Birthday meal (with beer)

I gave myself a nice present this year, food made with beer!

The appetizer were onion rings fried in beer batter with parsley and sweet onions in the batter. They were gone so fast, I couldn't even take a picture ;)

The main course was a beer marinated entrecôte with homemade chips (french fries for you merricuns) and an onion stew.

The meat was marinated in Nøgne Ø Brown ale, soy sauce and this stuff here:

Ginger, garlic and hot pepper. Then I bagged it up and put it in the fridge for four hours. The meat was so tender and tasty, it exploded and melted in my mouth. It was a bit like having a taste bud orgasm...

The chips were just fried potatoes with a sour cream dipp.

The onion stew is a bit special,though. It's made from onion, red onion, green onion and garlic, first fried in oil, then cooked in beer, a part of the marinade and a generous piece of butter and parsley right before serving it. Delicious!

The dessert was easy to make but none the less very good. I took some chocolate icecream out of the freezer and waited for it to go soft.

When I could stir it with a spoon, I mixed about half a bottle of strong porter with the icecream and put it back in the freezer. Now I just had to stir it once every half hour to prevent icicles forming, and I had a delicious icecream that made me (a bit) drunk. Perfect!

Every course was accompanied with a fitting beer. The onion rings were devoured with Brewdogs 77 lager, the main course with a strong Bockbeer and of course porter to the icecream.

I like having birthday!