Apps & Caviar Flashcards

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Appetisers
Normal ones

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Gruyere Gougère
- French pastry w cream cheese topped with shaved Monforte

Monforte cheese inspired by Comte from Section 28 Cheese (supplier - Section 28 |Montforte reserve). Raw milk, semi-hard cheese inspired by cave aged French Comté. Best is matured for further 350 days. Produced in Adelaide Hills.

Tuna Ceviche w Nori Cracker
Brambley apple

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2
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Dietary App

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Purple cabbage tart

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3
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VIP App

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Sweet potato tartlet w pomme mouse and pistachio

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Caviar Snack

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Crisp potato w crème fraiche, egg yolk jam and ARS Italica Oscietra (Italy) 2gr

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Caviar

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1) ARS Italica Oscietra
2) Black Pearl Beluga
3) Kaluga N25 50g

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6
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Birthday Cakes

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1) Canelé de Bordeaux made w rum and vanilla. No nuts.

2) Almond Chocolate Mousse. Contains nuts. No eggs, dairy, gluten

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7
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Cheese & condiments

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Condiments:
1) Macerated Apricot in apricot brandy
2) Peanut & Pickled baby figs
3) Raw honey
4) Cranberry jam

Cheese:
Long paddock Bluestone (VIC)
Pyengana Chedder (TAS)
Blackall Gold Woombye (QLD)
Holy goat (VIC)

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Tajima Wagyu
- No. farmers
- Raised on grass until…
- Feeding operation

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Over 60 farmers across NSW, VIC, South Oz.
Wagyu calves raised on grass until 350-400kg.
Re-Located to Prime City Griffith - fed 3 different specialised rations for a minimum of 350 days.
Feed mostly grown on farm - corn, silage, hay, cereals

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Shiro Kin Sirloin

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Rump Cap

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Beef fillet

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CAVIAR
¿Qué es?, 4

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Cured, unfertilised fish eggs, technically refers to the cured eggs of sturgeon. Uncured eggs are called roe, but, over time, the word “caviar” has come to be used for several types of roe, even uncured and non-sturgeon varieties, e.g., salmon and trout.

  1. ARS Italica Oscietra
  2. Black Pearl Beluga
  3. Kaluga
  4. N25
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ARS Italica Oscietra
Flavour profile

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  1. Hints of hazelnut & butter, intensify as caviar matures.
  2. Lightly salted
  3. Pure, rich, deep flavour
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Black Pearl Beluga
Flavour profile

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  1. Full-bodied, long aftertaste
  2. Umami
  3. Creamy
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Kaluga
Flavour profile

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  1. Earthy buttery flavour
  2. Salty overtone, preparation encompasses a light salting procedure, tantalising residual flavour
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N25

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  1. Offers nutty and floral complexities. 2. Lower salt profile highlights toasted nuts and floral aromas.
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Holy Goat La Luna
$50pp

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  • Regarded as one of Australia’s best cheeses
  • La Luna = farmhouse dairy located in VIC east of Castlemaine, Organic certified goat milk
  • Geotrichum candidum produces wrinkly velvety white rind / mold - encases some of France’s best cheeses
  • Rare in UK, USA, AUS
  • Served with tarte tatin of caramelised cippolini, thyme caramel and pickled walnut
  • Early 2024 Closure of on-farm cheese factory. Removed from Market in May.
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Sturgeon

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Over 27 species, mostly in Caspian and Black sea
Arrived 100MYA
Rarest and most expensive > Beluga sturgeon caviar
Harvest ~4-7 years mature w/wo surgery, clean, remove damaged eggs
Largest artificial farm, Lombardy, Italy - 15% of world’s caviar

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K171
Krug Grande Cuvée 171ÈME

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$$88 pg, %40 off general price

Pinot Noir dominant 45%, w Chardonnay second strongest 37% and finished w Meunier complementation 18%

Blend of 131 wines, 12 different years (2015-2000) giving it a unique fullness of flavours and aromas impossible to express w wines from a single year.

7 years in Krug cellars

Most generous expression of Champagne

Can be served to accompany oysters 🦪

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Que le hace ser tan especial?

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Established 1843, Joseph Krug
Most sought after champagne dictates v high prices.
Neutral oak barrels, blending wines
Multi-vintage
Each bottle has a unique code you can enter in Krug app
Plots, varieties, vintages
Meunier considered inferior in many champagne houses

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Oysters

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Merimbula:
5.5hrs south of Sydney
High brine intensity due to high oceanic tidal movements (salty profile)

Wonboyn:
6 hr south
Mildest brine flavour of any oyster, live in low salt concentration (low salty profile)