#maxhansencaterer A beautiful evening for a simple, delicious dinner with friends on the deck!! The Roasted Leeks and the variety of Peas picked right from the garden below stole the show. However, everything was supremely delicious, mostly leftovers from a tasting and an event!!! Thank you, Max Hansen Kitchen!!!!!
#maxhansencaterer A tasting for a Winter Wedding!! A few of our simply satisfying Hors D'Ouevres, followed by a supremely delicious Warm Vichyssoise with Mini Challah Croutons, Fresh Chives and Aleppo Pepper Oil!!!
#maxhansencaterer My favorite time of year!! Grilled Pizza Season!! That said, I Grill all year long!! So simply delicious, chewy, crispy, crunchy!! My 15 year plus Pizza Dough recipe, Pesto (40 year old recipe), a tasty Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce and Fresh Mozzarella!! Simple deliciousness!!!!
#MaxHansenCaterer When life gives you leftovers, you make Corned Beef Hash!! With caramelized onions, cabbage, baby new potatoes, and Corned Beef with Organic Poached Eggs and Toasted Sourdough Bread. Supremely delicious!!!
#MaxHansenCaterer One of my favorite Meals of the year!! Happy St. Patty's Day!! Slow simmered Corned Beef in a rich Chicken Stock with pickling spice and aromatics. Once the beef is meltingly tender, I remove it and cook the New Red Bliss Potatoes, Savoy Cabbage and Organic Carrots!!! Served with a Roasted Beet, Horseradish (Kelchner's of course!!!) Sauce and a very few flakes of Maldon Sea Salt!!!! An Ode to the many spectacular Parties at Mellon, Webster and Shelly for 20 plus years!!!!
A very Happy Thanksgiving to all our Max Hansen Caterer friends and family!!! I hope that everyone was able to spend some relaxing time with your families yesterday!! One of my favorite days of the year, Roasting and Smoking Turkeys!! I am my father's son!! He would have been happy eating Thanksgiving dinner 365 days a year!!! Enjoy your Holiday weekend!!!
#MaxHansenCaterer . This time of year, I start Baking again!!! Here are a few highlights!! Chocolate Focaccia!! Totally insane, my very lively starter!! Probably the best looking (and tasting!!) loaf of Bread that I have ever baked, Raisin, Golden Raisin, Sun Dried Cherry and Walnut Bread (with a few teaspoons of Walnut Oil)!!! Supremely delicious, especially when toasted and well buttered!!! And lastly, a pair of Sourdough loaves, one plain and one Raisin, Walnut!! Happy Thanksgiving to all!!!
#MaxHansenCaterer Last night's Birthday Dinner with my beautiful wife Andrea and my wonderful Aunt Annsi Stephano!! We started with some off the charts Krug Champagne (Thank you Ralph!!!), with a perfectly ripe D'Affinois Triple Creme Brie. The First Course was Wild Mushroom Risotto with Fresh Porcini Mushrooms (Thank you Mushroom Chris!!), accompanied by an Aubert Chardonnay (Thank you again Ralph!!), it was a match made in heaven!! Followed by a Main Course of Grilled Cowboy Rib Eye with Grilled Radicchio, Grilled Porcini Mushrooms and a light salad!! Perfectly complimented by a 2013 Beaucastel Chateau Neuf de Pape, indeed again THANK YOU Ralph!! A wonderful Birthday!! Many thanks for all your Happy Birthday Wishes!!!
#MaxHansenCaterer The garden is still producing plenty of beautiful Tomatoes!! I made perhaps the best BLT I have ever eaten!! Perfect Tomatoes, Toasted "Everything" Sourdough Bread, Arugula, Heilman's Mayonnaise, S&P. Supremely tasty!!!!
Yesterday, I was enjoying the view from the back deck when this amazing experience took place!! I had recently cut some big Sunflowers and placed them around to feed the birds when this Goldfinch and her baby came and enjoyed some lunch!! Amazing to watch!!!!
#maxhansencaterer Grillin' and Chillin'!! A beautiful Ribeye on what used to be #bobbyflay 's old grill from Boy meets Grill!! Long but worthwhile story!! Spectacular Ribeye!! Bobby Flay's former producer used to live up the street. Unfortunately he passed away a number of years ago. His wife was looking for a home for this massive Viking Grill. I happened to be in the right place at the right time!! 10 hours of deep cleaning and a few new parts and she (Girl/Grill) works like a charm!!