I want to throw a dinner party, a very elegant dinner party and I want to have several courses. I am not sure how many courses to have or even what they are. Help please.
2007-01-20 15:15:27 · 16 answers · asked by jbcartmill 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Entertaining
5
Appertizers
Salad/Soup
Entree served with bread and butter
Sorbet
desert or cheese with portwine
2007-01-20 15:19:58 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Well, I had 9 courses for dinner at teh French Laundry so the number of items can get up there (and they were all vegetarian). What miight be fun to do (and elegant) is to do a food pairing with wine serving a 5 - 7 courses. Start with an appetizer, then an interesting salad (maybe barata cheese and tomato) then come up with three small dishes and pair each one off. start with the lighter entrees first since you should always work from the lightest wines to the heartiest so that you will overwhelm your taste buds and be unable to taste properly. put together a nice cheese selection with the next dish and finish it of with a nce desert that goes well with a port or (if you want to really make it interesting) serve desert with a nice ice wine. So many people have never had the pleasure of tasting an ice wine so it will be soemthing for you guests to remember. Remember to not to fill up the glasses to much.
2007-01-21 07:15:50 · answer #2 · answered by whome 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is no answer as to how many courses you may serve or indulge on. However there are some simple rules, such as a) always start with the least filling, b) clean the palate between courses, c) playfully nibble on your food, d) don't shuffle and swallow fork load after fork load.
The idea of many courses is to enjoy the pleasure of one's company and delicious edibles over a certain amount of time.
If you are in a hurry, limit your dinner to one course only. Yet if you have time create some unforgettable memories by offering the best of edible nourishment at a pace your company can keep up with.
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2007-01-20 23:54:10 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
While the answers you got are not wrong, people have always made the art of serving a multicourse dinner an adventure. There are dinners that can consist of more than the number of courses you see listed, and they can be tiny, artful morsels of just one or two bites. If you have taken some cooking courses and want to show off, consider throwing in some surprise courses using the given listings as guides. It will be so fun for your guests.
2007-01-20 23:26:04 · answer #4 · answered by justbeingher 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
This problem needs to be approached from a hardware end first rather than a food end first .What you serve will actually be determined by what you have as far as dishes , glasses and silverware.
Think about it.
Every course will require separate plates and appropriate silverware. If you are serving red and white wine you will of course need two types of wine glasses.Serving champagne ? You will need another glass
Serving soup? You will need a tureen to serve it from and a plate under the soup plate
Creme`brulee for dessert ? You will need two teaspoons ; one for the creme` brulee and one for the coffee/tea.
The other consideration is that if you're cooking and serving this dinner you really need to seek out menu items and techniques that allow you to be a guest at your own party.
The inability to be a guest at one's own party is the single greatest mistake that neophytes make when planning these things.
So you do additional details and I will add my vast knowledge to this discussion.
2007-01-21 07:47:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The number of courses served at a dinner party would vary according to your wishes.
A full course dinner is a dinner consisting of multiple dishes, or courses. In its simplest form, it can consist of three or four courses, such as soup, salad, meat and dessert.
Cocktails are not a dinner course.
2007-01-21 00:09:04 · answer #6 · answered by istitch2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since this is probably your first elegant dinner party, keep it simple. Start with appetizers, followed by salad and then soup. Next comes the main course. Finish off with dessert.
2007-01-20 23:22:57 · answer #7 · answered by Bonita S 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There really is no limit. You can do 3, 5, 7, or 9. Options include: Spirits, Soup, Salad, Fish, Cheese, Poultry, Vegetable, Red Meat, Wine, Dessert.
Just keep them small, and give people time to eat, enjoy, and digest. Everything should be in harmony with each other, and each serving should be leave them wanting more and excited for what is to come next.
2007-01-20 23:22:54 · answer #8 · answered by ynotfehc 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cocktails and appetizers when they arrive
You could serve Soup or Salad or both
Main Course
have them go into living room while you clear the table and then bring out coffee and dessert
Coffee, tea and Dessert
2007-01-20 23:30:32 · answer #9 · answered by sushimaven 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
1) Cocktails
2) Appetizers
3) Soup/Salad
4) Main Course
5) Coffee/Dessert
2007-01-20 23:21:44 · answer #10 · answered by atrain3868 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
As few or as many as you want.
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2007-01-21 00:55:08 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋