Fiddling Granny: Gourmet Supper

Monday, January 23, 2006

Gourmet Supper

Well last night we had our French theme gourmet supper and it was great. We sent 48 people home absolutely full. It was a terrific fund-raiser for our group. We made just over $400.

This is the third international gourmet supper we've done. The first was Italian, the second Greek. They both had seating for forty guests, but this one we increased it to forty eight guests. That's as many as we can comfortably fit in the room. The tickets sold out well in advance.

Aside from the up-beat social atmosphere, the decor was very French. The tables had candles, little flags of France, and flowers with ribbons on the vases in the colours of the flag, there was also a menu on each table tied with ribbon the colours of the flag.

Here's what we served:

Appetizers
Paté - made with chicken livers sounds gross but totally awesome !
Quiche Lorraine - little tiny quiches
Camenbert Normandie - cheese with a red pepper jelly & crackers

Soup
Crème Vichysoisse or Bean Soup

Entrée
Boeuf Bourguignon
Pasta with a Butter Sauce
Green Beans with Roasted Red Peppers and Almonds
Baguette

Crème Brulée

People are already asking about the next one. We haven't decided on the theme yet though.

2 comments:

SusanE said...: I want to come to your house for dinner. It sounds like you are much more interested in food preparation than I am. I bet your suppers taste much better than mine.; 10:03 p.m., January 23, 2006
Fiddling Granny said...: I LOVE making gourmet type stuff. When we have company coming I pour over cookbooks and find really different stuff. I love it when peoples eyes roll back in their heads when they taste something!; 7:57 a.m., January 24, 2006

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