Breakfast Dinner 10.16.09

The breakfast dinner was a lot of fun to cook, certainly not the most complicated or inspired thing I have ever done but at the end of the day the flavors were solid and most of the dishes made a strong case for being inspired by breakfast.

Hotate . Breakfast Radish . Chamomile-Apple Gelee . Celery

Obviously no one eats radishes for breakfast and that was just a play on words but the idea was more inspired by serving tea. While this dish was cold, it is possible to warm it up with an agar gel and barely warmed scallops.

 

Marble Rye Ice Cream . Smoked Char . Sorrel

While it was tempting to add pickled red onions or capers to this, the idea of a smoked salmon sandwich works better in this form as just those two components, the idea of an onion-caper streusel would elevate the dish.

Egg Salad "Chiboust" . Caviar . Puffed Parsnip

Basically eggs on eggs, the eggs were boiled perfectly, separated and then combined with horseradish, lemon zest and juice into an unsweetened Chibouste cream yielding a lighter fluffy rendition of egg salad.It could simply have been served on toasted brioche but the parsnip puffs were perfectly textured for it, the perfect single bite.

Rainwater Madeira Oatmeal . Roasted Matsutake . Parmesan

I am surprised I had not thought about this sooner, this is probably the ultimate comfort food. Essentially the dish is a variation of a mushroom risotto with refined touches to enhance the earthy flavors and opens up a whole new world of savory oatmeal. Imagine a chestnut oatmeal with Squab or candied black olive and fennel seed oatmeal with Lamb.

Toasted Croissant Soup . Cheddar Whey Froth . Bacon Wrapped Andouillete

Quite silly indeed but one of the best flavor combinations of the evening, this is essentially your croissant bacon-egg and cheese sandwich. Just as good for a hangover.

 

Spanish Mackerel . Tomatoes . Chermoula

The logic started with making a case for one of countless frightening interpretations of breakfast in England. The Brits love fried fish and tomato in the AM. Kippers are as salty as the dead sea and even after properly cooking mackerel and tomatoes, it was still boring. I quickly made some Chermoula which perfectly completes the dish. While considering this breakfast may be a stretch, one can certainly agree that without foreign influences British food rarely has a leg to stand on.

 

Meadow Run Farm Egg . Triple Chicken Bouillon . Whipped Foie Gras

A simple pristine egg with little competition, the broth and liver just added Umami but the star was the slightly salted egg just as breakfast should be.

 

"La Ratte" Potato-Oxtail Terrine . Potato-Egg Yolk Foam . Oxtail Jus

Steak and Eggs sort of.

It rocked.

 

Old Spot Pork Belly . Dulche de Miso . Apple . Fennel . Celeriac

Good old bacon.

Have you ever had bacon with Nutella.

Try it ................Fabulous.

Caramel Corn Puffs . Celery Root Milk . Corn Sorbet . Mint

Your standard breakfast cereal.

Celery root milk is a revelation achieved by cooking a light ice cream base  in the bath infused with fragrant celeriac.

Frozen Butterscotch . Smoked Chocolate . Roasted Banana Sorbet . Bourbon Maple Glazed Benton Bacon

This one speaks for itself.

Comments

[Don S]

Breakfast as Dinner as if it were Dawn on a Dark Evening. Brilliant!!!