Cooking with the Chef

The other night we enjoyed a very special evening out with friends.  We had an amazing dinner but instead of being served, we actually prepared the meal with the help of a famous French chef. Here's Chef JP.

The players:

  We had to listen intently! He spoke very quickly and has a strong French accent. Talking was frowned upon!

The evening's menu, fancy n'est pas?

Getting to work....

The salad before the dressing. That little spoon on top is made out of artichokes and filled with artichoke mousse!  Don't take too much of the roasted red peppers, Chef will reprimand you (like he did my husband!)

Making the apple corn dressing.  Dijon mustard, olive oil, cider vinegar...

lots of freshly chopped up herbs...

Onto the main course, lobster thermidor with white saffron sauce.

We worked on the crabmeat stuffing while Chef chopped up veggies and seaweed(!). Mr Teacher's Pet got in on the action.

Hubs being very impressive in sauce making!

In his glory!

Taking a break for a photo op.

Can you believe this was the first time the other two couples had met?

Time for the important course: Dessert.

Hot chocolate souffle! My job was to melt these huge chunks of chocolate and mix with cream and Grand Marnier.  It was harder than it looked and it took four people to complete this task.

Look at the size of this chocolate bar!

Working on the eggs...

Chef took over all of the from time to time.

Pure chocolate bliss!

The great male equalizer....televised sports! All of our transgressions forgiven!

This was an awesome experience! Have you ever tried something like this? I highly recommend it, bring some friends and some wine and enjoy!

                                                                   

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