Live aboard the beautiful and elegant Nieuw Amsterdam with ASIWISH!

[ASIWISH]

- Speedo's (again). Could not avoid them as I was stuck with them on a dive boat. YIKES!!! I grew up with them in the Netherlands, but must have gotten used to larger wrappings

 

We are still sleeping in shifts...

 

(Hilarious!!! Thanks!!!!)

[Seago2]

remember kevin: When the door bell rings answer it.. Don' t go to the dining room.

 

lol!!:d

[ASIWISH]

Le Cirque Lobster Salad

Serves 4

 

4 small poached lobster tails

1 head bibb lettuce (8 leaves, torn into rounds)

1 tomato cut in thin wedges

1/3 pound haricot vert (string beans), blanched

1 grapefruit, separated into supreme's (segments with membrane removed)

1 avocado, cut in wedges

Potato Confit - recipe follows

Lemon Vinaigrette, recipe follows

Brandy Cocktail Sauce - recipe follows

 

Lemon Vinaigrette

1 lemon, juiced

1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

Salt and fresh ground pepper

 

Whisk the olive oil briskly into lemon juice to create an emulsion. Add salt and pepper to taste.

 

Brandy Cocktail Sauce

1 cup Mayonnaise

1/2 cup ketchup

1/4 cup heavy cream, whipped

2 tablespoons lemon juice

2 tablespoons brandy

1 teaspoon Lea and Perrins

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

 

Mix all ingredients together. Store in refrigerator until needed.

 

Potato Confit

2 small new potatoes, peeled and sliced into 1/8 inch rounds

3 to 4 tablespoons olive oil

1/4 teaspoons kosher salt

1/4 teaspoons fresh ground pepper

1 clove finely minced garlic

1 teaspoon fresh minced thyme

 

Poach potato slices in salted water until just tender, 8-10 minutes. Strain the potatoes and while still warm mix gently with the remainder of the ingredients, being careful to keep the rounds intact.

 

ASSEMBLY

 

Pool a small amount of the brandy cocktail sauce in the center of the serving dish. Arrange two or three of the lettuce leaves on top of the sauce, allowing a portion of the sauce to be visible. Place the poached lobster atop of the lettuce. Arrange the tomato wedges, grapefruit segments, avocado wedges, haricot vert and potato confit decoratively around the lettuce/lobster base. Drizzle the salad lightly with the lemon vinaigrette and garnish with the fresh minted chives.

 

Serve immediately.

[ASIWISH]

Le Cirque Crème Brûlée

Serves 8

 

1 quart heavy cream

¾ cup granulated sugar

1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise and scraped

8 egg yolks

8 tablespoons brown sugar

 

In a medium saucepan, combine the cream, granulated sugar, vanilla bean and vanilla bean scrapings. Heat until hot but not boiling, stirring to ensure the sugar is fully dissolved. In a separate bowl, which the egg yolks and slowly add them to the warm cream mixture, stirring constantly. Fill each ramekin and place in a warm water bath. Cover with aluminum foiled and bake 15 minutes at 300 degrees. Chill 3 hours. Sprinkle each custard ramekin with 1 tablespoon brown sugar.

 

Brûlée with a torch or under the broiler and serve immediately.

[Himself]

Le Cirque Crème Brûlée

Serves 8

 

1 quart heavy cream

¾ cup granulated sugar

1 vanilla bean, halved lengthwise and scraped

8 egg yolks

8 tablespoons brown sugar

 

In a medium saucepan, combine the cream, granulated sugar, vanilla bean and vanilla bean scrapings. Heat until hot but not boiling, stirring to ensure the sugar is fully dissolved. In a separate bowl, which the egg yolks and slowly add them to the warm cream mixture, stirring constantly. Fill each ramekin and place in a warm water bath. Cover with aluminum foiled and bake 15 minutes at 300 degrees. Chill 3 hours. Sprinkle each custard ramekin with 1 tablespoon brown sugar.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brûlée with a torch or under the broiler and serve immediately.

 

The eight tablespoons of brown sugar would be enough to send my diabetes into orbit!

[ASIWISH]

Nancy just slipped the note card under my pillow that the Cabin Stewards placed on our bed each night.

 

The ship's captain and crew wish you a restful sleep tonight as we look to tomorrow's horizons.

Nice touch...

[erewhon]

This morning, I:

 

• Made my own bed.
  
• Made my own breakfast.
  
• Made my own coffee.
  
• Poured my own coffee.
  
• Wasn't called "Sir" by anyone.
  
• Did and delivered my own laundry.
  
• Was spinkled with a cold drizzle as I went out to get my newspaper.
  

I do NOT want to talk about it....

 

Maybe you should book a longer cruise next time:D:D

[josie724]

Nancy just slipped the note card under my pillow that the Cabin Stewards placed on our bed each night.

 

The ship's captain and crew wish you a restful sleep tonight as we look to tomorrow's horizons.

Nice touch...

 

 

Very nice....but what about the chocolate????????:D