Description
Brennan's 2012 Christmas Eve Menu
The menu below is a sample and pricing and items are subject to change based on availability.
Lagniappe: Froberg Farm Satsuma Eggnog
STARTERS
Turtle Soup au Sherry $9
A Brennan's tradition crowned with sherry
Fire Roasted Lobster Bisque $12
Lobster & Chanterelle mushroom bread pudding with Petrossian caviar
Matagorda Bay Oyster Dome Soup $12
Delicate poached Texas oysters, purple majesty potatoes, Brennan's bacon and Herbsaint cream
Spiced Three Apple Salad $9
Gala, fuji and granny smith apples, Tabasco pecan brittle, Point Reyes blue cheese and spiced cider vinaigrette
Truffled Salmon & Asparagus Salad $12
Froberg satsumas, lolla rossa greens, shallots, pressed egg and black truffle vinaigrette
Shrimp Remoulade $12
Shrimp boil vegetables, butter lettuce, preserved lemon and classic remoulade dressing
French Burgundy Escargot "Meuniere" $18
Five onion biscuit custard, toasted garlic, charred lemon and Oak Farms thyme butter
ENTREES
Filet Mignon & Lobster Rossini $42
Butter poached lobster and smashed fingerling potatoes with foie gras ganache and black truffle Marchand de vin
Citrus Glazed Red Snapper & Crispy Oysters $39
Toasted pecan rice, local pea shoots, hearts of palm and champagne Meyer Lemon beurre blanc
Creole Mustard Crusted Colorado Lamb Chops $42
Lamb & white kidney bean cassoulet, baby red swiss chard, roasted garlic lamb sausage and mint julep lamb sauce
Old Fashioned Duck Breast $33
Braised rabbit dirty rice, grilled duck & sage sausage, kumquats, duck cracklin' and American rye whiskey
Gulf Coast Shrimp and Grits $29
Goat cheese stone ground grits, parsnip chips, baby arugula, toasted garlic and sun dried tomatoes
Louisiana Jumbo Lump Blue Crabcakes $39
Crowned with mirlitons and Wood Duck Farm pea shoots over sweet corn & leek cream
DESSERT - all $9
Creole Cream Cheesecake
Brennan's Creole cream cheese, chocory coffee toffee honey graham cracker crust and dulce de leche
Santa's Milk & Cookies
Brandy milk punch ice cream with crushed candy cane and Chef's selection of assorted holiday cookies
Strawberry White Chocolate Shortcake
First of the season berries, buttermilk biscuit, chantilly cream and Imperial powdered sugar
Veronica's Lemon Meringue Pie
Limonchello blueberry coulis & candied lemon zest
Chocolate Texicana Mousse Cake
White & dark chocolate layers with Patron XO cafe liqueur, peppermint candy bark and chipotle sea salt
Traditional Bananas Foster
Flamed tableside with Caribbean rum served over vanilla bean ice cream
The menu above is a sample and pricing and items are subject to change based on availability.