Making the pasta dough
I am not one of the dinner parties. I don't 'entertain'. I don't even have a dining table. However, I do like to cook. And last week I invited my parents over for dinner last night.
The menu: garlic bread, Italian salad, pasta with a salmon and spring onion sauce and Limoncello Flip for afters.
The result: while making the garlic butter for the garlic bread, the dish broke and I had to start all over again. In the end though the butter was made and it was spread on the bread, after which I put it underneath the grill for a few more minutes. It didn't taste like garlic bread though!
NOT the way to hang your spaghetti
While making the pasta, I used my old pasta machine. It worked okay, but the spaghetti had to be pulled loose from the strip. I hung it over the back of a chair, but hung it wrong: one on top of the other! So, by the time I needed to cook the pasta, it had become one big lump! Out with the home-made pasta, in with the factory pasta. I cooked that pasta, but after I had drained it, I realised most of it was still sticking together: I had forgotten to unravel it in the boiling water! I managed to get it done properly a few minutes later though. The sauce was okay, but I had forgotten the secret ingredient (white wine)!
The dessert I had made the day before (see post below this one) and even though it tasted scrumptious, it wasn't exactly as it should have been. I don't know where I went wrong, but I did exactly as it said in the recipe!
Dinner
The salad was the only part of the meal that was perfect: the salad, the tomatoes and the little mozzarellas.
All in all, everything tasted nice, but somehow it didn't come off as I had hoped and/or expected. Ah well, better luck next time!
You certainly fought an uphill battle over that meal.
ReplyDeleteI have definitely had those kind of meals in my kitchen! My husband is very kind, however, and will tell me it still tastes delicious.
ReplyDeleteNever mind Mara - I'm sure you had a lovely evening with your parents and you all enjoyed the food. The company is as much a part of a meal as the cooking. A
ReplyDeleteSo long as everyone enjoyed their food in good company, that's all that matters :-)
ReplyDeleteI'm afraid I have had a few too many of those types of meals. It sounds like you recovered rather well and had a tasty meal anyway.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week Mara.
We have all had days like that.
ReplyDeleteWould you like a ((HUG))