Menu
Summer Quarter 2008 Dinner Menu
The following menu is typical of the tempting fare you'll find for dinner at Creations. Selections may vary on the day of your visit.
(Assorted Breads with Condiments)
Appetizers
Sweet Sherry-Saffron Mussels
Steamed with smoked paprika and roasted plum tomatoes
topped with a parsley almond rouille
Suggested Wines: Cusumano Inzolia & Burgans Albariño
Asparagus-Fig Tartlett
With ricotta cheese, baby arugula and white truffle honey
Suggested Wines: Willm Gewurztraminer & Marienberger Piesporter Gold Spatlese Riesling
Pan Seared Smoked Duck Breast
With tomato marmalade, apple mustard and a fennel radish salad
Suggested Wines: Crios de Susana Balbo “Rosé of Malbec” & Zantho St. Laurent
Soups
Thai Chicken Consomme
flavored with lemon grass and ginger and garinished
with brunoise vegetables and chicken dumpling
Suggested Wines: Kracher Illmitz Pinot Gris Trocken & Willm Gewurztraminer
Summer Corn Veloute
With basil mascarpone flan, sweet pepper coulis and blue corn crackers
Suggested Wines: Bouchard Ainé et Fils Macon-Villages & Cusumano Inzolia
Salads
Arugula Watermelon
With warm goat cheese pinenut bruschetta and lemon tarragon vinaigrette
Suggested Wine: Marienberger Piesporter Gold Spatlese Riesling
Marinated Green Bean and Wild Mushroom Salad
Served in a parmesan tulipe with rosemary prosciutto and aioli
Suggested Wine: Crios de Susana Balbo “Rosé of Malbec”
Tuna Nicoice
Seared tuna, haricot verts, grape tomatoes, chopped egg, nicoice olives and tourneed potatoes
with baby greens and Dijon shallot dressing
Suggested Wines: R Wines “Pure Evil” Chardonnay & Bouchard Ainé et Fils "Pinossimo" Pinot Noir
Intermezzo
Seasonal fruit sorbet
Entrées
Roasted Cornish Hen
With port wine-duck sausage, portabella orzo, salsa verde and sautéed rapini
Suggested Wines: Colosi Rosso Nero d’Avola & Mas Que Vinos Ercavio Tempranillo Roble
Almond Crusted Wild Keta Salmon
With smoked gouda grits, beurre noisette, asparagus, grapes and crisp capers
Suggested Wines: Bouchard Ainé et Fils Macon-Villages & Flying Kiwi Pinot Noir
Yukon Potato-Cauliflower Ravioli
With fines herbes, roasted pepper romesco, spinach and fennel
Suggested Wines: Cusumano Inzolia & Bouchard Ainé et Fils "Pinossimo" Pinot Noir
Ten Spice Lamb Steak
Grilled medium rare and served with apricot chutney, chick pea fries,
grilled summer squash and cumin demi glace
Suggested Wines: Stelzner Vineyards Claret & Lavradores de Feitoria Douro Red
Desserts
Profiteroles
Three mini shells filled with pepito brittle ice cream and topped with
ancho chili chocolate sauce and cinnamon fried sweet potatoes
Suggested Wine: Lillypilly Estate Noble Harvest
Summer Berry Parfait
Summer berry compote layered with sweetened mascarpone mousse,
sponge cake and almond cookies
Suggested Wine: Marenco Moscato d’Asti
Molten Chocolate Cake
With brandied cherries and vanilla ice cream
Suggested Wine: Broadbent Auction Reserve Port
