Practice

So, my exam for NARC is supposed to be a black box. I have to make soup, salad with crispy element and main protein, starch and two veg. I decided I need to practice and told Rob he had to give me a black box.
He went ALL OUT. After his mystery box, I can do anything because it was deadly!
My ingredients:
two yams
can of coconut milk
two limes
two red peppers
chicken stock
garlic
one cippolini onion
1 cup brown rice
shitake mushrooms
fennel
endive
cranberries
foie gras*
parsley
zinfandel
shallot
two tenderloin steaks

So...drumroll.....the results!
Soup: Yam and Roasted Red Pepper with Coconut and Lime













Salad:
Endive and Caramelised Fennel, Cranberry Vinaigrette and "Seared Foie Gras"*













Main:
Pan seared Tenderloin Steak with a Zinfandel and Cippolini onion Sauce
Brown Rice, Shitake Mushrooms and Red Pepper "Risotto"
Parsley Butter Glazed baby carrots and Bush Beans













*Funny story. Rob THOUGHT he bought foie gras, and so did I. Until I opened it to discover very expensive foie gras pate!! So "seared foie gras" became panko crusted seared foie gras pate...

I was so exhausted after I did this. I like to think the exam will be easier, mainly because I won't have so many crazy ingredients. Rob said what most impressed him was the fact that I had my menu outlined within ten minutes of starting. Oh yeah, and no recipes allowed.