The 5 course dining experience…
I was finally able to try out something I’ve been wanting to do for a while now; cook a multiple course meal with all the old school traditions of a fish course, meat entrée, palette cleanser sorbet, a full-blown main and dessert.
The menu looked like this:
Fish Course: Sesame and corn encrusted Tuna steak with tomatillo and cucumber salad, and a red pepper reduction.
Meat entree: Home cured fillet of beef served with a celeriac rémoulade.
Pea and mint sorbet, served with ice cold vodka
Main course: Medallions of pork loin served in an apple and cider sauce with potato gratin and walnut salad.
Dessert: Chocolate and brandy ganache served in a pistachio pastry cup with homemade crème anglaise and chcolate encrusted smoked bacon.
There are some images below for your delectation. The whole thing came together over the course of two days and all worked so well. The only thing that wasn’t so great was the pea and mint sorbet. The flavours were all there so maybe it just wasn’t the flavours I necessarily wanted! It did work as a good palette cleanser though.
The tuna and, surprisingly enough, the chocolate covered bacon were some of the best aspects of the meal, and all in all it was one of the most satisfying and succesful culinary expeditions I’ve undertaken!
It’s something I’ll be doing every weekend but was something that turned out really well. Both myself and my guest enjoyed the whole evening, and while you can’t truly experience it all these images may help in some way!
Sesame and corn encrusted Tuna with a tomatillo and cucumber salad and red pepper reduction
Home cured Fillet of Beef with a celeriac remoulade
Pea and Mint Sorbet served with ice cold vodka
Medallions of tenderloin pork served in an apple and cider sauce, with potato gratin and walnut salad
Chocolate and brandy ganache in a pistacio pastry cup, served with homemade creme anglaise and chocolate covered smoked bacon
Thanks for reading.
The Epicurean Candidate.
