Friday 20 February
Liz came over for dinner, and while
we snacked on olives and cashews and drank the good Chianti she brought, we put
together a warming winter dinner.
A couple of thick strip steaks went
on the grill pan, then got sliced and garnished with thyme-sautéed mushrooms.
In the meantime, the rest of the
red beans from Tuesday's slow-cooker batch were reheated in bacon grease in
which some diced shallot had sizzled.
Okay, the picture is splashier
than even Saveur's illustrations - damn
good, though.
For the finishing touch, Holt threw together a
delicious compote of fresh apple, dried fig, apricot, and cranberries, mixed
with some hot slivered almonds, cooked with Marsala and chestnut honey, ladled
into ramekins, and topped with the last of the eggnog ice cream. Went very well with little glasses of limoncello, a previous gift from Liz.
We were all warmed and filled, and happily, Liz made it home before it started snowing again.
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