Heirloom Tomato Dinner at Amada
Jose Garces’ Amada is offering a special $55 Heirloom Tomato Chef’s Tasting Menu tomorrow through Wednesday, August 25th. The menu is in honor of Buñel, Spain’s La Tomatina Festival. In Spain it is a food fight with more than 150,000 tomatoes hurled in honor of patron saints  San Luis Bertrà n and Mare de Dèu dels Desemparats. At Amada the tomatoes won’t be thrown but served.
The menu will include:
Mosaico del Tomate– Raspberry, Toasted Hazelnuts, Acacia Honey
Salmorejo– Chilled Soup, Jamon Serrano, Hiramasa Belly, Strawberry, Compressed Egg Yolk
Pan con Tomate– Sherry and Tomato puree, Boquerones, Grilled bread
Tomate Coca – Crispy Flat Bread with Tomato Sofriget Sauce and Manchego Cheese, topped with herb-marinated heirloom tomatoes
Bacalao Croquettes– Salt Cod, Heirloom Tomato Sauce, American Caviar
Atun con Tomates– Rare Bigeye Tuna, Chorizo and Sherry Dressing, Grilled Scallions, Melon Sorbet
Chuleta de Cordero– Blackened Lamb Porterhouse, Grilled Heirloom Tomatoes and Melted Leeks
Higado de Pato– Marinated Heirlooms Tomato, Pinenut Risotto, Membrillo Honey
Lubina al Pescador– Roasted Sea Bass, Catalan Tomato Stew, Piquillo Pepper and Potato Salad
Heirloom Tomato Sorbet
**Heirloom Varieties Featured on Tasting sourced from Southern Pa and NJ – Black Sara’s, Persimmon, Green and Yellow Zebras, Japanese Yellow and Black Truffle, Yellow and Red Brandywine’s
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