My gastronomic plans

Food... the heart of life, the life of love, the love of the soul (I don't know if that actually makes sense, but it seemed to flow together in my mind when I was writing it!)

Anyway, I have a small dinner party planned for this weekend and have consequently been tossing up all kinds of ideas for food. It's a tough balance when entertaining guests - you want the attention to detail in your meals, but you don't want to have to dedicate extended periods of time to it, especially during that pre-feast mingle time when your guests arrive. So things must be able to be prepared ahead of time, or ovenable. My entree and dessert options easily satisfy this, but mains are a little more complex (without having to resort to things like stew and casserole where they can just sit in a pot until ready to be dished out). This is what I've come up with so far:

Entree/appetisers: turkish bread with a variety of dukkah's and macadamia oils and caramelised balsamic vinegar, fetta and olives





Main: pork fillet wrapped in prosciutto and smeared in basil pesto, served with asparagus spears, oven roasted truss cherry tomatoes and piped domes of mashed potato

Dessert: chocolate mousse with berry coulis






And now to decide on which wines to serve with it all!