free range winter days

Wind and rain have been dominating the skies of Syd City for a few days. It's been a cold week for the local standards, so I felt like taking the old winter cooking route. It's been a very long time since I last had lentil soup. 

Years ago I found this meal a rather boring one, but I guess the right frequency makes it much more desirable. Fresh continental parsley made it a little more spirited, together with a perfectly deep purple beetroot and virgin olive oil. Onions, carrots, garlic, and a kind of sweet chicken stock made the rest of our starter come to reality. 

A roasted free range Bannockburn chicken, on top of providing the previously mentioned stock, became our main dish with almost the same ingredients. In this case the carrots, garlic, onion and potatoes were crunchier and nicely caramelized; quite a different dimension.

All of it was lighter than I could have imagined, and maybe for that reason Darrin's (Principia man) 2008 Altior, was a great pinot noir match for this new winterish dining exercise.