Is my appetizer and dessert too similar?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

I am thinking of making a mascarpone-raspberry turnover for an appetizer and a cheesecake w. blackberry toppping (on the side) for dessert.

Is that too much fruit and cheese?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. Yes...I think so. Maybe do a sorbet for dessert ??

:shrug:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

2. i wanna do the cheesecake. may do turnovers some other time

[Tuesday Afternoon]

3. That works. You can do a different appetizer...something simple.

if You want to. Have fun :)

[Droopy]

4. That's what I was thinking, too

Although my only suggestion for a replacement for your appetizer is a salad, but that might be kinda lame.

[Chan790]

5. Only maybe.

What are you serving as a beverage? If you are serving something fruity and jammy like a Syrah and the main course is also berry or stone-fruited or rich then it works thematically.

Otherwise, I'd say yes.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. a white wine sangria for beverage. most of the entrees will be fruit free

the salad with have walnuts, pear and goat cheeese.

[Chan790]

7. That might still work...

I don't know.

I'm of two minds on this...I think it works well (raspberries, pears, sangria, blackberries, goat cheese, mascarpone. Fruity, creamy and delicate cheese flavors) thematically, but I also think some variety could be good.

I'm going to have some fruit and think on this.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. i will make a shrimp paprika-cumin, rice pulao, potatoes w. rosemary

green beans and possibly a coq-a-vin

[Chan790]

13. I'm sold.

Well only theoretically since I'm a vegetarian, but it's a good menu. A little of everything and it goes together well.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

14. thanks much.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. thanks much.

[LaraMN]

9. I want you to be my mom.

You always seem to make ridiculously yummy things.

I don't think there is such a thing as "too much fruit and cheese."

:9 :9 :9

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. cant i just be your friend? i dont think i am old enough to be your mum

:P

if you are ever in town. you and your hubby and kids are invited for dinner

especially jackmn. he has an extra special invite cos every story about him has made me smile or laugh.

[LaraMN]

11. Yeah, it doesn't quite work out mathematically, huh?

If I ever were in town, I would love to visit you.
The last time I was in NYC, it was 1996! Maybe someday I'll make it back!

[auntAgonist]

12. Do you deliver?

I'll send you my address :)

Your menus always sound delicious. Could you make a mushroom turnover or is there no such thing? :rofl:

Pryanka's Delectable Deliveries. <-- name for your business


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[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. aww thank you

:)

[RadiationTherapy]

17. no sex threads!

I think it is. I might just do some fresh fruit or something to start.

[Jamastiene]

18. One can never have too much fruit and cheese

and chocolate. :9

[Rabrrrrrr]

19. I don't think the question is if they are too similar - the similarity can make a nice inclusio

to the whole meal, especially if you continue in some kind of berry and cheese theme in the other courses.

The question here, I think, is what comes between them, which I would suggest should either move toward the very light and then return, or move to successively denser/heavier food. Taking the middle road of medium foods will leave the two ends dangling, like Limbaugh's dick, excepting that his is not long enough to dangle, and so this is not a very good simile.

And of course, there is some danger of trekking into the all-heavy menu; but it can be a wonderfully enjoyable trip, especially in winter.

And you have the chance of lifting them up a little by serving the cheesecake with lighter wine, like a Champagne or even better, a Sauternes or Ice Wine. Or, you can keep plunging the depths of dense, and serve the cheesecake with dark coffee and a hearty Cognac or Armagnac, such as the utterly outstanding Germain-Robin Select Barrel XO, http://www.germain-robin.com/html/select_barrel_xo.html.

Middle courses like a cheese soup with smoky Kielbasa, sardine, and dark cherries; seared foie gras with Gorgonzola, apricots, and candied walnuts on some greens; a heavy bone-in ribeye with a marrow-Burgundy-fig sauce (or better yet, instead of wine, use Laphroig Scotch) and turnip puree with Idiazábal and maybe even some bacon-fat sauteed collard greens.

Obviously, I'm hungry right now, or this would not have been so detailed... plus, just before you asked me to check this out, I was busy reading about and then ordering the new cookbook called simply "Fat".

http://www.amazon.com/Fat-Appreciation-Misunderstood-Ingredient-Recipes/dp/1580089356/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233598826&sr=1-1

[Shakespeare]

20. ooooh, another Germain-Robin fan!

As you know, he makes some of the finest (if not the finest) brandy on the planet. I'll assume you're familiar with the story of how he ended up making brandy and other spirits in Mendocino County. :thumbsup:

btw, if you haven't tried his Poete liqueur, it's really wonderful.

[Rabrrrrrr]

23. I love Germain-Robin - someone here on DU turned me on to them 1.5 years ago.

Might even have been you!

I've not tried the Poete Liqueur - next time I need to make an order, I'll try to remember to include that.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

21. i have to err on the side of simplicity since lisa's parents are not adventurous eaters

i am making a coq-au vin, red potatoes w.thyme and garlic, string beans, shrimp w. paprika& cumin and a salad w. goat cheese & grapes and candied walnuts.

so whats the verdict?

[Rabrrrrrr]

22. Perfect! I was also thinking coq au vin would be good,

even a cassoulet.

And I'm glad we're on the same cheese and walnut salad vibe. :7

And serve the coq au vin with, like, green Hi-C.

[applegrove]

24. How about vodka drowned skinless cherry tomatoes as an appetizer. I hear

they taste great.

[SacredCow]

25. They are good, and very easy....

just serve them with skewers and a bowl of mixed sea-salt, pepper, and herbs as a "dip"

[applegrove]

28. Sounds wonderful!

[WinkyDink]

26. I'd go with a savory for the appetizer. Is raspberry an appetite-whetter?

[Shell Beau]

27. Maybe, but damn, they sound yummy!

[DarkTirade]

29. Blasphemy! No such thing as too much!

:P

Actually I think there's a nice symmetry there.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

30. thank you