Cooking with Colors...help needed for a Black Dinner!

[Pongi]

Pastachef,
although I'm not familiar with it, know that Gold Leaf is the traditional decoration for Biryani Rice, so probably you can also find it in some shops of Indian specialties...

Pongi

[Pastachef]

I ordered a pasta catalogue and found black pasta. Also, my vendor says she can order it. Now I am going on a search for the gold. Thank you so much for the ideas. New things always make my job interesting. I loved the black dinner story!

[davewarne]

Hi,

I used gold leaf to decorate a souflee in a competition. ( We won!). The first leaf disappeared as I tried to pick it up. To solve the problem, we cut leaves from crystalised angelica and stuck them down on the gold leaf. Worked a treat.

Dave

[Pastachef]

That sounds beautiful, Dave. It must have been quite a presentation.

[davewarne]

Yes it did look good. It was a lemon souflee and we called it Souflee Baron Phillipe de Rothschild. The competition was to create a menu to go with wines from the Cellars Baron Phillipe. Maybe the flattery worked?

Dave