Weekend report

[nonelvis]

I am strangely crabby today but will try to put that aside in favor of reporting back on how Passover dinner went, which is to say, very well.



The tiramatzah was a thing of beauty. It's easier to make than regular tiramisu because all you have to wrangle is matzah and not soaked ladyfingers, so as long as you can make custard, you can make this. I used Giada De Laurentiis' chocolate tiramisu recipe, which I've made before to great success.


You can see here it really does have that layered napoleon look by the time it's done. The matzah softened without getting slimy, and still retained a tiny bit of resistance.


Sadly, I have no photo of the fabulous brisket, made using Ina Garten's recipe, because inevitably when you photograph meat that is completely falling apart and covered in tomato sauce and stewed vegetables, it looks like dog food. But I do have slightly blurry photos of the charoset and the rosemary potatoes. (I need to figure out what I'm doing wrong to suddenly cause these blurry photos, since I do let the camera focus before taking the shot; it's probably something I changed when I was experimenting with manual settings.)


In unrelated news, columbina and I kicked off Garden Madness 2008 today by planting this tree peony and three lobelia plants, and mowing the lawn. The tree peony won't bloom this year, but if we're lucky, we'll have blooms next year or the year after.

Comments

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

Happy Passover!

I will have to try to make a tiramatzah sometime.

[nonelvis]

Happy Passover to you, too! I think tomorrow, when I have more energy, I'll make matzah crunch. It's amazing how good matzah tastes when you cover it with sugar and chocolate.

[miz-hatbox.livejournal.com]

Yum, the crunch sounds nice too.

I think we're going to try and make homemade macaroons today. (LMH keeps calling them "maroons", which amuses me because I think of Bugs Bunny in "Bully for Bugs," saying "What a maroon!")

[hahathor.livejournal.com]

Wow! The tira matzah looks & sounds fantastic!

[nonelvis]

I definitely recommend it! Easy and very, very good.

[jagpatel.livejournal.com]

Tiramatzah looks really yummy, and I agree, matzah is all about the toppings. A box of matzoh are sitting on my table waiting to be made into matzoh brei this week. Yum.

[nonelvis]

For the record, you're the only non-Jew I've ever met who voluntarily eats matzoh brei. I love it myself, but I never expect the goyim to like it.

[elliptic-eye.livejournal.com]

Mmm. Nice holiday you got there. /shallow

[nonelvis]

Try saying that again after avoiding all bread products, or anything that includes most kinds of flour, for eight days straight ;-)