Welcome to Cioppino night!
Cocktail - Blood Orange Martini
Ingredients include Skyy Blood Orange vodka, lemon juice, simple syrup, and a splash of fresh tangerine juice. (And if you light the orange peel on fire for a second and let the zest drip into the drink, the flavor is intensified!)
Ohhh... this was good! Very clean and fresh... perfect way to "cleanse the palate" for an evening of seafood!
Entree - Cioppino
Home run! This was amazing... But there were quite a few changes (based on the reviews off the website.) First - we halved the recipe (and had enough to feed at least 6.) 1 14oz can of stewed tomatoes, 1 14oz can of petite diced tomatoes, 14oz of seafood stock, and 1/2 a bottle of clam juice were added to the wine and herbs. Then we used lobster, mahi mahi, calamari, shrimp, king crab, and littleneck clams. OMG. With some fresh ciabbata bread to sop up the broth... you cannot go wrong! Tomorrow's leftovers will be over pasta! This recipe is guaranteed to be a hit... especially, since its so flexible - add whatever you want and just watch it create a masterpiece!
Dessert - Raspberry White Chocolate Mousse
Follow the recipe and you can't go wrong! The only changes we made were to use seedless raspberry jam in the microwave instead of frozen raspberries... and then use chambord instead of grand marnier. We then whipped it back into the cream instead of folding. This was the perfect "light" ending to a fabulous meal!
Wine - 2010 Feudi di San Gregorio Falanghina
88/100 - Wine Advocate
As expected, another home run from Harry's Wine in Fairfield, CT. This medium-bodied wine has a lingering finish of citrus and minerals with intense aromas of apple, pineapple and banana with hints of white flowers. It was not buttery like a Chardonnay (we didn't want that) but had the "balls" to stand up to a seafood meal. In fact... we used the second bottle to go with dessert!
Next week... Chicken!
I am waiting for the Super Bowl edition.
ReplyDeleteAre you going to come up with a drink representing the New England Patriot and New York Giant fans/Team?
I am wondering what will be the gourmet Super Bowl meal. I guess I will have to wait.
Do you have any gourmet meal ideas for dogs? Spike was wondering.
Oh just you wait for Super Bowl. It will be epic. Mixologist Jennifer is already thinking up some special cocktails and the menu has been in the planning phase for quite some time. As for dog meals - interesting concept... stay tuned.
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