Here's the Christmas dinner I made for my parents as well as my aunt and uncle. I made everything from scratch except the salad dressings and the chocolate and caramel sauces. I ran out of time, oh well. I made some baguette dough which I brought over there to bake fresh before the meal.
First course: mixed spring green salad with a cucumber lily and a tomato rose (youtube ftw)
Second course: 120° sous vide cold water South African lobster tail with a champagne and lemon bearnaise sauce, pan fried asparagus, and a scallion tree. I poured some clarified butter over the lobster after the pic.
3rd course: 124° sous vide filet mignon that I pan fried for about 50 seconds a side in a super hot cast iron pan in clarified butter. There's also red wine shallot and garlic reduction sauce, a spiral cut portabella mushroom, and a pomme maxim (the potato pin wheel thing). I screwed up plating this one, because I didn't try putting the pomme maxim into the slit I cut in the mushroom until I already had put the mushroom on top of the mashed potatoes. I had piped the potatoes all fancy-like onto the plate. They unfortuately got mushed down a bit. silly me, I should have put them in the mushroom first before plating. oh well
4th Course: My peanut butter cup cheesecake.
Everyone loved the meal, and I got a couple "best lobster I ever had" and this is the first time I have cooked it. Sous Vide for the win!