Soups And Salad

Question 0

Lobster Bisque

Answer 0

Thickened with rice(white rice is puréed), lobster shells, mire poix(sweated), tomato paste,sherry.
Lobster salad is placed in bowl with paprika oil.
Lobster salad=knuckle/claw/leg meat,shallot,fennel
Paprika oil=garlic & herbs
Bisque poured into bowl at table.

Question 1

Turtle Broth

Answer 1

Wild WI snapping turtle, chicken broth, wild rice, mire poix(carrot,onion,celery),salsify relish(wine,garlic,artichoke,shallot,salsify)

Question 2

Cream of Bolete Mushroom

Answer 2

Thickened with potato & cream
Celery, onion,leek,potato, veggie stock, Chilean boletes( pores not gills)
Brioche croutons, chives.

Question 3

Wedge

Answer 3

Gem lettuce(baby romaine.
Buttermilk Blu Chz(WI) dressing(mayo base)
Shallot crisps- dredged in flour $ fried
Apple beet relish - diced hard baking apples(gala, etc) & pickled red beets, soft herbs( tarragon, parsley)

Question 4

Green Goddess

Answer 4

Mixed lettuces(arugula, watercress, etc) raw radish
Dressing: anchovy, parsley, tarragon, chives, chervil, vinegar, white wine, mayo based

Question 5

Pork Belly

Answer 5

Entree sized. “Bacon steak salad”
Frisée tossed in mustard vinaigrette (apple cider vinegar,rice bran oil, sunflower oil)
3 oz bacon( smoked pork belly) smoked &put on top
Soft boiled egg( 6 minute egg)-cold- put on top

Question 6

Nicoise

Answer 6

Entree sized
Romaine lettuce in lemon vinaigrette ( shallots, herbs)
Albacore Tuna loin packed in salt & oil, poached in sunflower/rice oil & herbs(garlic, Rosemary, thyme, etc.)
Fingerling potatoes, green beans, nicoise olives, casto patrano olives, picked concasse(skin removed)cherry tomatoes, egg yolk( cured, hung in Chz cloth & shaved like Chz on top of salad.