Dinner Tasting

I had a dinner tasting last night to select the menu for an event next week. The menus were:

Soups:

Smoked Potato Soup, Cured Salmon

Sweet Potato Soup, Ginger Cream

Mains:

Mushroom filled Chicken
Cauliflower Puree
Chevre-creamed corn
Cream Sherry Sauce

Olive filled Chicken
Spinach-Jocoque Spaetzle
Sauteed Mushrooms
Lemon Butter Sauce

Desserts:

Roasted Pinapple, Coconut Financier

Chai Panna Cotta, Pear Coulis

Balsamic with Cacao

While shopping for a big dinner, I found this vinegar. I was curious so I bought it thinking that it could be added to dessert. Upon opening it I tasted it. It bears no resemblance to the good stuff, but it's not as awful as the supermarket balsamic (just a tad short of it). It does, however present a nice hint of cocoa and just a touch of figs. I ended up reducing it into a nice sauce.

It's in no way a fancy product, but a nice, useful ingredient.

December 1st.

Dinner Menu:

Red Beet
Passionfruit Jocoque
Popcorn

SRF Kurobuta Pork
Girolles
Red Onion Puree
"Vino de Piedra" Sauce
Pollen-Mint

Chocolate Coulant
Blue Cheese Ice Cream
Cider Tapioca
Cacao Balsamic Reduction