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This is a group of 13 friends and neighbors that get together once a month to enjoy good food and share recipes. Each month a different girl hosts and does all the cooking. Every few months we have a "couples night" which means we get to bring our husbands and two girls work together to host the increased crowd. By the years end, each of us has only had to cook one great meal and in exchange you get to enjoy 9 others!


Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Amy's French Cooking night

Appetizer-

Asparagus Fontina Tart
*Just reduce the first baking time to 8-10 minutes, that is plenty of time to brown the pastry.

 Main-

Croque Monsieur-  Watch carefully at the end that you don't broil them too long- they burn quick!  I think 3.5 min is perfect!

Beef Burgundy (or Beef Bourguignon as Julia Child says it!)  I recommend watching "America's Test Kitchen," the episode where they make this recipe can be found on Netflix!
-You can buy a large bottle of Burgundy wine at the Bountiful Wine shop for around $7
-Salt Pork can be found in packages in most any grocery store by the ham/Canadian bacon products
-I found dried Porcini mushrooms and frozen pearl onions at the Fresh Market in Kaysville (I would   think other Fresh Market's carry it as well - but Smith's doesn't have it)
-you can use more than 4 lbs. of roast in the recipe (Costco sells them 2 to a pack and I cooked all of it)



Dessert-

Julia Child's famous Chocolate and Almond Cake (or Reine De Saba) ***REDUCE cooking time to just 18-19 min.  She doubled the frosting and I personally think it unnecessary (so half it).  Also you can substitute 1/2 tsp Rum extract for the 2TBSP of Rum
I found cake flour at Harmon's