Why a fancy dinner tonight? It is Leap Day! It seems if a day only appears once every four years, it deserves a special dinner.

There are a lot of moving parts to our fancy dinner but none of them are especially difficult. John is in charge of cooking the scallops which he does after everything else is ready. They only take a couple of minutes.

I, as usual, take care of the vegetables. The braised leeks, cut in half moons, cook for 10 minutes in a little white wine and butter. I cut the asparagus with biased cuts and they are quickly cooked in a little butter and water. I also make the mashed potatoes which John is nice enough to peel and cut in fairly small pieces so they will cook quickly. They were done in about 15 minutes.

John made the beurre blanc. It sounds daunting but it is pretty easy. Here’s the recipe I used.

https://www.instructables.com/Quick-Beurre-Blanc/

I know you are thinking, That’s a lot of butter! And, yes, this dinner is pretty butter intensive. But it is for a day that happens only once every four years. Surely we can go a little overboard.