Order of courses question. I'm making a pecorino flan with tomato sauce

[lorijean]

as one course and I'm also having an endive salad and then the main course is Salmon. Should I serve the flan before or after the salad. Thanks

 

[charley]

Starter salad entree if you are doing the European thing

As quoted

What is your vision of your meal? ;o)

 

[lisainla]

I am no expert but I'd go with the flan, then salad and entree. It all sounds good!

 

[pat-nocal]

Thinking of textures I think I might prefer the creamy flavorful flan first, especially

if the flan were to be a nice small starter size, then the crisp salad to follow before moving on to the main entrée.

What's for dessert??? *just curious* smileys/smile.gif

p.s. another consideration might be the guest count and whether or not your flan w/tomato sauce will be served warm. You might find it easiest to serve a warm-ish flan dish first (and get it out of the way) then follow with an easier-to-assemble-between-courses salad before moving on to the main dish.

 

[barb_b]

My invite must have been lost with christmas cards. What time should we arrive? : )

 

[CathyZ]

I agree with Pat and Lisa. Flan first then salad and entree

 

[joe]

Eeither way, though I would lean toward flan first. Normally I would agree with Charley

because I like to serve a green salad after the main course in the European way, but an endive salad has a character of its own. and would be refreshing after the flan.

 

[richard-in-cincy]

Absolutely. You have the best textural and flavor contrast in that order.

 

[lorijean]

I did a flourless black forest cake

 

[lorijean]

Thanks all. I went with the flan first and it was the right choice.

 

[charley]

Was that for dessert? So no starter? It looked delicious.

 

[pat-nocal]

That sounds like a yummy conclusion to your meal. Thanks for sharing.