Dinner 2026

[liuzhou]

Ten minutes to midnight in China. In addition to preparing breakfast (Breakfast 2026) I’m preparing New Year Dinner dinner now; it takes time. And I don’t want to be doing this tomorrow. First I have to half 50 grams of dried Sichuan peppers and shake out the seeds. The chillies are very light when dried so 50 g is a lot. Then I will debone some chicken legs and chop the meat into cubes. Then I will celebrate with a comfortable bottle of bubbly! Or two!

 

新年快乐！

 

Welcome to 2026 and congratulations on making it through!

 

 

[liuzhou]

And finally, I cooked my dinner which I prepared last night minutes before the year changed.

 

辣子鸡 (là zi jī), Sichuan Chilli Chicken. With rice and stir fried greenery.

 

 

 

[weinoo]

With the truffle I treated ourselves to:

 

 

Our first course last night was risotto.  I made a compound truffle butter with some shavings from the truffle, so the risotto is simply Carnaroli rice, butter, olive oil, shallots, garlic, white wine, home made chicken stock, and the compound butter and Parmigiano added in at the end, topped with slices of the Perigord truffle.  Pretty good.

 

Followed by a non-pictured roast chicken, which had some of the compound butter and truffle slices spread under the skin - also good.