Mardi Gras 2014
$65 per person includes starter, entree and dessert
(menu based on availability and may change)
Starters
Turtle Sou Au Sherry
A Brennan's tradition crowned with sherry
The Bayou Gumbo
Alligator sausage, Gulf oysters and Louisiana crawfish with toasted garlic "Jazzmen" rice
Mardi Gras Salad
Sea salt roasted golden beets, graffiti cauliflower, string beans with a rose vinaigrette
Atchafalaya Basin Alligator Pie
with pickled okra chow chow and Brennan's tasso over Acadiana-style sauce piquant
Texas Wild Shrimp Remoulade
Shrimp boil vegetables, butter lettuce, preserved lemon and chilled remoulade dressing
Oysters Bienville
Fire roasted Texas oysters with Creole seasoned shrimp, garlicky mushrooms and and Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
Louisiana Crawfish & Waffle
Saute of Louisiana crawfish and Andouille sausage over malted waffle with corn maque choux
Entrees
Harris Ranch Filet Mignon
Sweet potato & Comte cheese gratin, roasted King Trumpet mushrooms, caramelized onions and Kentucky bourbon "Old Fashioned" steak sauce
Blackened American Red Snapper
Over warmed "crawfish boil potato salad" and charred peppers with sauce Acadian
Lamb Chops Tchoupitoulas
Cornbread crusted Colorado lamb chops over red beans & rice with smoked lamb sausage and honey green peppercorn sauce
NOLA Barbecue Seafood Stew
Creole spiced redfish, "off the boat" shrimp, poached oysters, seafood boudin, Abita beer aioli and NOLA-style BBQ sauce
Gunpowder Spiced Hill Country Quail
Quail sausage jambalaya stuffing, grilled quail poppers, deviled quail egg and sweet tea pepper jelly
Bayou City Shrimp Creole
Texas shrimp stewed with fire roasted tomatoes over goat cheese stone ground grits
Cast Iron Seared 44 Farms Ribeye
Rattlesnake & white bean chili, buttermilk fried onion strings and charred Serrano ketchup
Dessert
Froberg Farm Strawberry Jubilee
Strawberry white chocolate shortcake, Strawberry ice cream, malted waffle cone and NOLA rum strawberry daiquiri
Mardi Gras Mambo King Cake
Creole cream cheese filling, Imperial sugars and tropical rum glazed Hawaiian pineapple
Poirier's Sweet Potato Pie
Poirier's can syrup, Confectioners sugarcane glaze, sweet potato chips and Brandy Milk Punch ice cream
Vieux Carre Beignets
Beaucoup powdered sugar and Cafe Au Lait ice cream
Bourbon Chocolate Doberge Cake
Swiss chalet chocolate, cocoa satin sauce, coco nib tuile and mint julep ice cream
Traditional Bananas Foster
Flamed tableside with Caribbean rum served over vanilla bean ice cream
Brennan's Creole Bread Pudding
Texas sweet berries, warmed caramel and rye whiskey sauce
Wine
Mohua Pinot Noir, Central Otago, New Zealand 2012 $50
Hartford Court Chardonnay, Russian River, California 2011 $55
Featured Cocktail
Cocktail Carnival
Served up rimmed with Vieux Carre sugars & garnished with a pear spear
