The Earle Restaurant Menu
Effective
December 1 2011
Appetizers
Tortellini
Cheese filled tortellini baked with prosciutto and freshly grated nutmeg. $9.95
Calamari
Deep-fried squid rings, served with aioli. $10.95
Roasted Garlic
Served with crostini and a variety of accompaniments. $9.95
Escargots
In a puff pastry shell with shallots, garlic, white wine, chives, butter, and a hint of Pernod. $10.95
Baked Goat Cheese
French goat cheese rolled in sesame seeds and baked, served on greens tossed in a walnut vinaigrette. $8.95
Risotto
Risotto balls stuffed with mozzarella, breaded and deep fried, served with a tomato-basil sauce. $8.95
Duck Salad
Sliced sautéed duck breast tossed with roasted pepper strips, roasted garlic cloves, red onions and balsamic vinaigrette…on a bed of spring greens. $12.95
Antipasto Platter
Sopressata and finocchiona salami served with provolone, marinated mushrooms and olives. $12.95
Beef Tenderloin
Slivered beef tenderloin marinated in olive oil with herbs and grilled. $12.95
Mushroom Caps
Mushroom caps baked with a zesty eggplant paté. Sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. $9.95
Spicy Shrimp
Spicy shrimp sautéed with tomatoes, garlic and rosemary…with a white wine deglaze…on arugula leaves. $10.95
Crab Cakes
Served with a roasted red pepper sauce. $12.95
Polenta
Sautéed mushrooms and duck sausage on polenta, baked with Fontina and topped with a red pepper tomato purée. With fried sage. $10.95
Soups
French Onion
Traditional French onion soup enhanced with shallots and chives, topped with gruyére and finished under the broiler. $5.95
Bean and Escarole
Cannellini beans and escarole simmered in a spicy tomato and chicken broth; with Parmesan. $4.95
Salads
Panzanella
Cucumber, onion, tomatoes and Tuscan-style bread, olive oil and vinegar, with basil, capers, and anchovies. $4.95
Tossed Dinner Salad
Romaine, bibb, chicory, radicchio, and tomato wedges. Choice of creamy garlic, creamy pepper, Roquefort, olive oil vinaigrette, or balsamic vinaigrette dressings. $2.95
Nicoise
A Mediterranean combination of fresh vegetables, tuna, tomatoes, hard-boiled egg, anchovies, and olives. $9.95
Gorgonzola
Romaine lettuce tossed with gorgonzola, walnuts, and vinaigrette. $5.95
Caesar
Romaine tossed with a dressing of olive oil, egg, garlic, anchovies, and parmesan. $5.95
With grilled spicy shrimp. $9.95
Mediterranean
Arugula tossed with grapes tomatoes, garbanzo beans, eggplant, feta cheese and vinaigrette. $6.95
Entrées
Cassoulet
A hearty casserole of white beans simmered with pork, garlic sausage and pancetta…with onions, carrots, tomatoes and garlic…enhanced with duck confit, sprinkled with breadcrumbs and baked to order (please allow additional time). $26.95
Sautéed Duck Breasts
Boneless duck breasts sautéed medium-rare, deglazed with applejack brandy and pan-sauced with apples, cider and brown sugar, with rum-plumped raisins. Served with a potato-turnip purée. $26.95
Grilled Delmonico Steak
Served with two sauces: a dijon-green peppercorn sauce and a mushroom enhanced soubise sauce, served with potatoes. $25.95
Sea Scallops
Sautéed with mushrooms and garlic, pan-sauced with sherry and cream, served with rice. $27.95
Beef Tenderloin with Chasseur Sauce
Cross-cut sections of beef tenderloin sautéed with mushrooms, shallots, garlic and tomatoes; deglazed with white wine and sprinkled with rosemary salt. Served with orzo. $29.95
Sautéed Beef Tenderloin with Roquefort
Deglazed with Madeira and pan-sauced with cream and Roquefort, topped with walnuts and pine nuts, served with potatoes. $29.95
Sautéed Beef Tenderloin with Black Pepper
Rolled in coarsely ground black pepper, and served with a brandy sauce, garnished with mushrooms, served with potatoes. $29.95
Grilled Salmon with Fennel
Fresh fillet of salmon grilled and served in a fennel sauce with a sea scallop garnish…on a bed of sautéed spinach…served with potatoes. $25.95
Veal
Veal scallops lightly breaded and sautéed with mushrooms and garlic…deglazed with marsala and finished with cream…sprinkled with Parmesan…served with orzo. $28.95
Chicken
Boneless chicken breasts seared then roasted with: artichokes, mushrooms, potatoes, whole cloves of garlic and fresh rosemary. $20.95
Whitefish
Fresh fillet of whitefish coated with ground hazelnuts and breadcrumbs, sautéed and served with a chive beurre blanc on a bed of sautéed spinach, served with potatoes. $20.95
Salmon in Puff Pastry
Fresh filet of salmon rubbed with dijon mustard and wrapped in puff pastry with a mushroom duxelle, served with a tarragon-cream sauce. $24.95
Rainbow Trout
Fresh rainbow trout seared then baked with mushrooms, sage, fresh breadcrumbs and lemon…served with rice. $24.95
Lamb
Lamb chops sautéed and served in a port wine sauce and tarragon sauce; with a turnip-potato purée. Market Price
Stuffed Squash
Roasted butternut squash with a stuffing of: spinach, leeks and mushrooms…enhanced with rosemary and pine nuts…topped with gruyere cheese…served with rice. $19.95
Pastas
Linguini with Garlic Sausage
Linguini tossed with crumbled garlic sausage, Capocolla ham, sliced hot peppers, olive oil, and Romano cheese. 18.95
Linguini with Scallops
Linguini tossed with bay scallops, prosciutto, chopped hazelnuts, fresh basil, garlic, olive oil and freshly ground black pepper. $19.95
Linguini with Mushrooms
Linguini tossed with sautéed shallots, garlic and three varieties of mushrooms…with white wine, chives, mascarpone and Parmesan cheese. $19.95
Linguini with Roasted Peppers and Mushrooms
Linguini tossed with wild mushrooms, leeks, roasted pepper strips, roasted garlic cloves and fresh sage…with romano and goat cheese. $19.95
Penne with Chicken
Tube-shaped pasta tossed with chicken in a sweet pepper-tomato sauce with black olives and basil, with Romano cheese. $19.95