It is always so lovely to have a friend invite you to dinner and to cook for you. It makes you feel so cherished and looked after.
One of my best friends truly eclipses Nigella in the kitchen, and her husband surpasses Jamie. They are fantastic cooks and even better hosts, and make you feel automatically welcome and at home.
I was so excited to go to dinner this time as they had just purchased a pasta maker AND a blowtorch and I could not wait to see the process of what was being made for dinner. I had never made pasta myself before, or seen someone use a blowtorch.
I would like to say (proudly) that I was able to hang the pasta out to dry and it was SO MUCH FUN! Who would have thought something that simple would be so much fun?
At first it was nerve-wrecking to try to separate the wet pasta strands which had just been cut through. After all, I had seen all the effort it had taken to get to that stage, and I didn't want to be the one responsible for making it collapse. But separate it did, to hang elegantly out to dry.
And we all sipped our champagne out of the stunning vintage champagne glasses until it was time to cook the freshly made pasta and stir in the delicious sauce which had been bubbling away on the stove.
And it tasted stunning!
And what better way to finish such a lovely meal than with delicious raspberry crème brúlée. We devoured them and were scrapping the bottom of our individual pots before I would have had the chance to take a photo of them.
Divine!
