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| baked eggs, brekky salad, fresh baked pain d'epi, homemade butter and a fresh brew of coffee. |
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| brekky salad of avocado halves, crisp prosciutto, fresh ricotta and snow pea sprouts. |
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| tablecloth - butchers paper with scribbled menu |
I'm a total sucker for the experience of wining and dining in aesthetically-pleasingly-perfect surrounds. But it's not only about picking some fine nosh and wine. The happenings around our table matter too, if not more - the moments, the laughs, discussions and memories made. Last Sunday's autumn (Mother's Day) gathering was spent in rustic brilliance...if I may say so myself. I pulled my Pain D'Epi loaf from the oven to accompany two versions of baked organic eggs and teamed it all with made-from-scratch ricotta over a brekky salad with a side of homemade butter (yes, jar-shaken with a pinch of salt). If you're gonna do things right, you may as well make your own butter!
The sweetest part of this gathering for a few was bringing together the food I believe in with a perfectly mismatched table setting and having everyone enjoy it as much as I did prepping it.
Recipes if you're interested:
Ricotta in 15 minutes
Pain D'Epi sea salt and olive oil French bread
That ricotta looks divine!
ReplyDeleteI always forget that you're easing into autumn right now while we're just hoping spring will stick around... that must make Mother's Day quite a different experience, in the northern hemisphere it's all about breakfasts with fresh fruit that is just coming into season :) Although I must say, I can't argue with any meal that involves home-made butter, no matter what the seasons. It looks like you made an absolutely wonderful feast for Mother's Day!
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Cee
fresh spring/summer fruits are my favourite! Thanks Cee, it was so enjoyable to prepare and I think everyone enjoyed it!
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I would normally pfft! at salad for breakfast but this look amazing. Also, homemade butter?
ReplyDeletehaha - so would I but I wanted to incorporate avos into this brekky. Plus, the baked eggs needed some GREEN to break things up :D
Deleteyup, homemade butter. It sounds more difficult than what it is. I decided to do it while waiting for the cheese because I had a heap of cream left over. I put some in a jar and started shaking it (you literally just shake cream!) and it worked out. I'll post a recipe soon. ;)
How lovely!!! I love pretty (and yummy) food! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Susannah :) It turned out so well. I was really pleased...and it was so yummy!
DeleteLook delicious!!
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