The pictures didn't get put up earlier, because we were too busy cooking to get around to taking any. Luckily my colleague Julia was there, and I just got the pictures that she took from her.
Here Matthias is cutting up the smoked pork for the sauce for the coq au vin, while Barbara samples the wine.
And the lovely Constanze here preparing the salad (that's the cheese in the pan)...
...and here's the finished product.
Meanwhile, Jeremi was wowing them all with his pasta-making skills, calling for help only when the band of dough became unmanageably long.
Julia and Barbara were in charge of the dessert, and they didn't disappoint. Here they're getting the custard ready to go into the oven in its hot water bath,
And here comes the ''brûlée'' part.
You can even watch a video of it, if you like. Someone tried to borrow a little kitchen torch from a friend to make this, but wasn't able to, so Julia borrowed two torches from the workshop in our institute. (The price was some of the dessert the next day.) To ensure that we have the tools next time, Jeremi and I bought Matthias a torch for his birthday, which was just last weekend. And since Julia was sending me pictures anyhow, she also shared the ones that she took at the croissant-making party in December, where I took careful photographic records until the moment they went into the oven, at which point I stopped. And so here are some more of her pictures, showing the shaped dough rising...
...and then baking...
...and being carefully watched as they puffed up...
...and finally, here they are, complete perfection. I'll have to find some excuse to make these guys again, but I'll have to invite guests.
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