A Spring Brunch on the Equinox
Late March, late morning. The sun is honest again. The brunch is a way to mark the season turning, not the calendar.
TrackParent Visit
Steps
- 01Day before — make the tart shell. Cut the citrus.
- 02Morning of — bake the tart filling, soft-boil the eggs in the last fifteen minutes.
- 03Pour champagne the moment the first guest sits, not before.
- 04Hostess gift: a small bunch of pansies in a paper cone.
Notes
- — Menu: a savory tart of leek and goat cheese, soft-boiled eggs, butter and good bread, a fruit salad of orange and grapefruit and pomegranate.
- — Drinks: champagne and grapefruit juice; black coffee in a French press at the end.
- — Table: pale yellow linen, white plates, a small pot of pansies at each setting.