Our poor kitchen, lucky it is so big. On and on went the cooking through the weekend. Delicious smells and tastes to be had. Saturday morning after returning from the farmers' markets with laden baskets and bags I whipped up some carrot and ginger muffins for friends with a new baby. Too much butter in the recipe, should have trusted my judgement and used half the amount. The orange and mint brioche loaf, of which I made four on Friday, was scrummy had with some homemade apricot and fig jams. The jams have been a real hit so far this winter. Making them in small batches to create a wide selection was a good idea I think. I will certainly continue on with those as soon as the first strawberries of spring re-appear. The cumquat, orange and cardamon marmalade I made last week was worth the 3 day long process.
Sunday morning was weisswurst sausages with a sticky poached egg atop a homemade baguette with freshly pressed juice and coffee - oh so nice. Then I decided we need more bread so got another batch on to prove whilst cleaning the kitchen. Tag team kitchen then began for the day as my husband got on with the multi staged coq au vin from an Anne Willan recipe. Late in the afternoon after all the bread was done and the coq au vin just about complete I began to poach some mandarins in honey, mandarin skin and cardamon syrup. These were to be served with homemade mascarpone mixed with the syrup and some icing sugar. Desert a la Matthew Evans - thankyou.
Finally to eat before my husband dashed out the door to an emergency briefing call at work. Coq au vin served on creamy mashed potato - nearly perfect, but certainly absolutely delicious. Poached mandarins, so simple and delightfully light and flavoursome after the robust chicken. Sigh - to bed.
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