Series 1 Farmer's Dinner

June 28th, 2010

Reception at 6:00pm

Dinner at 7:00pm

$89 per Person/Includes Tax and Gratuity

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The first in a three part series, this Farmer's Dinner will feature a reception, with speakers from some of the local farms, followed by a five course menu featuring locally grown produced and harvested items from this regions best source of sustainable foods. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Connecticut Farmland Trust, whose sole mission is to permanently protect Connecticut's farmland.

Passed- Hors D' oeuvres

Sweet pea pancakes with Duck Trap Smoked salmon

Johnny cakes maple mushroom "caviar"

Early summer Salsa and chips

Local cheeses with condiments

Dinner Menu

1^St Course

Groton family farms soft poached egg with spinach and toasted sunflower seed salad, Warm Nodine juniper bacon vinaigrette

2^nd Course

Seared Bomster scallops with a bronze fennel jam

Spiced potatoes

3^rd Course

House Smoked Stony Ledge Farms Cornish Game Hen with a Swiss chard tart And Nasturtium Honey

4^th Course

Roast Leg of lamb from Sankow's Beaverbrook Farm with a Green garlic Aioli baby arugula and paprika oil

5^th Course

Frozen Goats milk parfait with basil and chocolate