Easter Blackout

Easter dinner; nice collaborative meal, complete with an extension on the table and lots of wine. With assistance from Ali, Jerry, and Amanda on the main dishes, this was an easy meal to plan.  Except for losing power an hour before people showed up.  My dish was an old Tuscan recipe that required an oven. Amanda's potatoes required an oven.  Ali's asparagus required some light to prep. It felt like a Top Chef challenge, and I had fun with it.  

Luckily, my chicken was prepped before dark and all that was left was to cook it. The recipe is one from the cooking school in Siena which I was fortunate enough to have taken a few classes.  A traditional Tuscan dish, usually made with turkey, is stuffing the breasts with garlic, butter, sage and rosemary.  Then wrapping it up in butchers twine and roasting it with some white wine.  My version used chicken which was then wrapped in bacon, and tied.  Now, with out an oven this got a bit tricky.  So, i found some deep metal baking dishes, and cranked up the BBQ.  My two pans were directly on the grill, with Amanda's pyrex dish on the bun warmers. Ali was in the kitchen with lanterns and flashlights chopping and frying.  It was an awesome team effort. Below is a picture of the chicken, with the aid of a flashlight.

Candles lit, dishes completed, all without major disaster.  Luckily I had some battery powered speakers, the meal was saved (except for those east coast baseball fans pining over the opening day game). 

Happy Easter! What an awesome meal.