Moroccan Night At The Nook On The Square

When I had the idea of a monthly supper club way back last summer I never envisaged what it would turn into and am so astounded that each evening has been such a success.
Already we are fully booked for French night in February and Mexican in March and I haven't even written a menu yet for either!!
This month our theme was Moroccan and held at the end of the month rather than our usual first Saturday.
Once again we were full and compliments flew at the end of the evening . One diner came to the kitchen to tell me I had surpassed myself this time with the food, best one yet!! Chuffed to say the very least but oh gosh when you peak it puts so much pressure on future events.
Having said that, as much as I put a lot of work into the menus it isn't a one woman show and could never be achieved without all the staff pulling together and working extra hours to cover.

So this time we changed the style of the table settings and bought some  table runners from The Range and blue napkins instead of the usual white ones.

 

I do love the back room on these events when the tables are all laid and the candles are lit, it has such atmosphere and warmth 

 

 

We all brought ornaments from home as well as some bits from The Range, don't you just love that shop! 

 

 

These were Christmas tree decorations that a relative bought me years ago and never been out of the box. They worked really well hanging in the corridor.
 

 

 

 

Here's a sneaky preview of the menu 

 

 

 

 

And so to the food.

Our starters were:

 

Spiced Beef Filo Parcels With Harissa Yoghurt.

Carrot & Lentil Soup with Harissa served with Olive Bread.

Lemon Herb Chicken Skewers served with Lemon Coriander Yoghurt

 

 

 

And for the mains:

Pork & Apricot Meatballs and Vegetable Tagine

 

Honey Braised Lamb Shank Tagine

 

 

Spiced Vegetable Pie

(roasted squash , toasted nuts, cranberry and chickpeas in filo pastry) 

 

 

Finally desserts:

Le Russe
(meringue & chocolate ganache gateau)

 

Ktefa

(crispy filo pastry layered with custard, almonds and spiced apple compote)

 

As always a lot of my ideas were found online so if you fancy making anything you've seen today you can find them all stored together on my pinterest board here

 

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