Baxx throws a dinner party:
I turned 40 this week. Yes I am aware that the average tumblr user’s age is like half that but don’t push me. I haven’t taken my pills yet.
So in my everlasting genius and accompanying hubris I decided to throw a dinner party for my ten closest friends. This was supposed to be sort of a Hobbit birthday right, where I give things to other people.
So my crazy ass went and bought a 15lb prime rib roast.
Because this was the menu starting with the hors douvres.
1. Sliced baguette and nine different flavored butters including but not limited to: black garlic, truffle balsamic and Pinot noir.
2. Baked potato nests filled with cheese.
3. Brie bites in puff pastry with homemade cranberry sauce.
4. Bacon wrapped bay scallops
5. Fried olives stuffed with goat cheese.
Ok so then we move on to dinner:
1.Prime rib roast
2. Chicken and leek pie
3. Mushroom risotto
4. Sautéed Brussels sprouts with shallots
5. Peas and gravy
And of course we can’t forget to make dessert:
1. A three layer chocolate chip cake with chocolate buttercream between the layers, hazelnut buttercream to cover, chocolate ganache on top with drippys down the side and chopped hazelnuts for garnish (and deliciousness).
Oh and punch:
Cranberry juice, ginger ale and black currant juice with cranberries and frozen blackberries mixed in.
Sounds easy enough to do in 36 hours right?
I have a bad back and a surgically repaired ankle I feel like the mummy when the sarcophagus is opened.
BUT my schedule worked so I win.
