English Breakfast...errr, Dinner

Last week a few of the finest women I know in this city came over to help me cook, drink and eat the following meal!
Here's the menu.

• We omitted the gin recipe (as I don't know that many people who enjoy gin, except for Amanda Bloom. Shout out to you and was it the perpetual white dress?!) But, a mimosa substitution worked out just fine!
• And also the chickpeas, since I thought they sounded a little involved and didn't know how they'd fit into the meal.

What wassssss going to be last ended up being first:

Currant cardamom pound cake with (not pictured: homemade strawberry butter)

This recipe killed. The girls loved it, took the leftovers home and I've already given out the recipe! I'll probably make this one again 4th of July weekend because it winds up tasting a lot like strawberry shortcake. Thank you to my boyfriend, Goat, for the teacupcake forms. This was my first time to get to use them and it was perfect!!! Everyone was a little hungry by the time we got things in the oven (I made the pound cake & butter the night before) so we went ahead and indulged. :)

Next up was the tomato mushroom panko breaded & baked eggs. Slightly less successful: they were over cooked and lacked that beautiful runniness I love. Next time I'll watch them more closely....

If I had ramekins, this might look prettier in those. Once you get it out of the pan it pretty much just looks like a mess. It did taste quite good though....little thyme in there.

The last recipe was one for a potato pie with green cabbage and bacon. A couple of my friends are Jewish non-bacon eaters and so we split it making one with with scallions and one with bacon. If you make this recipe cut it in half at least! It was way too much, in fact I ate on it for a couple of days with a fried egg on top and put the rest in my freezer. Unfortunately I only managed to get a day after pic, but here it is:

One more tip on this here pie: read the directions carefully. I totally missed that we were supposed to caramelize the cabbage first. Still had a great flavor and texture but might have been better with a sweeter tang.

All in all I had a great night and want to thank Rach, Erica, and Jen for cooking, cleaning, and coming! Good times. In the future I promise to choose recipes that are faster and just as delish. Thanks for reading faithful followers.