So after a long weekend of cooking I decided to try to have some friends over for dinner last night. I was all primed to have six or seven people over and try out some Asian inspired dishes and drink some really old Riesling. However…everyone bailed with some even bailing at the last minute. What’s up with that? Instead of cooking for eight I ended up cooking for three.
The first course was one of my favorite pasta dishes—Orechiette with veal beef and pork simmered in onions, ginger, garlic, jalapenos, and soy sauce. I then made a fish dish that I used to make but hadn’t really worked on in a while. I feel like it has finally involved into a keeper. To all of you who skipped my dinner last night, here’s what you missed (Vindictive tone of voice…)
Here we have striped bass marinated in sake, soy sauce and sesame oil then crusted with black sesame and szichuan peppercorns. Its served over honey roasted mangos and sriracha. I thought the textures and flavors of the dish were really nice. If I had to re-do it I’d probably give it a little less heat and a little more mango.
Both dishes went well with our two Rieslings, a Schmitt-Wagner Spatlese from 1992 and an ’05 Kartauserhofsberg Spatlese. It was kind of fun tasting an old and a young Riesling next to each other and comparing. I found both to be nice but I really like the subtle mellow qualities in old Riesling that are a little too pronounced in the young ones.
Overall, it was a nice dinner and I definitely have a couple of new keeper dishes. Hopefully people wont ditch me next time, my feelings are kind of hurt…
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