Easter Monday lunch

Trave's parents came to visit yesterday and apart from friends coming for a drink on the way back from the pub on Sunday night, they were our first visitors to our new house! We still have a few boxes piled up, but the house does not look like a battlefield any longer!

This gave me the opportunity to use the table cloth that my mother made for my 20th birthday and to test the new oven. I invested in an oven thermometer, which I discovered is essential with gas ovens if you are not used to them.


Here is the lunch menu:

Appetisers:
Home-made cashew nut biscuits
Toasts made with home-made sundried tomato bread, pesto and Parmesan

Starter:
Asparagus with orange dressing

Main course:
Potato pie
nutmeg & coriander carrot purée
broccoli florets

Cheese and lettuce course:
Manchego (Spanish cheese)
Pié d'Angloys (French cheese)
Ossau Iraty (Basque cheese)
Cheddar (English cheese)
Lettuce with Xeres vinegar & unrefined extra virgin olive oil

Dessert:
Poached pears with ricotta & maple syrup

Coffee

Afternoon tea:
Almond and roasted hazelnut gateau

The wine was a Grand Vin de Bordeaux which Trave received from my parents last Christmas. That bottle was too big to open for just the 2 of us so this occasion was perfect!