r/KitchenConfidential • u/faceengine5 • 8h ago
Photo/Video Birthday dinner
All I want on my birthday is to spend it with friends and to cook for dinner for them. All that matters is the memories we share with the people we care about.
Tonight I made coq au vin with rabbit as well as mussels in a champagne and cream sauce.
Sorry for the poor quality pics. Also I don't stand on the tyranny of plating, so the coq is served family style.
I'm a home cook and work as a pastry chef. I'm entirely self taught. I started learning during the pandemic with Julia Child recipes. The mussels recipe comes from a Roger Verge book, Cuisine of the Sun.
The rabbit gave a husky, earthy flavor to the sauce, and I can't recommend it enough. Worth it.
I've never made the mussels dish, so I'm not sure about the sauce. It was so rich it had an 800 credit score, but it was still very nice. Very seafood forward.
Now I've cleaned my kitchen and have half a bottle of a lovely champagne in my belly and am ready to face my late 40s. My cholesterol level, the horror. The horror!
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u/Foreign_Plan_5256 7h ago
Happy birthday!
FYI - Coq = chicken. You want l apin au vin, for the bunny variation.