January 17, 2010 The Chef is Back!

The well needed sunday off has refueled our chef! As we congregated together at our usual location in Ridgewood, we were not prepared for the amount of food that we were about to eat. Looking at our purchased groceries, we had no idea what we were in for! Each week, Chef Brian reuses some of the leftover ingredients and incorporates them into the new ingredients...but he always uses everything in some way or another. Chef Brian amazed us all once again with his culinary expertise.


...and we ate


1st Course:
Pesto crab cake served on top of raw spinach and a cappuccino wafer. Crab cake topped with a citrus tomato sauce.



2nd Course:
Surf and Turf Wellington: Sirloin steak tips, shrimp, mushrooms, onions, fennel, a touch of breadcrumbs, dijon mustard and a splash of red wine baked inside a buttermilk biscuit. Dish served with a red wine butter sauce.




3rd Course:
Braised chicken breast served with broccoli, baby corn, baby zucchini in a lemon, citrus, tomato base. Dish sauteed with Sriracha (hot sauce), oyster sauce, worsteshire, and red raspberry jelly and served over cranberry couscous.



4th Course:
Linguini in hot sauce with mushrooms, steak tips, garlic, and spinach.


Intermezzo:
Fried artichoke hearts and sweet potato chips with salt and cinnamon sprinkled on top.





Desserts:
Sliced apples topped with peanut butter ganache.
Bailey’s™ and banana chip bread pudding.
Vanilla & chocolate pudding topped with granola.

"and that concludes another mystery basket"