2009 Fall Harvest Festival
Healdsburg California
Featuring a fabulous OTT menu
by Guest Chef Mark Baldwin, Blue Ridge Catering,
Roanoke, Virginia
Saturday Night Tasting Menu
(for Freaky Friday Foodie Fest Click Here)
Appetizer Course...
BBQ Beef Shortribs
Braised BBQ Kobe Beef Short Ribs
Atop Parsnip-White Sweet Potato Puree
w/Crispy Shallots & Chipotle BBQ Sauce
KOBE BEEF SHORTRIBS !!!
Salad Course...
Beet Carpaccio-
Chiogga Beets, Arugula,
Candied Pecans, Goat Cheese
with Date Honey-Beet Vinaigrette
& Horseradish Goat Cheese Dressing
Soup Course...
Roasted Parsnip Soup w/ Black Garlic Foie Gras,
Cornbread Croutons & Micro Greens
that's alot of foie gras
and it's only one batch!
it takes many hands to put out a multi course dinner like this
Seafood Duet...
"PB & J" Crab Cake
Peanut Butter Cap’n Crunch Crusted Asian Crab Cake
with VA Peanut Sauce & Spicy Plum Sauce
Spiced Scallop & Apples
Cinnamon & Nutmeg Spiced Seared Scallop
with Butternut Squash Puree & Apple Onion Chutney
and Five Spice Corn Cakes w/ Maple Thyme Butter
Study of Wild Boar
Porcini Crusted Wild Boar Tenderloin
Atop Manchego & Black Truffle Grits
Jerk Wild Boar Chop with Coconut Jasmine Rice,
Fall Vegetable Ragout & Jerk BBQ Sauce
Haricot Vert w/ Caramelized Shallots,
Roasted Tomatoes & Wild Boar Lardons
Chef Mark and Mariel working the wild boar chops
Cheese/Dessert Tasting Plate
...Mt Tam/Fig Preserves/Brioche Toast…
...Pt Reyes Blue / Dried Pear/ Candied Walnut
...Meadowcreek Mountaineer/Fuyu Persimmon
-Black Garlic Chutney//Duck Sausage
...Caromont Mt Alto Feta Cheesecake/Blood Orange Sorbet/
Meyer Lemon Marmalade/Pistachio Dust
our crew is crazy but we have fun!
