'Posh' family food - old style?

suki1964

I would go with coq au vin as well

It's a luxury dish in its own way. It's best cooked the day before and most of all, even going with good quality ingredients it's fairly cheap

Served simply with a green veg and potatoes

Stuffed mushrooms would be a nice started

Something light and sweet for dessert like Pavlova That can be made the day before and the cream and fruit added last minute

And perhaps a cheese board?

pinkcheshirecat

Amazing ideas, thanks everyone. They will be here for a couple of nights. I'll come back and update you - I promise!

Pink

DigForVictory

Always serve soup as a starter (make stock hustle for you!)

Move onto a "posh" main, like salmon souffle (yes salmon, but loads and loads of eggs) in individual ramekins with Aldi super 6 veg &/or frozen veg or best home grown veg.

Finish with apple pie - which with luck you should be able to source the main ingredients for locally.

Dustyblinds

If they're going to be here a few nights, I would do a lasagne the first night, a starter of potato skins with home made garlic sauce and a tomato based sauce for dipping, the potatoes themselves could be used in a mash or roasted in the next evenings meal which could maybe be a coq au vin or chicken wrapped in bacon and roasted on top of seasonal veg.
Desert would be tiramisu one night and a cheesecake the other. I can't do links as I'm not techie at all but I've used a lovely recipe on this board for white chocolate cheesecake which is both delicious and cheap. I've made it a few times and it always goes down well.I'll see if I can find it and post a link.

Dustyblinds

Sorry I can't post a link but if you search desert ideas on this board you will find the White chocolate cheesecake recipe should you need it, I'm really terrible with technical stuff

ariarnia

Dustyblinds wrote: »

Sorry I can't post a link but if you search desert ideas on this board you will find the White chocolate cheesecake recipe should you need it, I'm really terrible with technical stuff

This one?

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=70703165&postcount=16

arbroath_lass

Nicki wrote: »

a steak and kidney pie with little puff pastry lids cooked separately and served on top of the meat filling.

My pet hate! That's not a pie, that's stew with puff pastry. Which is nice, just not a pie.

Dustyblinds

ariarnia wrote: »

This one?

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=70703165&postcount=16

That's the one, thank you :T

ariarnia

arbroath_lass wrote: »

My pet hate! That's not a pie, that's stew with puff pastry. Which is nice, just not a pie.

I agree - A pie has pasty case all around.

Round here, a 'stew with pastry on top would be known as 'hot pot' or 'pot pie'

But we have to be tolerant of those softies that don't ken the difference