We started our meal with the Baked Brie appetizer - served with figs, strawberries, crostini and honey. For our entrees - my husband had the Gaucho Steak 7oz grilled Filet Mignon, celery root & potato puree, garlic sautéed shrimp, grilled asparagus, and Argentinian Chimichurri vinaigrette served on the side so delicious - and I had the Coq!!
It brought back so many memories of the years I spent living in Brussels. Here is the description of the dish on their menu: Chicken braised with white wine, heavy cream, carrots, celery, mushrooms, lardons, leeks over creamy celery root & potato puree
Coq au Vin Blanc
1 3 1/2-pound chicken, in 10 pieces without backbone, dried
Salt and ground white pepper
4 oz pancetta (or bacon in a pinch)
8 oz white pearl onions (frozen)
1 med onion, finely chopped
1/2 lb celery cut diagonally into 1 inch pieces
1/2 lb carrots cut diagonally into 1 inch pieces
4 cloves garlic, sliced
9 ounces oyster mushrooms, trimmed, clumps separated
2 cups chardonnay (or chicken stock)
1 cup heavy cream
2 T butter (unsalted or black truffle)
Cook the pancetta until crisp in a 4-quart stovetop creuset. Remove pancetta and drain on a paper towel. Add the chicken, skin side down, as many pieces as fit comfortably. Cook until lightly browned, season with salt and pepper and turn to brown other side. Remove to a platter when done and repeat with the remaining chicken.
Reduce heat, add the pearl onions to casserole and toss in fat until lightly browned. Add the chopped onion, celery, carrots and garlic, cook until softened, and stir in the mushrooms. When they wilt, return chicken, onion, garlic and bacon to the pan, pour wine all over, bring to a boil, then lower the heat to low and simmer for 40 minutes.
Add cream and simmer for 10 minutes longer. Sprinkle with chopped parsley before serving.
Now to just make it and tweak it to perfection. Also - on the hunt for a recipe for the insane celery root and potato puree!!
Coq au Vin Blanc
1 3 1/2-pound chicken, in 10 pieces without backbone, dried
Salt and ground white pepper
4 oz pancetta (or bacon in a pinch)
8 oz white pearl onions (frozen)
1 med onion, finely chopped
1/2 lb celery cut diagonally into 1 inch pieces
1/2 lb carrots cut diagonally into 1 inch pieces
4 cloves garlic, sliced
9 ounces oyster mushrooms, trimmed, clumps separated
2 cups chardonnay (or chicken stock)
1 cup heavy cream
2 T butter (unsalted or black truffle)
Cook the pancetta until crisp in a 4-quart stovetop creuset. Remove pancetta and drain on a paper towel. Add the chicken, skin side down, as many pieces as fit comfortably. Cook until lightly browned, season with salt and pepper and turn to brown other side. Remove to a platter when done and repeat with the remaining chicken.
Reduce heat, add the pearl onions to casserole and toss in fat until lightly browned. Add the chopped onion, celery, carrots and garlic, cook until softened, and stir in the mushrooms. When they wilt, return chicken, onion, garlic and bacon to the pan, pour wine all over, bring to a boil, then lower the heat to low and simmer for 40 minutes.
Add cream and simmer for 10 minutes longer. Sprinkle with chopped parsley before serving.
Now to just make it and tweak it to perfection. Also - on the hunt for a recipe for the insane celery root and potato puree!!
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