Care to know what we will be having for lunch tomorrow? Well, we'll start off with 'oeufs brouillés au saumon fumé' (creamy scrambled eggs with smoked salmon). Followed by a nice and juicy veal cutlet with Piccalilli sauce, boiled potatoes and a mixed salad with a simple dressing of olive oil (extra virgine) and some coarse sea salt and pepper. No vinegar, because the Piccalilli will supply the required acidity.
And then we'll finish our meal with one of these ...
... a 'bird's nest'.
'Vrolijk Pasen' = Happy Easter.
This traditional Belgian Easter cakes comes in different sizes: from individual portions (like this one) to 25 to 30 cm diameter specimen that will serve 8 to 10 people. The pastry is an airy cake. The topping can be vanilla flavoured whipped cream or butter cream (like the one in the photo). It comes in vanilla, 'moka' (coffee) and 'praliné' (toffee? - someone correct me if I'm wrong, please). The cream is dressed in such a way that it looks like the twigs that make up a bird's nest.
On top of the cake, protected by the creamy twigs, you'll find some colourful sugar mini-eggs waiting ... to be eaten. Bon appétit!
8 comments:
Vrolijk Pasen to you too Martine :-) En ... eet smakelijk, het klint heerlijk lekker.
Love that birds nest it looks so pretty, almost too good to eat:)
Wishing you a Happy and peaceful Easter. Diane
This has to be the most beautiful edible bird's nest ever. It looks
like you will have a delicious Easter.
Martine, Happy Easter to you, and your loved ones. I will enjoy Easter at my beach house with friends, and an uusually warm 30 degrees. I am cooking duckling with French style inspired vegetables tomorrow. And then tarte tatin. And after that a walk along the beach, and perhaps a dip in the Indian Ocean. Best wishes to you for your Easter break.
Happy Easter, Martine. That dessert looks plenty scrumptious!
Happy Easter to you Martine.
With Easter almost over, we are late in wishing you the best. Back to work tomorrow with our next public holiday in November.
Sue just baked a cake from Walt's recipe in his last post.
The Belgies win a gold medal at the UCI World Track Cycling Championships here in Melbourne.
We will email you soon.
Leon
N&A, Het was super lekker. My mother and I both enjoyed it very much.
Diane, Thank you. Our local 'pâtissier' is a real artist and his creations always look too good to eat ... and they are delicious.
Carolyn, Better looking than a Chinese Bird's nest soup? ;)
Louise, A dip in our North Sea isn't recommended right now, with temperatures hardly reaching 10°C. I hope you had a lovely time!
Kathie, Thanks. The veal cutlets were the highlight of the meal, but the dessert was the finishing touch.
Bob, Merci! Happy Easter Monday to you and Pat!
L&S, Our bikers did really well this weekend, in Australia and on 'home' ground ... with Tom Boonen winning his 4th Paris-Roubaix, De Ronde van Vlaanderen last week, ... and two other major classic races. You would have loved being here!
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