Prosecco is fine if you can find it - it's traditional - but if you can't, just use any affordable sparkling wine (don't go whole hog and buy Mumm's or Tattinger's).
How many people will you be feeding and what do they like to eat?
Since you say you're not a very experienced cook, I recommend sticking with fairly easy recipes. Maybe a roast chicken (or a roasted pork loin if your family aren't chicken fans), some new potatoes with dill, asparagus, and a salad? Perhaps strawberry shortcake or something else berry-based for dessert.
start simple. you don't want to overwhelm yourself trying to impress your family and turn the meal into another joke. there are plenty of easy yet elegant and delicious dinners you can make w/out killing yourself.
do some pasta dish searches...maybe a nice primavera with some kind of bread and fresh fruit?
a quiche and soup?
I'd check on foodnetwork.com under "quick and easy". you can also do searches by ingredient and it will give you the level of difficulty.
I had that drink in Indonesia, and they swirled chocolate syrup though it. Not my kind of thing, but my husband liked it.
For the meal? Simple is your friend. Use the best quality, freshest ingredients you can afford and don't be over ambitious. Choose things where most of the preparation is done in advance, so you don't get stressed and if you cock it up you've time to do over.
So I'd suggest that for the entree you serve a simply cooked pice of meat or fish (say pork chops or fillet of salmon) - maybe marintated in advance if you want to be a bit fancier, you'll find lots of marinade recipes on the web. Add to that a fresh green leaf salad (cheat, and buy one of those pre-packaged mixes) with a home-made salad dressing (again, find a recipe you like on the web) and a loaf of fresh crusty bakery bread. Simple, elegant and very, very tasty. For dessert you might consider Nigella's clementine cake(don't worry, there is an option to click for American measurements) which is very easy but tastes difficult. And its best made the day
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sorry- that post made it sound as if I was expecting you to cock things up. It wasn't my intention to imply that! But stress is not what you need when trying a new skill, and best laid plans can go wrong!
I'd go for satsumas or sim. rather than oranges - I think the amount of peel and pith on an orange might be a bit much - you'd get too much bitter flavour. Also, they might not cook enough in the time given.
Prosecco is champagne, but italian. You need a sparkling wine to make Bellinis- but you could use French (Champagne), American (Sparkling Wine) or Italian (prosecco). If I remember correctly, you want to avoid the Bruts, as they are very dry - that's the very dry category of sparkling wines
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Ah ok. See, I don't know ANYTHING about wine, but my mom loves it, and she loves fruit, so I figured I'd try it for her. She doesn't know much about wine either.
And thanks =] now that you mention it, serving it for dessert makes a lot more sense.
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And berries would follow the bellini nicely, I think..
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do some pasta dish searches...maybe a nice primavera with some kind of bread and fresh fruit?
a quiche and soup?
I'd check on foodnetwork.com under "quick and easy". you can also do searches by ingredient and it will give you the level of difficulty.
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For the meal? Simple is your friend. Use the best quality, freshest ingredients you can afford and don't be over ambitious. Choose things where most of the preparation is done in advance, so you don't get stressed and if you cock it up you've time to do over.
So I'd suggest that for the entree you serve a simply cooked pice of meat or fish (say pork chops or fillet of salmon) - maybe marintated in advance if you want to be a bit fancier, you'll find lots of marinade recipes on the web. Add to that a fresh green leaf salad (cheat, and buy one of those pre-packaged mixes) with a home-made salad dressing (again, find a recipe you like on the web) and a loaf of fresh crusty bakery bread. Simple, elegant and very, very tasty.
For dessert you might consider Nigella's clementine cake(don't worry, there is an option to click for American measurements) which is very easy but tastes difficult. And its best made the day ( ... )
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See, I don't know ANYTHING about wine, but my mom loves it, and she loves fruit, so I figured I'd try it for her. She doesn't know much about wine either.
And thanks =] now that you mention it, serving it for dessert makes a lot more sense.
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