Erika and Grace came over for dinner on Sunday night. The plan had been squid ink pasta, but it was not a good spring for squidding. Instead, we started with asparagus ravioli in broth. I mostly used an Epicurious recipe, although I made up the pasta dough (with help from Mom by phone). It was a total pain to make, but I'd probably do it again. The filling is asparagus and mascarpone and some other stuff and really really good. The broth was supposed to be from homemade stock, but I didn't have enough of that and threw in some boxed--a mistake, but OK. The recipe has you halve the tips lengthwise, which makes for a really pretty presentation.
For the entree we served Bobby Flay grilled salmon with sherry-honey glaze. It was very good, but next time I'd reserve some glaze and top the salmon with it at the end for just a little more flavor. It was accompanied by garden greens tossed in lemon juice and good Spanish olive oil and roasted red potato salad (roasted with rosemary and sage, tossed in olive oil and a balsamic vinegar reduction, served at room temp to make my life easier). Grace and I drank Nyakas 2007 Budai Sauvignon Blanc, Craig had our 3 Mollusk House Red, and Erika enjoyed Magic Hat's Lucky Cat.
Finally, dessert! Epicurious again, waffles topped with what they called salted caramel coulis. I would have called it butterscotch, either way it was really good. I definitely should have whipped the remaining heavy cream to make this beautiful and even more delicious, but it was a fun and tasty dessert anyway
Dinner yesterday was nothing to blog about, but we did ring in summer on the porch. Outdoor pretzels with mustard and gin and tonic, an excellent way to finish up a long weekend.
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