Skyfall Posted May 28, 2014 Posted May 28, 2014 *Updated with Pics Well, we all have our traditions for holidays, and for Memorial Day Weekend, mine is to get together with great friends and family, swim, cook, drink, eat, smoke, play games, enjoy our kids, tell stories and have fun. All in all 11 meals were cooked over the extended/vacation weekend, but I chose to really go "lights out" on one of our dinners, after the kids went to sleep. Pictures are coming!!!!! The camera is missing in action at the moment, but I'm sure it will turn up soon. I have attached the menu that I put together and cooked. After 6 bottles of wine, and endless cocktails into the night with cigars, it was an EPIC night. We also went through some very memorable cigars too, around 20 plus. Some of the highlights were, Monte 520 2009 RG CE Sep 2009 Boli Gold Medal ABR 2009 HQ Parti Shorts Monte 4 R&J Cazzie QDO Corona 2003 Sir Winnie Cohiba PE Behike 52, 54 & 56 2010 Boli PC 2013 HDM Epi 2 Tubes Dip 1, 3, 4 & 6 2010 PSP Monte 2 RA Superiores 2010 LCDH Hands Down Winner - 2009 HQ Trini Rob T Menu (Pics will come) dinner menu.pdf Dinner: May 24th, 2014 Cocktail Caipirinha (served with a shaved white truffle and clam dip) Hors d'oeuvre House Made Seafood Gumbo, Jumbo Wild Caught Prawn with Coastal Cocktail Sauce, Fresh Maine Lobster Claw with an Herb & White Wine Butter Sauce, Aged Prosciutto Wrapped Cantaloupe with Fennel Fronds. Wine Pairing: French Chardonnay Salad Shaved Zucchini, Fennel & Leek with Hearts of Palm, Organic Baby Arugula, Crumbled Feta and Sliced Aged Prosciutto with a House Made Red Wine Vinaigrette, Finished with White Truffle Oil and Orange Blossom Water. Entrée Dry Aged – Grilled Prime Beef Tenderloin with a Chop House Seasoning. Served With: Fire Roasted Herb & Truffle Fingerling Potatoes, Pancetta & Escargot Stuffed Mushrooms with Parmesan Crumble Finished with an aged Pancetta Chip Wine Pairing: California Old Vine Zinfandel Dessert Fig & Honey Crème Brulee topped with a Mascarpone Cannelle, Accompanied by Mascarpone stuffed Mission Figs. Finished with a Texas Honey Drizzle and Fig Syrup. Wine Pairing: Chocolate Finale Port Dessert Wine Cigar Reception to Follow 3
lipher Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 Damn that sounds wonderful. Could you hook me up withe the recipe for the Pancetta & Escargot Stuffed Mushrooms with Parmesan Crumble And is the Pancetta Chip cooked or dehydrated to crispy?
Skyfall Posted May 30, 2014 Author Posted May 30, 2014 Damn that sounds wonderful. Could you hook me up withe the recipe for the Pancetta & Escargot Stuffed Mushrooms with Parmesan Crumble And is the Pancetta Chip cooked or dehydrated to crispy? Pancetta Chip is just baked in the oven on a sheet pan at about 350F for 3-4 mins a side. Snail stuffed mushrooms: Make a compound butter. Use good quality butter, and let it soften. mix in chopped shallot, garlic, truffle oil, salt, pepper, parsley Roll in plastic wrap or cover and put back in fridge Hollow out your mushrooms, drizzle with olive, salt and pepper and roast in the oven at 350F for 10 minutes a side. Saute chopped shallot, diced pancetta, shaved fennel together until translucent with some regular butter. I use large Helix Snails from Burgundy. Rinse them very well. Dump the snails in your pan over medium heat, at A LOT of your compound butter, A LOT! Cook them to warm them through about 5-10 minutes, add a splash of wine at the end, I use white wine. Fill the mushrooms with the snail mixture, I try to get two snails in each mushroom. Cover the mushrooms with grated parmesean cheese, and shaved truffles. Spoon the butter mixture from the snails over the cheese topping. Place under broiler until golden brown. Serve with a slight drizzle of truffle oil. Garnish with chopped chive or parsley and lemon zest. This is one of my favorite ways to eat snails, right behind my own creation of Wild mushroom, truffle and escargot risotto.
jeremyk Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Looks tasty! And I see your lone star beer pick being from Texas lone star n lone star light or my go to cheap beer Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Skyfall Posted June 2, 2014 Author Posted June 2, 2014 Amazing thanks, Can't wait to try it! you're welcome!
finecigar Posted June 2, 2014 Posted June 2, 2014 Just now read this and all I can say is WOW- I want to come to your Memorial Day gathering . Thanks for sharing
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