November 5th, 2011
I went to a dinner party at Amaia’s last weekend.
She bought a boned leg of lamb and marinated it in a mixture of chilli, coriander, garlic, lemon and olive oil, for several hours.
I bought two pounds of very fresh monkfish tails from the fishmonger in Chapel Market for £10 (that’s exceptionally cheap – I saw monkfish for £27 kilo in Waitrose today) to make a starter.
I cut up and flash fried the monkfish in olive oil with chopped coriander, garlic and lemon juice.
Amaia roasted the lamb for about an hour and served it sliced on a plate.
The lamb came with a beautiful salad of cold, fried, aubergines, basil, mayonnaise, pine nuts and pomegranate seeds (it tasted as good as it looks).
We also had a fierce chilli and cucumber salad
and a warm salad of asparagus and cucumber.
…and as if that wasn’t enough, Amaia made some delicious Spanish mushrooms. I didn’t see them being cooked, but I assume they were cooked in olive oil, with chilli, garlic, lemon, parsley and sherry (see here for a recipe).
To finish the meal, Amaia served a homemade mango sorbet. Somehow with all the revelry, I forgot to photograph the sorbet on the table. Fortunately I did get a picture, earlier on, of Amaia stirring the sorbet while it was setting in the freezer.
Honestly you do get invited to the most amzing dinner parties – what fabulous food. And finishing with mango sorbet – my favourite fruit EVER!
I think you’re right and Amaia is a fantastic cook!
It was a wonderful dinner and nice that you could share the cooking like this. The aubergine salad with pomegranate seeds sounds like an especially delicious idea which I must try some time.
It really was lovely 😉
Everything look amazing MD! I’m guessing Amaia is from Spain, cordero, champiñones…
What a wonderful meal and shared with friends, it tastes even better, right?
Most definitley 😉
Fabulous food, I love reading anything to do with lamb as i have some in my freezer right now! c
Thanks!