Holiday Dinner Buffet

Stationary Appetizers
Marinated olives with orange and fennel

Cowgirl Creamery Wagon Wheel and Red Hawk, Pt Reyes Bay Blue,
Nicasio Valley Foggy Morning, Cypress Grove Humboldt fog,
Persimmons, apples, grapes, dried dates and figs

Spiced Marcona almonds

Seeded crackers, crostini

Pimento and Manchego profiterole

 

Dinner Buffet
Winter chicory salad with walnuts, kumquats and dates
Baked ham with bourbon glaze and roasted apples
Roasted sirloin with red wine reduction
Swiss chard gratin
Hasselback potatoes
Green beans with roasted almond crumble
Buttermilk biscuits, whipped butter

 

Dessert and Coffee Buffet
Poached pear and brown butter tartlets
Almond fruit cake financier
Chocolate peppermint brownies
Mr. Espresso Coffee and Numi Teas

Holiday Sit-Down Dinner

Passed Appetizer
Beet mochi, pistachio, dukkha
Crab cakes, remoulade, espelette pepper
Seared duck breast, kumquats, pickled mustard seeds, celery root puree

Sit-Down Dinner

First Course

Butter lettuce, satsuma, avocado, pumpkin seeds, aged goat cheese, champagne vinaigrette

Main Course

Grilled pork tenderloin, farro, roasted squash, cavolo nero, pomegranates, smoked bacon, port reductions sauce
OR
Slow roasted salmon, spaetzle, brown butter, savoy cabbage, leeks, caramelized apples
OR
Roasted delicata squash, cauliflower puree, marble potatoes, carrot-quinoa crumble, vadouvan butter

Dessert
Chocolate peppermint mousse, flourless chocolate cake, cocoa meringue, nib brittle
Mr. Espresso Coffee and Numi Teas

Holiday Dinner Stations

Passed Appetizers

Wild mushroom crostini, melted brie, chives

Arancini di riso – fried risotto fritter filled with Italian fontina,
rolled in parmesan, parsley

Potato cups, caramelized onions, bacon, white cheddar, crème fraiche, chives

Smoked trout salad, lemon, chives, tarragon, radish, potato crisp

 

Salad Station

Dino kale salad with roasted beets, apple, candied walnuts, goat cheese,
apple cider-mustard vinaigrette

Blue lake beans, pickled beets, frisee, goat cheese, chives, almond vinaigrette

Shaved fennel and citrus salad

 

Dinner Station

Braised beef short ribs, gremolata
Root vegetable and leek ragout, pistou
Creamy sage polenta
Stationary Dessert
Croquembouche
Chai tea cheesecake bites
Cranberry pear tartlets
Hot Chocolate Station
With mini marshmallows, whipped cream, salted caramel,
cinnamon, peppermint sticks

Holiday Cocktail Party

Passed Appetizers
Cauliflower fritter, salsa verde

Spiced poached persimmons, fromage blanc, pistachio brown butter shortbread

Peppered beef tenderloin, Caesar aioli, shaved parmesan,
micro arugula, seeded cracker

Pigs in blanket – bratwurst, sauerkraut, pickled mustard seeds

Oyster Rockefeller

 

Stationary Appetizers
Root vegetable tart with leeks and thyme

Deviled eggs, mustard, paprika, smoked salt and chives

Poached prawns, classic cocktail sauce

Roasted turkey, apple cranberry mustard relish sandwich, arugula, sage aioli, soft roll

Sicilian chicken salad on endive, fennel, currants, pine nuts, lemon

Crab salad with citrus and avocado

 

Cookie Station
Gingersnap, Cranberry Oat, Chocolate Cocoa Nib, Pistachio Cranberry, Hazelnut Poppyseed Orange Nutmeg, Russian Tea Cakes