Alex is making dinner so I (Max) made dessert before hand, and I so want to eat it now. I made a Bouche Noel (yes I know it’s not Christmas, but we didn’t make this at Christmas and I have been craving it ever since). It is actually pretty simple: 1) make vanilla sponge cake; 2) let cool; 3) make chocolate butter frosting; 4) frost cake and use fork to make frosting look like bark and 5) EAT! The only problem is that I have to wait to eat it until after dinner. Here is the final product…can’t wait to try it!
And here are the steps for making the yuletide log.
- separate 4 eggs
- beat egg whites with sugar
- whisk egg yolks with vanilla
- gently incorporate yolks into beaten egg whites
- mix flour/salt/corn starch together
- sprinkle flour mix on top of egg mix and fold
- bake, let cool and frost.
- the frosting recipe is secret (but has a lot of butter!)
So I (Alex) was in charge of the rest of dinner (dessert was pretty amazing, I have to say:) but my lamb was pretty good too!
For the rack of lamb, I (Alex) first made a simple marinade of chopped garlic, rosemary, thyme, salt and pepper and olive oil. I let the lamb marinade in that for 2 hours. Then I covered the bones with aluminum foil and cooked them at high heat (400 degrees) for about 10 minutes, and then 300 degrees for another 10 minutes. Then I let them rest for 10 minutes.
For the mashed potatoes, mom and I peeled a bunch of yukon gold potatoes, boiled them and then mashed them with LOTS of butter. They were delicious!
Finally for the roasted vegetables, I cleaned and quartered brussel sprouts and asparagus and drizzled them with olive oil and salt and pepper. I roasted them before I cooked the lamb and then just heated them up again right before serving.
