Wednesday, March 31, 2010

3/31/10

Grilled polenta cakes, cardoon puree, caramelized onions and carrots. In cute little stacks like napoleons.

4 comments:

Lexy and Jared said...

Yowza, this sounds delicious. And I've observed your plating skills, so I'm sure it looked delicious, too. I sure miss thee, RG.

squadratomagico said...

What are cardoons, anyway? It's a very attractive vegetable name: sounds sort of like a tropical archipelago, no?

"I shall be summering in the Cardoons this year."

Lisa B. said...

oh my hell, cardoons!

like napoleons!

damn.

Renaissance Girl said...

Squad: related to artichokes, artichokey in flavor and celeryish in look. Though mine were a bit bitter tonight--I think it's too late in the year for them. Also, I roasted them instead of parboiling, which was a mistake. I tried to temper the bitter with a balsamic reduction and parmesan, and that helped, but the dish wasn't as spectacular in taste as it was in appearance.