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Mike Stollenwerk's Feast of the Seven Fishes at the James Beard House
On Christmas Eve, Italians and Italian-Americans celebrate the Feast of the Seven Fishes, a fin-filled repast in which seven seafoods represent the seven virtues, seven sacrament or seven days of the week, depending whose nonna you ask.
Mike Stollenwerk’s Feast of the Seven Fishes at the James Beard House
On Christmas Eve, Italians and Italian-Americans celebrate the Feast of the Seven Fishes, a fin-filled repast in which seven seafoods represent the seven virtues, seven sacraments or seven days of the week, depending whose nonna you ask. (Mine just shrugs.) Mike Stollenwerk of Fish (1708 Lombard St.) will be cooking a modern rendition of the feast at New York City's James Beard House on Dec. 7. Among the species being served: eel (escabeche), shrimp (with cardoons and butterscotch beans) and swordfish (salt-roasted), plus some cheeky takes on classics like crab sausage and peppers and fried smelts over smoked eggplant purée. The wine-paired dinner is $170 per person ($130 for JBF members), and reservations can be made on James Beard’s website. Full menu after the jump.
Hors d’ Oeuvres
Cured Tuna, anchovy vinaigrette, celery leaf
Baked Wild Littleneck Clam, oregano, breadcrumb
Octopus Arancini, saffron, pignolis
Salt Cod, potato butter
Conde de Subirats Cava Rose‐ Macbeo‐Parellada, Penedés, Spain NV
Dinner
Eel Escabeche
blood orange, picholine olive
Château d’ L’ Oisenliniere‐ Melon de Borgogne, Muscadet Sèvre et Maine, France 2010
Carolina Shrimp
butterscotch beans, cardoon, cabbage moustarda
Suavia‐ Garganega‐Trebbiano di Soave, Soave, Italy 2010
Crab Sausage & Peppers
cavatelli
Colle di Bordellini‐ Pigato, Liguaria, Italy 2010
Fried Smelts
semolina, kale, smoked eggplant puree
Bonny Doon‐ Grenache‐Roussanne, Central Coast, California 2010
Salt Roasted Swordfish
porcini mushroom, roasted cippolini gremolata
Fuedo di Santa‐ Frappato, Sicily, Italy 2009
Limoncello Baba
fennel, pistachio, black olive
Dios Baco- Moscatel, Jerez, Spain NV
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