Thursday night dinner party!

I have a standing dinner party almost every Thursday evening, in the home of one of my favorite clients. After the kids (all five of them) have enjoyed their dinner of Chicken Nuggets, Corn and Pasta, the adults sit down to a relatively quiet meal. This past week was a particularly beautiful dinner. It may just be the yellow plates (one of my favorite colors) but everything looked as good as it tasted.

We started with a Bibb Leaf Salad tossed with a Creole Mustard Vinaigrette, roasted Butternut Squash and a thin slice of Bermuda Triangle Goats Milk Cheese. Bermuda Triangle is made by Cypress Grove Chevre. It is a soft ripened, double rind cheese with a Vegetable Ash rind. It is very, very good!
For the main course they enjoyed a piece of pan-seared Wild Speckled Trout, served over a bed of Spaghetti Squash and Broccoli Rabe. Sauced with a twist on the classic Amandine, made with the zest and juice of an organic Louisiana Satsuma instead of the traditional Lemon Juice, and in place of chopped parsley to finish I substituted a chiffonade of Basil from the family's garden.

Dessert was a classic, Chocolate Creme Brulee with a burnt Turbinado Sugar crust. Consumed in moments! A great meal!