Events / Dinner

Sortun and Solomonov’s Spice-Trail Mezze

Wed, May 02, 2012

7:00 PM
The Beard House
Member Price: $155 Public Price: $205 Phone: 212.627.1111
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JBF Award Winner Michael Solomonov
Zahav, Percy Street Barbecue, and Federal Donuts, Philadelphia

JBF Award Winner Ana Sortun
Oleana, Cambridge, MA

Wine Director Lauren Friel
Oleana, Cambridge, MA

Friends and fellow JBF Award winners Michael Solomonov and Ana Sortun share a passion for Middle Eastern cuisine and its arsenal of spices. For this unique Beard House dinner, the duo will highlight these vibrant seasonings in a menu of mezze, the communal small plates of the region.

​Event photos by F. Martin Ramin.

Menu

  • Hors d’Oeuvre
    • Molasses Wafers with Goat Cheese and Halva
    • Basturma and Kasseri Boregi > Cured Beef and Pastry-Wrapped Sheep’s Milk Cheese
    • Warm Buttered Hummus with Walnuts
    • Sweetbread Schnitzel with Zhoug and Chickpeas
    • Fluke Crudo with Beets and Argan Oil
    • Chicken Pastels with Nigella Seeds
    • Dogfish Head Ta Henket Ale
  • Dinner
    • Pea and Walnut Salad; Spring Radish Fattoush; and Monks Salad
    • François Chidaine Brut Montlouis Sur Loire NV
    • Freekeh with Almonds and Dill; Baby Okra with Aleppo Peppers and Coriander; and Beets with Tahini and Mint
    • Gramona Gran Cuvée Cava 2008
    • Quail Kebab with Pistachios and Barberries; and Chicken Wings with Green Garlic Toum
    • Venturini Baldini Lambrusco 2009
    • Lamb Shishlik with Asparagus Pilaf; and Beef–Morel Kebabs with Green Matbucha
    • Quinta do Ameal Espumante 2002
    • Knefe > Sweet Cheese–Stuffed Sesame Doughnut with Rhubarb Syrup
    • Warm Sacchlab > Spiked Orchid Root Drink

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