Your Dinner Party Menu

[Jarvey Of Suburbia]

Starter: Red Pepper soup with fresh rolls.

Main: Chicken and mushroom pie with mash and vegtables.

Dessert: Chocolate fudge cake with cream.

Marks out of ten please.

You??

[Fiend_85]

I'd say that could end up being quite rich and heavy, with your main and desert combination. V creamy.

Without tasting it, I'd go for a 6 or a 7/10 because I'd end up feeling like a cube by the end of it.

ETA:

Starter: Caramlised onion and soft cheese puff pastry tarte (really sweet onions here, been cooked in butter slowly for an hour or so, then in the oven to melt the cheese on top and puff the pastry)

Main: Shepherds pie here. So many ways of making it taste different, but I'd go for slow cooked lean lamb mince with veggie and lamb stock for depth of flavour. Then a really smooth creamy mash, with lots of butter and either full fat milk or full on cream goodness and covered with grated cheese

Dessert: Pancakes, really thin light pancakes with icing sugar and lemon or golden syrup or a chocolate sauce as options

[Jarvey Of Suburbia]

Originally Posted by Fiend_85

I'd say that could end up being quite rich and heavy, with you main and desert combination. V creamy.

Without tasting it, I'd go for a 6 or a 7/10 because I'd end up feeling like a cube by the end of it.

MMMM cubey.

Maybe potato encrutes in stead of mash??

[Fiend_85]

or new potatos. It also depends whether your pie filling is gravy or creamy oriented and whether you had short crust or puff pastry

Do mine!

[Jarvey Of Suburbia]

Originally Posted by Fiend_85

I'd say that could end up being quite rich and heavy, with you main and desert combination. V creamy.

Without tasting it, I'd go for a 6 or a 7/10 because I'd end up feeling like a cube by the end of it.

ETA:

Starter: Caramlised onion and soft cheese puff pastry tarte (really sweet onions here, been cooked in butter slowly for an hour or so, then in the oven to melt the cheese on top and puff the pastry)

Main: Shepherds pie here. So many ways of making it taste different, but I'd go for slow cooked lean lamb mince with veggie and lamb stock for depth of flavour. Then a really smooth creamy mash, with lots of butter and either full fat milk or full on cream goodness and covered with grated cheese

Dessert: Pancakes, really thin light pancakes with icing sugar and lemon or golden syrup or a chocolate sauce as options

Sounds good. I'm not a fan of Shepherds pie though. The strater sound especally scrumpious.8/10

[Fiend_85]

My housemate wasn't a fan of shepherds pie until she tried mine either. Man I love cooking. and eating.

[Jarvey Of Suburbia]

Originally Posted by Fiend_85

or new potatos. It also depends whether your pie filling is gravy or creamy oriented and whether you had short crust or puff pastry

Do mine!

Creamy puff sounds nice to me.

[Jarvey Of Suburbia]

Originally Posted by Fiend_85

My housemate wasn't a fan of shepherds pie until she tried mine either. Man I love cooking. and eating.

Then this is your kind of forum then!!

[Fiend_85]

It is very nice. But you've got to balance it up against a heavy desert. maybe going for a fruit option, some sugar covered summer fruits with single cream or custard or something.

ETA: yes it is, I'm going to spend SO much time in here.

[Jarvey Of Suburbia]

Apple Tarte tatin??

[Fiend_85]

Yeah, could be, but then maybe that's a lot of pastry going on... Variety is good.

[Jarvey Of Suburbia]

Vodka infused fruit jellies??

[Fiend_85]

hahaha, maybe

[Jarvey Of Suburbia]

They sound nice to me.

Any way choc mouse is my fave and it,s light.

[RubberSkin]

I'd go for, 2nd option being veggie

Starter - Chicken Waldorf salad/Mozarella, basil and tomato salad.

Main - Steak au poivre/Chestnut filo parcels with rosti, carrots with sour cream and chives and string beans.

Pud - Chocolate mousse or poached pears.