How to throw a perfect evening garden party

The menu



Sugar-crusted pork loin

Creamy mozzarella and fennel salad

Polenta with Parmesan

Grilled asparagus

Sweet peppers with garlic-herb oil

Raspberry-cream tart



The gameplan



Day before: Bake tart shell and prepare pastry cream. Prepare garlic-herb oil for vegetables.



Day of: Coat pork with sugar mix and chill 5 hours. Prepare salad and refrigerate. Stir berries into pastry cream and fill tart. Garnish and chill.



1 hour before: Grill pork.



During cocktails: Grill peppers, asparagus and polenta; cover with foil. Let pork rest while serving salad.

Carve and serve pork and vegetables.