Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Minestrone.



Our Minestrone is a vegetable inspired Italian soup.  The only real requirement in a 'minestrone' is that it has a legume and a pasta and/or grain.  We created a version with winter vegetables, farro dressed in lemon zest, and a sphere made of corona bean cream.  We pour a consomme table-side; which is made of duck confit jelly, braisage of pork shoulder and short ribs.  All of the braised or confit'd meat was brined so the consomme has a heavy spice flavor...(clove, cardamom, juniper, black pepper)...  This dish is a culmination of several different dishes and ended up being one of the best of the season.

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