This all sounds so fantastic, and fantastically well-planned! Good luck and I hope you get to enjoy the meal, too. Every time I cook this much, I am not hungry when the food is ready.
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Alright, it’s 9:30 pm. All the groceries have been procured and organized, logistics for tomorrow discussed, and anxiety about weather ratcheted up. I made the basil whipped ricotta and my brother prepped his grilling station and the nearby outdoor fireplace, which he’s going to need to stay warm tomorrow. Charc boards and serving ware have been selected.
I’ve written and rewritten my schedule for the day several times. I decided not to bake the pastis tonight, but will do it in the morning. Then I’ll make the chocolate mousse and start roasting and prepping veg.
Guests arrive at 530 for nibbles, dinner at 630. I’ll immediately prep the dessert station, then start packing out my car so I can get on the road for the 50-ish min highway sprint home before it starts snowing (and before I keel over from exhaustion.)
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Fennel seed? Dried parsley if you have any? Sun-dried tomatoes? Pickled pepper of some kind. Cracked peppercorn.
9:19. Oven preheated, coffee consumed, mozzarella marinated.
Next: apple tart.
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All i can think of for @mig right now is…
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Best wishes! You got this!
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10:27: apple tart into the oven.
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11:06 - making chocolate mousse. For the first time (oy.)
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11:59 - Apple bake is done; fennel is in to roast.
Made the dressing for the fennel-citrus salad, now moving on to finishing the mousse.
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12:46 Roasted fennel is done, carrots are prepped for oven.
Once they are in, I will set up the kale chopping station for my brother, and I’ll hit the shower.
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2:00.
carrots par-roasted
Citrus (badly) supremed
Brother is doing the kale prep
Shower time
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4:20
cheese is out to come to temp.
grating pecorino for salad
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BEAUTIFUL! You’re gonna rock this tonight. I’m so excited to see everything!
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Pre-cutting the cheese so as to leave nothing to chance!
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Fabulous, very artistic! @LindaWhit is right, you are going to rock this!
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What is the cake?
