Holiday Offerings 2009

Rolled Phyllo Dough Cigars
With your choice of filling: Feta & Olive or Lamb & Mint

Beet Fries
With a blue cheese dip

Marinated Chili-Lime Shrimp Skewers

Miniature Mustard & Black Pepper Crab Cakes

Smoked Salmon Pinwheels
Organic Cream Cheese, Lemon Peel, Capers & Smoked Salmon

Tuna Tartare
Scented with Lemongrass, Cilantro and a touch of Ginger
in Petite Cornet

Salmon Satay
With White Sangria Dipping Sauce

Lobster Tartlet
Petite Puff Pastry Shell filled with Butter Poached Lobster,
Embellished with Sweet Shallots and Tarragon

Bacon-Wrapped Scallops
Served with Florentine Dipping Sauce

Petite Tenderloin "Bourguignon" Skewers
With Classic Dipping Sauce

Miniature Pressed Panini
With Your Choice of Fillings:
Shitake Mushroom & Goat Cheese
Artichoke, Basil & Aged Provolone
Pancetta, Grafton Cheddar & Crisp Potato Wafer

Spicy Sausage & Chicken Liver Pate
Accompanied with Baguette

Terrine of Leeks, Goat Cheese Mousse and Layered Golden & Red Beets
Served with White Balsamic Syrup, Fig Paste and Baguette

Pear & Stilton Torte
Cabernet Sauvignon Poached Pears & Stilton Cheese Mousse
Offered with White Balsamic Syrup and Baguette

Mango Pomegranate Guacamole
Tropical Mangoes & Bright Red Pomegranate Seeds
Folded into Guacamole with Delicately Flavored Plantain Chips

House Cured Fennel Pollen Gravlax & Trout Table
We cure, press and cold-air dry our own Salmon and Serve it with
Duck Trap Farm Trout and Classic Accompaniments of Black Bread,
Buckwheat Blinis, Capers, Red Onion Brunoise, Fresh Horshradish & Cream Cheese

Chicken, Sage & Farmhouse Cheddar Tart

Renaissance Winter Greens Tart
A Savory Pie of Fresh Spinach, Kale & Currants

Torta Rustica
Layers of Oven-Roasted Vegetables with Pesto & Parmesan Cheese
Wrapped in Puff Pastry

Squash Soup
With Cinnamon & Bay

Mushroom & Potato Bisque
With Pancetta Croutons

Roasted Portobello Mushrooms
With Roquefort on a Bed of Baby Spincach

Beet & Cherry Tomato Salad
Roasted Red Beets, Crisp Fresh Rashishes & Cherry Tomatoes
Garnished with Watercress & accompanied by a Festive Herb Sauce & Beet Sauces

Garden Greens
Mixed Greens with Persimmons, Prosciutto & Shaved Parmesan

Lucinda's Signature Salad
A Kaleidoscope of Vibrant Micro Greens presented with Grand-Marnier-Glazed
Clementines, Toasted Hazelnuts and drizzled with a Sherry Honey Vinaigrette

Delicate Butter Cup Lettuce Leaf Tuilles
Embellished with Pecorino, Toasted Shallots & Champagne Vinaigrette

Red & White Belgian Endive Salad
With Grilled Artichoke and Marinated Pecorino Romano

Early Winter Garden Gatherings
Family-Style Platters of Garden Gatherings to Accompany Your Holiday Dinner
Sold by the Pound — 4 Ounces per Person as a rule

Candied Sweet Potato Gratin

Spinach Gratin with Parmesan & Gruyere Topping

Parsnip and Turnip Puree

Braised Baby Carrots with Honey Lemon & Dill Butter

Wilted String Beans, Fresh Ginger & Toasted Pecans

Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Lemon Zest & Ginger

Roasted Yukon Gold Potato Wedges with Leeks & Thyme

Traditional Mashed Potatoes

Parmesan Leek Mashed Potatoes

Creamy Scalloped Potatoes with Four Cheeses and Cream

Mushroom, Radicchio & Smoked Mozzarella Lasagna

Lobster Lasagna
With Simmered Spinach, Creamy Ricotta & Heirloom Tomato Concasse

Salmon & Shrimp Pot Pie
With Aromatic Vegetables, Button Mushrooms & Lemon Saffron Cream

Salmon Coulibiac (Serves 8 to 10)
Organic Salmon with Sauteed Spinach, Mushroom Duxelle, Dill & Wild Rice
Wrapped in Puff Pastry and Slowly Baked

Boned Hens
Stuffed with Butternut Squash, Cornbread & Sage

Blanquette de Veau
Simmered Veal with Pearl Onions, Shitake Mushrooms, a Touch of Sherry & Cream
Served over Wide Noodles Sauteed with Spinach

Lamb Wellington
Done on the Long Bone with Simmered Spinach and Goat Cheese Filling
Encrusted in Yukon Gold Wafters and accompanied by Whole Grain Mustard Dijonnaise

Roast Port with Winter Fruits & Port Sauce
Pork Loin Roast Wrapped in Bacon and Stuffed with Port-Soaked
Apricots & Prunes and accompanied with a Ruby Port Sauce

Beef Wellington
Accompanied with Balsamic Roasted Winter Vegetables

Grilled Angus Filet Mignon (Whole Serves 8 to 10)
Distinctly Marbles Center Cut 8-Ounce Tenderloin of Beef
Presented with Grilled Asparagus Wrapped with Bacon,
Roasted Shallots and Rosemary Au Jus

Buche de Noel
(Serves 12-14)

Classic Holiday Trifle with Fresh Berries
(Serves 12-14)

Flourless Chocolate Cake
(Serves 12)

Lemon-Buttermilk Pudding Cake
Luscious, Chiffon-like Lemon Cake
Garnished with Fresh Raspberries

Dulce de Leche Cheesecake with a Carmel Glaze

Sticky Toffee Pudding Cake
Moist Date-Orange Cake Topped with a Decadent,
House-Made Toffee Sauce

Lemon Cornmeal, Cake & Raspberry Sauce
A Moist Lemon Cake with a Zingy Lemon Glaze & Warm Raspberry Sauce

Whoopie Pies!
With Peppermint Filling

Chocolate Mousse Pie with Peppermint Flavored Whipped Cream

Bourbon Pecan Pie

French Apple Pie

Cranberry, Pear & Apple Pie

Pumpkin Pie with Gingersnap Pastry Crust

Assorted Holiday Cookie Tray
Iced Sugar Cookies & Gingerbread Men