Perfect Three Course Dinner
Perfect Three Course Dinner — a recipe imported from the Wikibooks Cookbook.
Ingredients
- 1 kg (8 cups) strong white bread flour
- 625 ml (3 cups) lukewarm water
- 2 ea. 7-gram sachets (1½ tbsp total) dried yeast
- 30 g (2 tbsp) salt
- 30 g (2 tbsp) white sugar
- Cold ham or beef, sliced thin
- Greek feta cheese, cubed
- Extra-virgin olive oil
- Fresh-baked bread (see recipe above)
- Aperitif such as Bellini or Aperol Spritz
- Good quality beef carpaccio (2–3 slices per person)
- Chicory leaves, or other lettuce
- Parmesan cheese
- Olive oil
- Provençal herbs
- Grissini
- White bread (see recipe above)
- Red wine
- 3 egg yolks
- 2 lemons, juiced
- 125 g (9 tbsp) melted butter
- 1 bundle of chives, chopped fine
- 300 g (10.5 oz) green ribbon noodles
- ½ head of broccoli, cut into florets
- 4 salmon fillets (about 125 g each)
- Flour
- Olive oil
- Salt
- Black pepper
- 3 eggs
- 100 g (3.5 oz) dark chocolate
- 100 g (3.5 oz) milk chocolate
- 40 g (3½ tbsp) sugar
- 2 tbsp hot water
- 200 ml (¾ cup) whipped cream
Instructions
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1Mound the flour in a heap on a clean work surface. Form a hole in the middle of the heap.
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2Pour half of the water into this hole, then add the yeast, sugar and salt. Take a fork and start stirring, gradually bringing in the flour from the sides and swirling it into the liquid. Keep stirring and add the water little by little. Be careful not to pour too much water into the flour hole at a time, otherwise you might get your clothes stained.
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3As soon as all the ingredients are mixed together, knead the dough, which becomes really sticky by then. When you have a smooth ball of dough, put it into a bowl, and let it rise in a warm place and wait until it has doubled in size (about 30 minutes).
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4Next you shape the dough into a loaf, then let it double in size again.
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5Bake the loaf at 200°C (390°F) for about 15–20 minutes. The bread is ready if it sounds hollow when you knock on it. Let cool before slicing.
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6Wrap a slice of ham or beef around each piece of cheese.
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7Serve with olive oil, fresh bread, and the aperitif of choice.
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8On each individual plate, arrange the carpaccio on top of the chicory leaves.
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9Finely grate some parmesan over the top.
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10Drizzle with a little olive oil.
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11Sprinkle the herbs over the top, and decorate the plate with two grissini.
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12Serve with bread and red wine.
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13Mix the egg yolks with the lemon juice in a glass bowl. Set the glass bowl over a pot of simmering water.
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14Mix the butter into the egg mixture little by little, stirring constantly until the sauce thickens.
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15Mix in the chives, and season the sauce with salt and pepper.
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16Boil noodles in a large pot of salted water, stirring occasionally.
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17Drain noodles when al dente. They should take about 8 minutes to cook.
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18Boil the broccoli florets in salted water for about 10 minutes.
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19Remove florets when they are still firm to the bite. Do not cook them too early because they get cold very quickly.
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20Coat the skin of the fish fillets with flour.
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21Heat a thin layer of oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Place the fillets in the pan flour-side down.
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22Drizzle some lemon juice over the fish, then season with salt and pepper.
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23Continue cooking the fillets until crispy, about 12 minutes. Do not be intimidated by the sizzling and spluttering of the fish, but beware of the splattering fat.
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24Arrange the noodles, salmon, and broccoli on the plate.
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25Top with the sauce.
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26Separate the eggs, and whip the egg whites.
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27Melt the both chocolates in a metal bowl over a pan of simmering water. Then let it cool down until it is lukewarm.
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28Now whip the egg yolks with the hot water. Gradually add the sugar, and whip the mixture until it is creamy. Quickly add the melted chocolate, and mix in the whipped cream and the egg whites.
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29Chill in the fridge for at least 3 hours.
- Category
- Dinner
Recipe Attribution
Wikibooks Cookbook
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Printed on October 28, 2026