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[quote=Anonymous]Chicken Marbella has been a dinner party go to for like 30 years.

I like to make a bit of a special effort for dinner parties to do something more impressive / higher presentation than the feed-a-crowd type meals most have offered here.

Parmesan crisps with white wine & cocktails in kitchen before

I’ll do one of these proteins:
Brisket
Whole roasted or poached fish like salmon; or fish en croute 
Moroccan tagine
Homemade chicken pot pie if more homey crowd
Something old school like steak Diane flambéd at the table
Duck breast in blackberry reduction
Slow roasted lamb shoulder 
Veal medallions with lemon & capers
Lemon tarragon or orange chicken with green olives is a sure / safe one.

Grain:
Farro, pearl couscous or rice; all w copious fresh herbs
Or a starchy vegetable like roasted glazed carrots or puffed tiny potatoes.

Veg:
Sautéed spinach or kale or broccoli with garlic; or blistered French beans (cooked in rendered pancetta) almondine or with seared cherry tomatoes; or Brussels sprouts roasted w bacon

Salad: butter lettuce or baby arugula with toasted nuts, fresh raspberries, homemade lemon vinaigrette

Dessert flourless chocolate cake or caramel apple pie (homemade); berries with fresh whipped cream; homemade ginger snaps with royal icing or homemade meringues.

Box of chocolates and nuts on table during coffee/liqueur/port afterwards.

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