New Year’s Eve 6 Course Meal at the Fawn House

This New Year’s Eve Evan and I had a dinner party for 6 of our good friends. We have never been really big on going out to bars/restaurants/ downtown for NYE, so we decided that we would do a 6 course meal and invite everyone stay at the house. It worked perfect we all chipped in $20 a person and had a meal that was AMAZING and no one had to drive home afterward

You may notice something trending in this menu… can you guess what I got for Christmas from my Fry Daddy???

Here’s how it went down…

First Course: charcurterie sampler : chicken liver pâté, NY chorizo, sottocenere with truffles, cheddar farmstead block, olives, hot and sweet pickles and peppers, with a cracker and bread assortment

Second course: pizzette with fried brussel sprout leaves tossed with crispy bacon and golden raisins drizzled with a tarragon and meyer lemon cream sauce and parm shavings

Third course: 20 hr sous vide spiced pork belly on top a collard and mash mound

Fourth course: 5 wild mushroom risotto with 110 min egg

Fifth course: sous vide duck breast topped with hibiscus flower and fried shallots on a bed of arugula

Sixth course: strawberry and champagne shortcake with dark chocolate snow and whipped cream sprinkled with pop rocks

If you were wondering…I got a Sous Vide Supreme!

HAPPY 2013 EVERYONE! CHEERS!

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Jennifer Berentsen on January 4, 2013 at 8:10 pm said:

Oh gosh, everything looks so good! Love the pop rocks, you’re so clever!

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- zestybeandog on January 4, 2013 at 8:35 pm said:
  
  Thanks! I was a memorable meal for sure The pop rocks were in my stocking
  
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Mad Dog on January 4, 2013 at 9:58 pm said:

Excellent – nice work and good to see a little mini pizza creeping in
Happy New Year!

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- zestybeandog on January 4, 2013 at 10:10 pm said:
  
  Thanks! I have that little pizza recipe coming soon, one of my favs to date! Happy New Year!
  
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ChgoJohn on January 5, 2013 at 2:33 am said:

Wow, ZBD! You really treated your friends to a stellar meal. Now that’s how you start a year off right.
Happy New Year to you and yours!

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Karen (Back Road Journal) on January 5, 2013 at 3:33 pm said:

Now that is the way to ring in the New Year. Here is to a terrific new year.

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- zestybeandog on January 6, 2013 at 8:47 am said:
  
  Thanks it was a lot of fun! Happy new year!
  
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Lauren on January 5, 2013 at 9:23 pm said:

Ooh, sous vide, fancy! I do love the idea of having a NYE dinner party — we used to do the same thing pre-kids. Hopefully someday I’ll get it together enough to do it again!

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