***Warning – do not read this if you are hungry***
On Saturday, I helped to prepare and serve this meal at Cuisine for three lucky couples who bid on the dinner at a local school auction. On the menu:
Appetizer
Antipasti platter
Served with Prosecco
First course
Poached fresh mozzarella in tomato broth
Pasta course
Handmade herbed mascarpone tortellini
with roasted wild mushrooms, sauteed in truffle butter
Intermezzo
Entree
Grilled double-cut lamb chops with tomato-olive ragu,
creamy rosemary-parmesan potatoes,
and charred asparagus
Salad
Escarole, apple, fennel salad in a lemon-honey vinaigrette
with sugared pine nuts
Dessert
Buttermilk panna cotta with poached spiced winter fruit
and almond wafers
served with iced Limoncello