For my family.
Yes, there is no one but them.
But someday...
My inspiration was from the movie Chocolat which, I'll admit, I've watched too many times this week. The party scene where they have all the food and chocolate... how I would have loved to join them. But it's a movie so I could either dream about it, or attempt to bring it to life. I chose the latter.
I made chicken with fresh sage and olive oil, asparagus and mole poblano (Mexican 'chocolate' sauce). Somewhat pitiful compared to their mutton, turkey and chicken, but I simplified and it was just fine.
The chicken was so tender and delicious and the mole tasted as it should! Here's the deal with that though... 30 ingredients, 4 different kinds of chili peppers, and a whole lot of "I'm gonna fail and its' going to be a disaster!" going on.
My mom and I seriously had to hunt for all the correct chili peppers. Crazy. Just before starting I realized we forgot the tomatillo. At one point it smelled like throw up. But thankfully that went away and by the time it was all finished, it smelled fine and tasted great! And it had just the right amount of kick to it. Had I put in the full amount of chili pepper seeds, we all would have caught on fire, so I saved us.
For dessert I dipped strawberries in dark chocolate and made a chocolate spongecake from Julia Child's cookbook. It was really good. Making it nearly took my mom's arms off (we had to hand whip everything, including the egg whites until they were stiff). But I think it was worth it!
