urgent menu help ... for tonight!

kunekune

A much loved friend and her husband will be arriving at 6.30 ish. I want to feed them with a bit of style. I have enough time to pop down to Tesco to pick up a few bits. This is what I'm thinking of:

First course: breadsticks wrapped in prosciutto, garlic prawns, some antipasti bits [this will be the main course for the children, so it's bigger than it would normally be]

Main course: I have 8 lamb chops and I'm thinking of crumbing them in a mix of breadcrumbs, herbs & parmesan, serving them with some roast cherry tomatoes and .... dunno what else ... would a risotto of some kind work? I've also got the makings of some tapenade which might be nice with the chops.

Pudding: apple cake & ice cream

Any other ideas?

Finefoot

Hiya,
Why wrap the breadsticks? I would slice melon to serve with the proscuitto.

I would roast some veggies to seve with the lamb.
aubergine, courgette, butternut squash, red onions, would be very nice with your lamb, sprinke with some breadcrumbs and parmesan to create a bit of crunch.
Enjoy your evening!

adelight

rissotto would be a bit difficult, roast veggies might be better, or improvised potato dauphinoise?
if you mix some new potatoes with rosemary, salt, pepper, oil and garlic then roast in the oven from raw they come out delicious after 45-50 minutes.

kunekune

Hi there, it went really well. I did wrap the breadsticks, cos the children love them like that. I had some pizza bread for the children, so they had their whole meal from the bits n pieces spread. I did do roasted veg, and I was going to have garlic bread but forgot, and we didn't really need it after having a first course. Pudding was a bread and butter pudding using some fruit loaf I found at Tesco! It all went really well, except that I forgot to cook the prawns that I'd defrosted for us, and they had to go into the bin this morning having been out all night!