ingredients


tasso-2

smoked it the other day.  yum

smoked-polenta

mussel-green

mussels-green1

i have cooked with green lip mussels before, but these were amazing.  rew had them shipped from new zealand.  live green lip mussels.  the only ones i have ever seen have been frozen.  these were alive and in montana.  never thought id ever see that.  we served them several diffrent ways and sold over 40 pounds in three days.

quinoa-escolar1

grilled escolar, quinoa cupcake, vadouvan broth, red pepper chutney and scallions

smoked-clove

this was a cool pic i took for a tgrwt event.  the pairing was banana and clove.  this was the aftermath of torching cloves for smoke. my dish was clove goat cheese stuffed Brulee’d banana with clove smoke.

fried-pb-and-b

but the simplest idea is usually the best.  nick struck gold with this.  clove beer battered peanut butter and banana sandwich.

crayons

small-mg

as far as i know, we are the only restaurant in montana to use any of these ingredients.  if there are any others out there please get in touch.  my collection is small but growing.

chanterelle en gel. 

the gel is a clarified butternut squash and mushroom stock set with kappa.

wild mushroom strudel with a brandy butternut puree and chanterelle en gel.

a local picker dropped by with some very nice washington chanterelles. 

we served them with maple, bacon, and thyme over soft polenta with brioche toast.

we received some stock bones from MFC.  we roasted them off and realized that the didnt fit in the stock pot very well.  a few phone calls and nick had his buddy drop by with a hack saw so we could make the necessary modifications.

nick in action.

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