Topolobampo Chefs Tasting
July 27-August 21, 2010
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WHITE HOUSE STATE DINNER Tasting Menu
Tostadas de Atun:
tostadas layered with sashimi-grade ahi tuna, homemade green chile mayo, ripe avocado, crispy knob onions, Bayless garden microgreens.
Ceviche Verde:
Sashimi-grade Hawaiian ahi tuna with Mexican "chimichurri" (cilantro, parsley, roasted garlic, serrano chile, olive oil), fresh-squeezed lime juice, cucumber and jicama. Roasted fennel, fennel pollen, dry Jack chicharron, pinenut crunch.
(Wine tasting: 2008 Gramona "Gessami" Penedes, Spain)
Mariscos al Mojo "Blanco y Negro":
Pan-roasted Maine lobster and Viking Village day-boat scallops with black-and-white mojo (fermented black garlic, white garlic, olive oil, chipotle, lime). Nichols Farm spinach, puffed quinoa, Bayless Garden chives.
(Wine tasting: 2005 Buglioni "Il Rufiano" Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Veneto, Italy)
"Ribeye" en Mole Negro:
Creekstone Natural seared ribeye with Oaxacan black mole (3 chiles plus 25 other ingredients). Black bean tamalon, wood-grilled green beans, tangy jamaica jewels.
(Wine tasting: 2006 Bodegas Ateca "Atteca" Old Vines Garnacha, Calatayud, Spain)
Tartaleta de Chocolate con Cajeta:
Crispy custard tart of creamy Mexican chocolate and uncuous cajeta (goat milk caramel). Toasted marshmallows, graham cracker "gravel," goat cheese ice cream and height-of-season local strawberries.
(Wine tasting: 1995 Nieport Colheita, Douro Valley, Portugal)
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Mexico City Tasting (inspirations from our annual staff trip)
Tamal de Huitlacoche, Espuma de Flores:
Super-tender sweet corn-huitlacoche tamal with froth sauce of Bayless Garden squash blossoms, Oaxacan quesillo cheese and poblano chile. Summer squash confetti, epazote, huitlacoche dust.
(Wine pairing: 2005 Domaine Marcel Deiss, "Engelgarten" Alsace, France)
Chile Ancho Relleno de Chorizo:
Pickled ancho chile filled with homemade chorizo and lamb chicharron prensado. Pan-roasted lamb loin, porky red bean sauce, crema, Bayless Garden microgreens.
(Wine pairing: 2008 Shaya "Habis" Verdejo Old Vines, Rueda, Spain)
Pescado Adobado con Arroz Negro:
Pan-roasted Arctic char with squid-ink black rice and red chile adobo sauce (infused with orange and prickly pear). Roasted wild chanterelle mushrooms, orange-pickled guero chiles, City Farm verdolagas salad.
(Wine pairing: 2006 Allegrini "Palazzo Della Torre" Veronese, Veneto, Italy)
Puerco en Pipian de Maiz Azul:
Braised Gunthorp pork shoulder and belly with pipian de maiz azul (ancho and pasilla chile, blue corn). Puree of Iroquois white corn, black beans and avocado leaf; garlicky braised quelites; charred Spence Farm baby Iroquois white corn; sweet corn "air."
(Wine pairing: 2005 Adobe Guadalupe "Gabriel" Valle de Guadalupe, Baja California, Mexico)
Sueno de Coco:
A quartet of coconut dreams: creamy coconut flan, crunchy coconut wafer, peach-studded coconut ice cream, and chewy cocada candy infused with apricot. (Wine: 2009 Vietti Moscato D'Asti, Piemonte, Italy)
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Adventurer's Tasting
Patita de Puerco, Chorizo, Erizo:
Crispy nugget of homemade chorizo and pig's feet, unctuous slow-poached egg, creamy tequila-infused sea urchin sauce. Dollop of smoked paddlefish roe.
(Wine tasting: 2007 Domaine de la Fontainerie "Les Brules" Vouvray Sec, Loire Valley, France)
Ancas de Rana en Salsa de Frijol Negro:
Lake Okeechobee frog legs with chipotle-black bean sauce and creamy polenta-style tamal infused with red guajillo chile. Nichols Farm snap peas, crispy potato ring, Bayless Garden microgreens.
(Wine tasting: 2008 Shaya "Habis" Verdejo Old Vines, Rueda, Spain)
Cachetes de Halibut en Verde:
Garlicky, pan-roasted Alaskan halibut cheeks in herby Tabasco-style "verde" sauce (peas, garlic chives, cilantro, parsley). Yellow fava bean mash, pickled pasilla chiles, River Valley Ranch shiitake mushrooms.
(Wine pairing: 2006 G. Descombes Morgon, Beaujolais, France)
Pozole Rojo de Chivo:
Tender, 24-hour braise of Kilgus Boer goat, guajillo chile and pozole corn. Crispy tostaditas, crunchy Napa cabbage, tangy lime, aromatic Mexican oregano.
(Wine tasting: 2004 Bonny Doon Vineyard "Le Cigar Volant" Santa Cruz, California)
Chocolate, Cerezas y Cerveza:
Dark chocolate cake with dark cherries, Oaxacan chocolate ice cream with Negra Modelo, malty crunch, "drunken" tart cherries.
(Wine tasting: 2005 Jorge Ordonez & Co. "#2 Victoria" Malaga, Spain)















