the night nurse i took before bed last night allowed me to enjoy a deep sleep, but i woke up this morning sniffling and coughing, so i figure i still have another day or two before i'm feeling 'well' again. i hope.
in the morning lecture today, darina and rory covered canapes, finger food and tasty bites. they made marinated feta, sundried tomato and olive skewers, anchovy and sesame seed straws, tiny smoked salmon spirals, thai curry bites, tiny shepard's pies, teeny yorkshire puds with rare roast beef and horseradish sauce, mini cottage pies with garlic butter, spicy indian meatballs with pomegranate and coriander raita, sweet pea guacamole on warm tortillas, lamb on rosemary skewers, pork satay, a spicy peanut satay sauce, a variety of quail eggs dishes, scrambled eggs with smoked eel on melba toast, tiny fish kebabs, cheat's tarts with goat cheese, ragged filo tartlets, a canape of fish and chips and grilled sourdough bread with garlic, olive oil and sea salt. it was all plated up beautifully and looked amazing. due to my lack of senses at the moment, i passed on tasting. instead, charlotte and i ran to cloyne over lunch to get more night nurse for our cottage.
afternoon lecture was all about sushi. a former ballymaloe student, shermin mustafa, taught us how to make the sushi rice and how to roll sushi as well as how to create scattered sushi and thin japanese omelets. she also made four turkish recipes as her dad is turkish. i so wished i could have tasted them because they looked amazing! one was called 'lamajun' which is a sort of lamb pizza. first it's cooked in a heavy skillet for a few minutes and then put in the oven under the grill for another 3-5 minutes. the dough is made from yogurt and flour and i bet would be good made on its own and used for dipping, nibbling, etc. the other dishes she made were a dolma, merjemec chorba and turkish bulghur.
once we had been dismissed for the day, charlotte, rose and i went for a stroll around the school gardens. the daffodils are up and they are gorgeous! such a happy flower, really. it was nice to enjoy the fresh air and the beautiful evening. when we got back to our cottage, i tackled the huge pile of recipes i had been meaning to file since last friday. it only took the better part of an hour. rumor has it that when we finish up the 12 week course, we get a bound book with all our recipes. if that's true, i feel like this filing has been a waste of time!
elisa is making dinner tonight - chicken, broccoli and rice casserole. ah, lovely comfort food. :)
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