Oct. 11-13: Coffee-infused tasting at Pumpkin

For anyone who loves coffee as much as we do at Meal Ticket, check out the collab between Pumpkin (1713 South St.) and Philly Fair Trade Roasters this week.

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Oct. 11-13: Coffee-infused tasting at Pumpkin

POSTED: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 11:30 AM
Filed Under: Coffee | Food Events

For anyone who loves coffee as much as we do at Meal Ticket, check out the collab between Pumpkin (1713 South St.) and Philly Fair Trade Roasters this week. For three days, Oct. 11 to 13, chef Christopher Kearse will serve a $35 coffee-inspired tasting designed along with Joseph Cesa of Philly Fair Trade. Start the night with an infused amuse of Granny Smith apple custard with the flavors of a Nicaraguan medium roast blend, followed by three joltin' courses — long neck butternut squash cooked in coffee oil with coffee-cured foie; Berkshire pork shoulder brined in coffee; and chocolate cake and fig pate de fruit served with a Ugandan Vienna roast. Full menu details after the jump; for reservations, call 215-545-4448. Don’t forget Pumpkin is BYOB and cash-only.

Amuse Bouche:
Granny Smith Apple Custard
Celery, Bacon
Nicaragua, Medium Roast
Jus made from apple skins & juice then steeped with coffee

First Course:
Long Neck Butternut Squash
Foie Gras, Brown Butter, Pumpkin Pie Spice
Costa Rica, Medium Roast
Squash cooked with coffee oil, coffee puree in sauce, foie gras cured & rolled in coffee

Second Course:
Shoulder of Berkshire Pork
Chicory, Radish, Cherry
Mexico Chiapas, Vienna Roast
Pork brined in coffee, served with streusel of coffee, sauce infused with coffee

Third Course:
Chocolate Cake
Pistachio, Cardamon, Burnt Bread
Uganda, Vienna Roast
coffee gel

Fig Pate De Fruit
Fruit Gellies
Uganda, Vienna Roast
House made coffee extract, coffee infused sugar

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