New Year Dinner Course

Happy New Year 2009!! :

Instead of going out to a swarm of people, shoving and pushing around plus having a kid, so the option of standing around sweaty crowd and being sprayed with white foam is not an option anymore. So we just having a get together with friend and bbqed. I cooked a full course dinner for my wife as well. Not too fancy like you have in restaurant but hei, my wife loved it that the important part.

As a starter :

I start with Salmon Caparccio.

It was a very simple and easy to do. Most important thing is you should not cut the salmon with shaky hand and a very sharp knife, hehe.You can buy any salmon fillet in a supermarket and slice thinly and place the pieces on a flat plate. Now we not eating sushi so we need to have dressing.

For dressing i use : Olive oil, chopped basil leaves, salt and pepper for seasoning.Add all ingredients and whisk it nicely. Pour on the salmon pieces and there you go, salmon caparccio.

Second starter :

Sauteed mushrooms with parsley.

Nothing complex here as well. Mushrooms can be bought in any suparmarket.Clean it throughly as mushrooms have dirt particles on it.You dont want to chew later and feel some dirt on your mouth right? After clean blanch it in hot water in 4-5 mins. Heat the pan with butter, you can use oil if you want but butter will give a more subtle taste on it. Cook it over moderate high heat, add parsley before it fully cooked and add salt and pepper for seasoning.

There you go