I had 5 girlfriends over for a long lunch on Easter Friday, no boys allowed. We had a great time with lots of champers, food and a couple of facemasks ..as you do!
I had composed an easy menu where i could prepare a lot so we started off with an asparagus soup with a hint of truffle oil and lightly blanched asparagus tips and a swirl of cream. My friend Karin had kindly baked and brought along some of her famous foccacia - still warm from the oven! We followed that with some simple oven roasted salmon and an "easter salad" the salad consisted of mini mozzarella, mango, rocket, tomatoes, fennel, avocado and red onion topped with a honey vinaigrette and pumpkin seads. I also made a little youghurt/creme fraice sauce with lots of chopped herbs.
My dessert was not as successful. i had made it a day in advance and it was a rich chocolate cake with a chocolat ganache on top that was infused with cardamom and cinnamon, decorated with macadamia nuts. It was a little bit too rich and heavy. Oh well, 2 out of 3 is not too bad! ;-)
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