Tonight I hosted a dinner party for some of my family here in Scobey. I spent most of the day cooking and preparing the 4 course meal using a sort of Italian theme ending with a German flair. Of course the meal was accompanied by a few bottles of red wine and great company. The first course was an easy appetizer of Tomato, Mozzarella, and Basil leaves drizzles with a little bit of Olive Oil and Balsamic vinegar. Next came a cup of Homemade Tomato Bisque soup and a slice of freshly baked Jalapeno/Provolone French Bread. Our main dish, was a whole wheat pasta mixed with shrimp, broccoli, sweet bell peppers, drizzled with browned butter and topped with grated Romano Cheese. I didn’t want a heavy cream sauce since we were doing a progressive dinner and we needed to be able to enjoy it all and not be too full for dessert. AND a tomato sauce would have be a little much since we had the Tomato Bisque. Finally, I served a Birne Kuchen (Pear Cake/Tart) for dessert. I was taught by my personal pastry chef in Germany how to make it with plums but pears are currently in season and I didn’t have access to any plums, so pear it was. The dough was a little one he and I like to call 1-2-3 duff :) Along with the dessert, I served some Schumli coffee from Germany and Crème Café (similar to Baileys) made in Heidelberg for anyone who wanted to try it. Everything turned out very good and overall it was a successful meal enjoyed by all.
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