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.