the week!
Lattemamma
p.s. Tomorrow some kids clothes!
Sain tästä kirjoituksestasi todella hyvän kevätfiiliksen! Aivan ihana Petit Trianon-tunnelma. Kodikasta ja eleganttia.
Oih kiitos Aava! Mikä ihana kohteliaisuus. Tunnelma tässä elokuvan pätkässä on niin ihana! Meidän jälkkäri oli itseasiassa ihan vähän Marie Antoinette henkinen…
What adorable idea of the cloth napkins and ribon! All looks very pretty and bright.
Thank you sweet Ita!
Oi kuinka upeita kuvia! Kaikki näyttää niin upealta, tunnelmalliselta ja kodikkaalta 🙂 Kuulostaa, että teillä on ollut aivan ihana pääsiäinen 🙂
Kiitos Ansku! <3