Station 1 - Cold Station

Question 0

Roasted Root Vegetable Salad

Answer 0

GF - Roasted root vegetables, Duck confit, Acorn squash puree, Chevre, Toasted hazelnut and hazelnut oil

• parsnip, carrot, rutabaga, turnip, celeriac
• duck confit: duck leg, cured and slow cooked in duck fat.
• chevre: fresh goat’s milk cheese. We use Stickney Hills from Kimball, MN.

Question 1

Dakota House Salad

Answer 1

GF - Boston Bibb Lettuce, French Dressing, Shaved Red Onion, Spiced Sunflower Seeds, Shaved Manchego Cheese

• French Dressing: house made. Contains worcestershire sauce (anchovy)
• the vinegars used do NOT contain gluten
• Salads come in starter or entrée sizes NO SPLITS
• Manchego: Spanish sheep’s milk cheese from La Mancha, Spain.

Question 2

Country Pork Terrine

Answer 2

Possible GF
Pork Shoulder, Toasted English Muffin, Blueberry Mustarda, Crème Fraiche Glaze, Bread n’ Butter Pickle
-terrine: French term for a vessel commonly used for cooking forcemeat.
-pork forcemeat: pork shoulder and pork fat, ground with seasoning and cornichons.

Question 3

Grilled Beef Caesar Salad

Answer 3

possible GF
Romaine hearts, Grilled beef tenderloin, Classic Caesar dressing, Grilled Artichoke, Crouton, Hard boiled Egg, Demi Sec tomato, Shaved Parmesan
-Caesar dressing: contains anchovy, parmesan cheese and egg
- beef tenderloin: tender as the night spans two primal cuts, the sirloin and short loin, sits beneath the ribs and gets very little work out…making it the most tender cut
-Demi Sec: medium dry. Marinated in Balsamic, evoo, herbs, sugar and oven dried.

Question 4

Cold Smoked Salmon Carpaccio

Answer 4

GF
Golden beet, Fennel, Pickled mustard seed, Horseradish cream, Lemon oil, Gin essence, Salmon Roe
-cold smoked: generally, cured for 24 hours and smoked at temperatures close to 99 degrees F. Cold smoking doesn’t cook the salmon. Has a ‘slimier’ texture than hot smoked salmon which does cook the meat.
-gin essence is a light spray of gin over the plate to stimulate the senses.

Question 5

Cheese Experience

Answer 5

3 domestic cheeses, jar of fun, grape leaf, assorted olives, butter balls, gigande beans, cracker and baguette

• jar of fun and domestic cheese will be posted.
• variety of 3 domestic cheeses. Usually consists of one goats milk, cows milk and blue cheese.