{st. patrick's day dinner party}

 {the night's menu up on the kitchen chalkboard}

 

Tonight we are having some friends over for a St. Patrick's Day dinner party complete with an Irish-inspired menu.  I love picking out dishes that allow us to do most, if not all, of the prep work the night before. Last night, we were able to make up the dessert, bread dough, potatoes and short ribs.  For the dessert, I found this amazing Irish Whiskey Chocolate cake (recipe here).  While I was making the dessert, Chris prepped the bread dough, potatoes and stout braised short ribs (recipe here).

{I used medium sized ramekins instead of mini mason jars as the recipe calls for. They turned out great, but the cooking time was 10 minutes less than the original recipe}

{rosemary for the bread dough}

I can't wait for dinner tonight to see how everything turned out.More pictures from the dinner party to follow tomorrow.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!