Iron Chef
It’s been more than a month that I wrote I want to blog more….now I have something fun to blog about.
We had our own Iron Chef cook off before the show last night. Mike and Sarah faced off against John and me. Each prepared one dish. We were all in the kitchen together chopping and stirring, and trying great wine. John made the salad, Sarah the soup, I made the entree, and Mike made the desert. We had a gourmet feast….
Our first course was John’s salad which featured Spring Mix with all our regular fixins along with dried cranberries, pears, raw pistashios, gorgonzola cheese, and a special white balsamic vinegar dressing.
Our second course was Sarah’s pumpkin soup. This was to die for. She cut up the pumpkins, boiled the pieces, pureed the pieces, added spices and lots of cream, and voila…the best darn pumpkin soup you ever tasted.
My entree featured spaghetti squash with a roasted garlic marinara sauce and it was topped with oyster, shitake, and cremini mushrooms. We also had some roasted garlic bread which we prepared and heated but forgot to serve.
Mike made individual chocolate lava cakes, decorating the top of each with designs made of liquid chocolate.
We finished with coffee with white chocolate and peppermint creamer. We could hardly walk to the living room to watch the real Next Iron Chef finale, and staying awake was a struggle for everyone.
We made score cards and gave points for creativity, taste, and presentation for each of the four courses.
The results….John’s salad was first with 51 out of 60 points.
Mike’s desert was second with 50 points.
Sarah’s soup was third with 48 points.
And my entree was fourth with 47 points.
Teamwise it was a tie….each team scored 98 points.
We’re going to have to do stuff like this more often. It was more fun than we imagined, and the food was out of this world yummy.