"What I Cooked Today" Day 195

Today Jochem's older brother and his girlfriend came over for dinner. Whenever we cook for Jochem's family I always get a little bit nervous, because they like to eat meat, potatoes and vegetables, which is something we make for ourselves, well, almost never. Not because we don't like it, but because we're far too scatter-brained to stick to these three ingredients and like to make food that tends to be a bit more exotic. Then again, when they like it, it is a huge pay-off. We made a couple of things: roasted potatoes from the oven (Source: Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home by Nigella Lawson) and pork chops with a dried apricot, prosciutto and sage butter filling (Source: Jamie's Italy by Jamie Oliver).

We also made our favorite carrots from the oven with white wine, butter, thyme and cumin (Source: The Return of the Naked Chef by Jamie Oliver).

For desssert we made what Nigella likes to call a devil's food cake, which basically translates to a chocolate cake oozing in dark chocolate frosting (Source: Nigella Kitchen: Recipes from the Heart of the Home by Nigella Lawson).



And to top it all off: limoncello!