Wow! Perfectly succulent lamb accompanied by couscous with olives, roast kumara and other goodies was devoured last night by 8 keen MFM. Huge thanks to Rob for talking about the provenance of the meat; as well as going to see him at the Farmers' Market on Saturdays, I recommend you check out the Cardrona Merino website: www.cardronamerino.com. What a fabulous product and great to see it being served in some of the best restaurants in the country. And really, how could food not taste good when it grows up here? (Pic from the Cardrona Merino website).
To cap off our lamb extravaganza, we indulged in individual sultana and almond steamed puddings with a truly decadent, heart-attack inducing toffee sauce. Containing stiffly beaten egg whites this dessert is a lighter version of the traditional winter stodgy pud - not that I have anything against stodge, a wodge of stodge is one of winter's pleasures! I managed to perform the trick of beating them until they successfully stayed in an upside-down bowl, although there was a wee moment of hesitation and a little extra beating before I took that plunge to a round of applause.
To accompany the lamb, I'd recommend a Chilean wine I found at Meenan's the other day: the variety is Carmeneno and it is apparently a grape that was 'lost' from Europe but is still cultivated in South America. Soft, chocolately, delicious and only $17 a bottle - get thee to Meenan's and try. Sorry but I've forgotten the name of the winery, but think it was Castillo de Something...
Lastly I'd like to thank all the newcomers who tried out manfood for the first time yesterday - it was wonderful to see you all and I do hope to see you again on a Monday or Thursday. Cheers to Kent for enduring a myriad of knifely questions, I certainly love my new Global!!
See you all soon, I'm off to prepare for Ladyfood tomorrow xxxx
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