Quoted message said:From: Michel Boucher
Quoted message said:- Simple egg omelette with goat's milk cheese and tomato or basil pesto stuffing (I have yet to
decide on which pesto to use)
- Pork sausages for some, lamb merguez for others (like me), both from a local butcher
- Toasted organic wheat bagels with a fruit jam sweetened with juice
- Dark coffee (Mexican blend, Bridgehead fair trade coffee)
I've been debating whether or not to have a salad (my friend is a big eater). It would be a sort of
lettuce (as yet undefined) with pecan slivers and a drizzle of EV olive oil and homemade tarragon
vinegar, but I'm not sure if that's too much. Perhaps something smaller. Or, a baked apple for
dessert :-)
Your menu sounds lovely.
The omelettes are a wonderful idea, tho I would most likely opt for herbed goat cheese with a fresh
tomato concasse gently warmed and served on the side. The sausages sound divine. I don't know why
but I'm thinking something creamy and mustardy to go with....perhaps grilling the sausages, slicing
them and presenting with a pool of mustard cream sauce?
Dark greens are screaming at me here...perhaps instead of a salad, some lightly sautee'd baby
spinach in EV olive oil combined with quickly seared mushroom slices with your toasted pecans (tho I
would use pine nuts) sprinkled into the saute at the last minute.
I'm one of those "eat bites with everything on the plate" type people. so I see taking a piece of
sausage with the mustard cream sauce and a bite of spinach. Oooo...the omelette would taste good
with all of it. Yikes, I'm making myself hungry.
I love the idea of the baked apples. Maybe spiced with cardamom, nutmeg and a little Cointreau?
Served with a dollop of lightly sweetened whipped cream and a crisp buttery cookie or two.
Whatever you decide, I think what you are doing is great. We are making brunch on Sunday for a dear
friend who is celebrating her 81st birthday.
Ellen
