Menu From Our Chocolate Tasting

Here's the menu from our March 12th Chocolate Tasting.

All in all, I thought the menu and the wine pairings turned out very well. 

My intention was to feature chocolate as an overall component to a dish, demonstrating that it can work in combination with other ingredients rather than overwhelm them.  In many cases, other ingredients and tastes were the star of the dish and chocolate was used to compliment those flavors.  I think we achieved this goal very well, which I found very satisfying.  We received lots of great feedback from many of you who attended (58 in total), which is always helpful and appreciated.  Keep it coming! It was also a pleasure to have met so many new guests - really enjoyed chatting with as many of you as I did.

Until the next one (hopefully before Memorial Day)......

             foodie
Six Course Chocolate Tasting

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Cocoa Plantain

goat cheese, orange, pumpkin seed

Wonton Spoon

bittersweet chocolate oxtail, parsnip puree, pink peppercorn butter

2003 Scarpantoni Chardonnay, Mc Laren Valley

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Blood Orange, Beet Salad

carrot, white chocolate, pine nuts, sprouts, truffle oil

 2004 Cartlidge & Browne Chardonnay

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Hazelnut Parmigiano Flan

mushroom chocolate reduction

2001 Sierra Cantabria Cuvee Especial

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Cocoa Curry Coffee Crusted Pork Loin 

white turnip puree, oxtail braise reduction

2004 Terrazas Malbec Reserva

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Duck Dark Chocolate

chipotle goat cheese couscous, watercress sauce

2004 Bodegas Borsao Tres Picos Garnacha

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Milk Chocolate Green Tea Tart

homemade lemongrass, black pepper ice cream

2000 Fonseca Vintage Port, Late Bottle Vintage