Oct 14 - 20, 2011

Fiesta de Maiz (Festival of Corn)

Rocking Horse Cafe presents a special menu celebrating corn in all its edible incarnations. With 4,500 year old culinary roots that can be traced back to Central Mexico's Tehuacán Valley, corn (America's earliest cultivated crop) may have been the New World's first multi–cultural food experience. So valuable an agricultural commodity, Mexico's golden crop was once used as currency.

COCKTAIL

Coctel de Bórbon
Maker’s Mark, Herradura Reposado, honey, lime

FIRST COURSES

Sopa Seca
creamy shrimp, sweet corn & poblano risotto

Barbacoa de Borrego
roast leg of lamb in guajillo sesame adobo, tamale de campo

Ensalada de Esquites
pan roasted sweet corn, jalapeños, tomatoes, spinach, frisée, lime vinaigrette

SECOND COURSES

Puerco en Mole de Maiz
braised pork shoulder in dried corn – tomato mole, roasted jalapeno salsa, black beans

Salmon con Hongos
grilled organic king salmon fillet, cotija polenta, sauteed portabellas, chipotle crema, cilantro

DESSERT

Pan Dulce de Maiz con Frutas
warm cornmeal shortcakes, figs, raspberries, Gran Marnier, vanilla whipped cream