#8 Menu in Pink, first try

I'm so sorry, I don't have a  Menu  for you today. No pink fried panther, no dessert, I even ruined Johan Odendaal's  extravagant beetroot paint.

• the pink herring salad I bought in the supermarket was fine
• the pink grapes and plums for dessert came out red in the photo
• the beetroot paint did not emulsify  (I realized too late that I should have added the olive oil in a thin stream while running the blender...)
• the beetroot purée I obtained instead had a burgundy colour
• the burgundy painted potatoes turned orange  
• eventually the whole arrangement looked neither artistic nor appetizing 
• the pomegranate flavoured drink couldn't save it
• too much creativity!

Cheers!

#7 Menu in RED

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Oven-roasted cherry tomatoes

Pointed peppers filled with spicy red quinoa

Red fruit jelly

Barolo

#6 Menu in BLACK

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Black Tagliatelle with olive oil, garlic and Hiziki seaweed

88% cocoa Lindt chocolate

Expresso

#5 Menu in BROWN

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Bratwurst, fried potatoes and Bavarian sweet mustard

Chocolate volcano

CocaCola

#4 Menu in GREEN

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Steamed kohlrabis in vinaigrette

Portulaca soup

Ginger and Matcha icecream

Riesling

 

I have decided to do BLUE  menu later on in the year when the vital borage flowers are blossoming..

#3 Menu in WHITE

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Haddock on leeks deglazed with white wine

Basmati Rice 

Banana "semifreddo"

 Milk

Happy Sunday!

#2 Menu in YELLOW

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Spicy Puré of red lentils

Slices of  yellow tomatoes, slightly salted

Vanilla and lemon poached apple wedges

Sencha tea

Bon appétit!

#1 Menu in ORANGE

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Stripes of carrots and orange bell peppers cooked in herb scented butter

Shrimps braised in olive oil with garlic and hot pepper flakes

 Cantaloupe halves filled with bits of orange

Grapefruit/grenadine juice

My first test eaters were excited about the idea and immediately bubbled over with ideas for more colours and ingredients. We laughed a lot because  in German a "medium done" steak is "pink fried", or Schwarzwurzeln (salsifies) are white but  their name actually is "black roots"...  The most challenging colours seemed to be brown (a must nevertheless, because of the beloved chocolate desserts) and black (pure extravaganza!))