12.30.2009

a simple christmas eve dinner




boiled lobster tails, prawns served in oyster shells & homemade meyer lemon mayonnaise*



*mayonnaise: beat together 1 egg yolk, salt, pepper & 1/2 teaspoon dijon. add 1 teaspoons meyer lemon juice. while still beating add 3/4 cup sunflower oil one drop at a time. do not rush the last step or mayonnaise will 'break'.

featurette: barbara esser, napa valley