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Valentines dinner

February 15, 2012

For Valentines day the children went for a sleep over at Grandma’s and The Husband cooked us a romantic dinner.

We had home-made soda bread and home-made butter:

I can’t believe how simple butter is to make.  We’re converted.

We had this with the wild boar sausage and rabbit cassoulet:

Followed by Valentines chocolate cake:

All washed down with chilled fizz:

A beautiful evening with my handsome husband.

Thank you, sweetheart.

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Comments

  1. Jenny says

    February 15, 2012 at 7:25 pm

    Home made butter? Amazing, I never thought of making it, do you have a recipe? Looks like a lovely evening 🙂 xxx

    • PendleStitches says

      February 17, 2012 at 9:53 pm

      The butter is really easy to make. You just need cream and a food mixer. We owe it all to The Fabulous Baker Brothers (all the recipes for the dinner were by them). The butter recipe is here:

      http://www.channel4.com/4food/recipes/tv-show-recipes/the-fabulous-baker-brothers-recipes/homemade-butter-recipe

      Enjoy! It’s totally delicious.

  2. Chica Andaluza says

    February 15, 2012 at 7:36 pm

    Ah – I think you both deserved it, and it all looks amazing! Enjoy your half term week 🙂

    • PendleStitches says

      February 17, 2012 at 9:50 pm

      We’ve had a lovely week, thank you.

  3. Brigitte says

    February 15, 2012 at 8:17 pm

    Isn’t he a gem! We had a romantic dinner for two, lovingly prepared by myself. Steak au poivre followed by my individual guinness, chocolate and strawberry cake topped with a chocolate heart. Washed down with bubbley of course. Conversation was hardly romantic though as we discussed whether there is such a thing as a soul and what happens once you are dead!

  4. PendleStitches says

    February 17, 2012 at 9:54 pm

    Your dinner sounds amazing. Particularly the cake.

    We discussed the children…again not overly romantic!

  5. paige p @ luxperdiem says

    February 24, 2012 at 6:49 pm

    Such a cute jumper!

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