Dinner Lab 12/18/14
"The Feast of the Seven Fishes (Italian: Festa dei sette pesci), also known as The Vigil (Italian: La Vigilia), is a Southern Italian and Italian-American celebration of Christmas Eve with meals of fish and other seafood. Today, it's a feast that typically consists of seven different seafood dishes. It originates, however, from Southern Italy, where it is known as The Vigil (La Vigilia). Some Italian-American families have been known to celebrate with nine, eleven or thirteen different seafood dishes. This celebration commemorates the wait, the Vigilia di Natale, for the midnight birth of the baby Jesus. " -Taken from Dinner Lab's email
Smoked Swordfish Escabeche
radish puree & glaze | oregano & sprouts
radish puree & glaze | oregano & sprouts
Chef Joshua Poletti
@4240 Duncan Ave.
Octopus Confit
garbanzo & n'duja relish | tomato confit | smoked olive oil & basil powder
garbanzo & n'duja relish | tomato confit | smoked olive oil & basil powder
Bucatini
white anchovy & tuna conserva | calabrian chiles | gremolata | buerre monte
white anchovy & tuna conserva | calabrian chiles | gremolata | buerre monte
Baccalá Gnocchi
salted cod | charred onion | lemon emulsion & preserved lemon
salted cod | charred onion | lemon emulsion & preserved lemon
Struffoli
coffee gelato | candied hazelnuts | honey & brown butter foam
coffee gelato | candied hazelnuts | honey & brown butter foam