Monthly Archives: April 2008

Sea Bass

sea-bass-0408.JPG It has been awhile since I have had a chance to take photos of our meals. I was watching the sweet little MEM, while their parents were skiing for a few days. Now, I had hoped to write about our meals as they were definitely fun. You have got to love watching and hearing about a 2, 4, 6 year olds dinners. My favorite has got to be the tacos with 3 (yes, 3 not two or one, but 3) dots of ketchup. Unfortunately, I am not at talented as Jaden over at the Steamy Kitchen – kudos to her, she cooks fabulous meals and serves them to her family as well she manages to get  some great shots!! Anyhow, I could not get it together with kids at the table, lighting and a camera as well as enjoy their funny stories at that time.  I really wanted to though.  Definitely, next time, it would be a fun addition.

Laudalino and I started the night at an Italian wine tasting in our neighborhood. Was a great way to end the week and start the weekend together – relaxing and some time away from home to catch up. As well we tried some really outstanding Organic Italian wines. Once home we decided to cook a Chilean Sea Bass and some asparagus.

I like to steam the sea bass with different seasonings.  My favorite way to steam fish, is to wrap it in some foil, season it and pop it into the oven (425) for about 15 – 20 minutes. Super easy and literally no mess. Tonight, I chopped up some chili peppers and shredded some of the Kaffir Lime Leaves that we received from the White on Rice Couple, sprinkled it all on the fish, added a pat of butter and drizzled with some white Bordeaux. I also wrapped some aspargus up with sea salt and olive oil and roasted it along side the fish. To serve it, I zested Meyer Lemons over the entire plate. The fish was ultra moist and creamy. The flavor was a little spicy with a bite of citrus. The essence was fantastic, the Kaffir Lime Leaves add such a wonderful scent and flavor. A very light and easy dinner.

French Cab Franc

wbwlogo.jpg wine-blogging-wednesday.JPG We have been wanting to par-take in a WBW event for sometime, but never have had the chance. Not only is this our first one; but, it is also about an area we love – French Wines. Gary, from the Wine Library is our host for this event – thanks for picking a great region! We are not sure how to really write about a wine as we usually just drink a lot of it and write about food, so we decided to break it up with each of our comments! We chose a 2005 Cuvee de la Chevalaerie Bourgueil at the price of $16.00

We opened the bottle and let it sit for about 15 minutes, to “breath”. I did take a sip after opening, mind you, only a baby sip. It was hard on the palette – lots of rough tannins and a strong alcohol scent.

15 minutes of breathing ……. I thought the color was a rich ruby and the first smell was earthy almost that of wet dirt. The Tannins were still pretty strong and the alcohol scent was still there. L. (who loves to drink all wine, but really does not know much about them) also thought it was a bit tannic and rather light. He did taste some berries and thought the bouquet was wonderful.  As well he thought it was a powerful color.

30 minutes of breathing ……. I thought the smell was not as intense but still somewhat earthy/mossy. I was getting a bit of a plum scent as well, rather jammy actually with a hint of spice, maybe pepper.  L. still tasted the tannins and felt the smell was not as pungent and he did taste the earth at this point.

1 hour of breathing and time for dinner….. I thought the wine had really softened up and you could really taste the fruit (berries/plums) as well as a bit of spice that was somewhat green, maybe a bit of a bell pepper. L. thought we should just eat dinner and enjoy the wine! :)

Overall, we both loved the wine, it really softened up and had lots of flavor, a rather complex wine by changing so much during the evening. We gave it a 3 wine glass rating (out of five) and we would definitely drink it again. I feel that it would be a good wine to cellar and try in one year and again in two years – I see it really developing even more.

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