Happy New Year

Last night's celebration dinner...


Green Pea Soup with Bagel Chip croutons

We chose Pea Soup over more exotic ingredients like asparagus in order to remain true to the season.


Chestnut Cranberry Rounds with Roasted Garlic and Squash, a Beetroot Confit and a Red Wine and Forest Mushroom Sauce

This rather traditional range of flavours went together very well. The chestnuts were fresh, cooked and peeled before combining with vegetables, flour and stock. The rounds were cooked in small patty trays but were rather fragile and difficult to turn out.


Raspberry Sponge with Caramel Sauce and Icecream

This sponge was brilliant, if I say so myself, made with coconut milk and frozen raspberries but the caramel sauce was still too hard and chewy when it cooled. The ice cream was Swedish Glace, one of the few short cuts we took with this meal.


Handmade After Dinner Mints

A simple faux fondant forms the middles of these pretty and easy chocolates. They are incredibly rich but rather delicious.

Thanks to Mr. Stripey for taking the pictures.

Happy New Year to all my readers, I hope you have success and happiness in the future and that we can continue to share our cooking and lives through our blogs.