We had a few friends over for Easter dinner today. A couple of nice wines and quite a few good things to eat. Turkey breast roulade, with figs, celery, cranberries, roasted pine nuts, bread stuffing, rosemary, shallots and cognac in the center had not killed mlawton previously so we tried it again. Post-assembly, pre-roast view (cooking temp handily displayed):
Potatoes au gratin, green beans, and prep for Baked Shrimp Scampi ensued...
Scampi assembly - topped with butter, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, shallots, rosemary, salt, pepper, hot pepper flakes, egg yolk, panko, and butter (also butter):
(sorry about the orientation of the pic, even the preview function could not solve the 90 degree deficiency)
Far too many appetizers arrived:
Oddly enough there was wine available:
Dom. Ppire Muscadet de Svre-et-Maine Cuve Eden VV 2004 was hitting on all cylinders; citrus, stones, lemons with crisp acidity yet soft at the same time. A real crowd pleaser. Ready now but could still stand some age.
Dom. Ppire Muscadet de Svre-et-Maine Clos des Briords VV 2004 was pretty much as Fla Jim just described on day one - a much more reticent contrast to the eden and very tight even with a couple hours of air. Fortunately for me half the bottle went into the fridge for day 2. Agree with Jim that it is a hold > drink.
Olivier LeFlaive Puligny Montrachet 2004 never made it out of the bullpen - tomorrow perhaps.
Testarossa Sleepy Hollow Pinot Noir 2000 ready to drink; candied cherries and forest floor on the nose (this had a more forest fire nose several years ago); cherry, raspberry, and mineral on the palate. Pretty resolved and not exceedingly complex at present, this was a nice drink for a not very demanding audience. Drink up. The Testarossa went very well with the now-roasted Turkey Roulade:
while the Briords was a very good match for the shrimp:
...this wasn't a dessert wine crowd, but we had far too many desserts so I will have to crack something open tomorrow with the leftovers.
Far too many appetizers arrived:
Dom. Ppire Muscadet de Svre-et-Maine Clos des Briords VV 2004 was pretty much as Fla Jim just described on day one - a much more reticent contrast to the eden and very tight even with a couple hours of air. Fortunately for me half the bottle went into the fridge for day 2. Agree with Jim that it is a hold > drink.
Olivier LeFlaive Puligny Montrachet 2004 never made it out of the bullpen - tomorrow perhaps.
Testarossa Sleepy Hollow Pinot Noir 2000 ready to drink; candied cherries and forest floor on the nose (this had a more forest fire nose several years ago); cherry, raspberry, and mineral on the palate. Pretty resolved and not exceedingly complex at present, this was a nice drink for a not very demanding audience. Drink up. The Testarossa went very well with the now-roasted Turkey Roulade:
