Topolobampo Chefs Tasting
November 10-December 5, 2009
Bravo's Top Chef Masters Finale Menu Through December 5th
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CELEBRATION Tasting Menu
Tacos de Huitlacoche, Caldo de Jitomate:
Crispy rolled tacos filled with Three Sister's Garden huitlacoche (corn mushroom). Roasted tomato broth, crunchy pickled vegetables, avocado, Bayless Garden microgreens.
(Wine pairing: 2008 Lumos "Temperance Hill Vineyard" Gewurztraminer, Willamette, Oregon)
Crema de Calabaza, Carnitas de Pato:
Creamy soup of delicata and ancho chile. Savory, crisp duck carnitas, roasted apples, pepitas, grilled green onions.
(Wine pairing: 2008 Brander "Cuvee Natalie" Santa Ynez Valley, California)
Callos de Hacha al Cilantro:
New Jersey "Viking Village" sea scallops in velvety sauce of guajillo chiles, braised cilantro and caramelized onions. English pea-cilantro mash, enoki mushrooms.
(Wine pairing: 2007 Terre Nere "Sottana Calderara" Etna Rosso, Sicily, Italy)
Borrego en Salsa de Chile Guajillo y Pera:
Elysian Fields lamb "ribeye" in pear-infused red chile sauce. Potato-apple tortitas (studded with Neuske's bacon), grilled frisee-mache salad with smoky Oaxacan pasilla dressing.
(Wine pairing: 2006 Eric Bordelet Poire Granit, Normandy, France & 2005 Rued Zinfandel, Dry Creek Valley Sonoma Valley County, California)
Pastel de Almendras con Chocolate e Higos:
Toasted almond cake with roasted figs, chocolate-Pedro Ximenez sauce. Almond-goat milk ice cream.
(Wine pairing: 2006 Littorai "The Gift" Sonoma Coast, California)
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Bravo's Top Chef Master Finale Tasting
Codorniz estilo Oklahoma Barbeque:
hickory-smoked quail with Hickory House barbeque sauce, Iroquois cornbread croutons, spicy watermelon salad, roasted garlic slaw, chile threads.
(Wine pairing: 2004 Schaetzel "Cuvee Catherine" Gewurztraminer Kaefferkopf, Alsace, France)
*Atun de Mole Negro:
seared Hawaiian ahi tuna in Oaxacan black mole with plantain-filled tamal, grilled nopal salad, roasted knob onions, three nut crunch.
(Wine pairing: 2006 Bodegas Ateca "Atteca Armas" Calatayud, Spain)
*Arroz Negro a la Tumbada:
black rice "a la tumbada" with Maine lobster, tender squid, PEI mussels, grilled octopus and homemade chorizo in fresh tomato-jalapeno broth. Pickled vegetables.
(Wine pairing: 2007 Graff Family Vineyards Mourvedre, Chalone, Monterey County, California)
*Cochinita Pibil:
overnight-braised Maple Creek Farm suckling pig "pibil" with crispy pig's foot, sour orange jellies, habanero-pickled onions, sunchoke pudding.
(Wine pairing: 1997 Terreno Chianti Classico Riserva, Tuscany, Italy)
Tartaleta de Camote, Dos Estilos:
Warm tart of camote (Mexico's native white sweet potato) with toasted gooey meringue, walnut-cranberry swirl ice cream, cranberry-jicama salsa. (Wine: 2006 Francis Tannahill Passito Gewerztraminer, Willamette Valley, Oregon)
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Jalisco-Inspired Tasting
Ensalada de Kona Kampachi:
Fresh, sashimi-grade Kona Kampachi salad with grilled nopales, chayote and tomatillo dressing. Crispy charales, ripe Uruapan avocado, pine nut crunch.
(Wine pairing: 2008 Sitios De Bodega "Con Class" Verdejo, Rueda, Spain)
Sopa de Panceta:
Savory pork belly soup with guajillo chile. Littleneck clams, crispy chicharron, lime "air."
(Wine pairing: 2006 Nieport Redoma Branco, Douro Valley, Portugal)
Pozole Rojo de Merluza:
Pan-roasted Alaskan black cod in slow-simmered red chile pozole. Traditional crunchy garnishes, Iroquois white corn pudding, toasted arbol chile.
(Wine pairing: 1997 Terreno Chianti Classico Riserva, Tuscany, Italy)
Barbacoa de Chivo, Salsita de Cacahuate:
Overnight Kilgus Boer goat barbacoa in red chile peanut sauce. Coconut parsnip mash, black barley, watercress, peanut crunch.
(Wine pairing: 2005 Loring Wine Company "Durell Vineyard" Pinot Noir, Sonoma Coast, California)
Pastel de Chocolate, Calabaza en Tacha:
Devil's food cake with calabaza en tacha (Tracey's pumpkins braised in unrefined sugar and spices). Toasted pumpkinseed ice cream, chocolate-piloncillo ice cream
(Wine pairing: 1991 Nieport Colheita, Douro Valley, Portugal)















