The Compass Star

Antipasti

Pickled Vegetables

Salumi: Tuscan style salami, Nduja, Pancetta, Capicola Picante, Saucisson Sec, Cured Salmon, Duck Terrine

Fresh vegetables with various dipping sauces 

Olive mix

Spicy herbal candied nuts

Cheese platter with grapes

Prosciutto wrapped provalone

Appetizers

Mediterranean style meatballs with rosemary and sage

Deconstructed Nicoise

Beignet with Quince Jam and Turkish Cheese

Sweet Potato Chips with Duck Confit and mascarpone drizzle

Salads

Cesar Salad

Insalata Mista: Organic greens, feta cheese, cherry tomatoes with balsamic vinaigrette 

Heirloom Tomato Salad with pesto marinated mozzarella, roasted garlic, toasted pine nuts and balsamic reduction

Spinach with candied hazelnuts and goat cheese

Pasta

Butternut Squash gnocchi with garlic butter sauce and toasted hazelnuts

Pumpkin Tagiatelle with rabbit currant ragu

Penne Pasta with toasted pine nuts, fresh spinach and shaved Parmesan cheese with pesto

Entrees

Roasted Squab with mint and plums

Grilled Chicken Brochettes wrapped in pancetta with rosemary

Roasted Chicken with garlic and rosemary

Grilled Beef Loin with a dry rub of paprika, nutmeg and peppercorn

Wine and Milk Braised Pork Shoulder with juniper and peppercorn

Sides

Roasted Fall Vegetables with dill butter sauce

Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Roasted Butternut Squash and red onions

Braised Kale with butter and garlic

Dessert

Quince Gallete with Hazelnut creme anglaise

Guanciale: Salted pork jowl that has been dried

Pancetta: Italian style unsmoked bacon

Nduja: A Spreadable cured pork Offal salami with traditional Italian spices and hot peppers

Capicola: Cured pork shoulder meat

Capicola Picante: Spicy cured Pork Shoulder

Duck Rillet: duck that has been cured overnight in salt and spices, then covered in duck fat and cooked slowly. Then the duck is flaked from the bone and packed in crocks and covered with the spiced pork fat

Saucisson Sec: French style dry salami with simple spices

 Deconstructed Nicoise appetizer

Beignet with Quuince Jam and Turkish Cheese