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RoaringRockRestaurant.com &
The Cavit Winery from Northern
Italy invites you to an afternoon of Food with Wine ..
Sponsored by Washington
Selections & Federal - Lauber Vintners
Sunday,
August 8th
… 12:30 to 3:30 in the afternoon
$40.00 / person
server gratuity not included
3 Whites & 2
Reds .. & 5 Courses
While Carol was
researching and creating Texas & Mexican Dishes she was
'sipping' a glass of Cavit Pinot Grigio which we use as our
"House
Pinot Grigio" even before any wines were selected.
The obvious was to
use wines that were from the South West part of our country but
the Cavit 'paired' so well with some Tex-Mex dishes that her
thought was to sample some of Cavit's other wines and see how
they faired and although we live in a Global Economy it became
surprising
just how well each
complimented the other.
"Who would have
thought that a Northern Italian Wine would 'work' so well with
foods from the South Western area of our Country" !
First Course :
Pastel Pie .. Tomato, Sofrito
Seasoning, Black Olives,
Corn & Montery
Jack Cheese
Cavit
Riesling - 2009
Second Course :
'Mild'
Texas Chili with Green Onions
& Cheddar
Cheese
Cavit
Pinot Grigio - 2008
Third Course :
Black & Pinto Bean Soup with a
Red Pepper
& Tomato Coulis
Cavit
Chardonnay - 2008
Fourth Course :
Open
Chicken Fajita with Flame
Roasted Peppers,
Onions, & Corn
with Tomato Salsa
Cavit
Cabernet Sauvignon - 2008
Dessert Course :
Raspberry &
Chocolate Sorbet
Cavit
Pinot Noir - 2008
"Pastel Pie"
..
similar to a pizza in design, this one crust
pie is layered with :
Tomatoes, Sofrito Seasoning, Black Olives, Corn & Shredded Monterey
Jack Cheese.
"Authentic from the Mexican
Community in South West U.S.A."
"Soup" ..
Black & Pinto Bean with a Red Pepper & Tomato
'Coulis'
"Coulis"
.. a general term referring to a thick puree or sauce.
"Fajita" ..
Open Chicken Fajita with Flame Roasted Red
Peppers. Onions, Corn &
Fresh Tomato Salsa.
"Fajita" .. a term for grilled meat on a floured corn or
tortilla.
The Food Featured will be "Tex-Mex" or "South West" USA. Tex-Mex was a
nickname for the Texas-Mexican Railway charted in 1875 and also to
describe people of Mexican descent who were born in Texas !
Food historians claim that
the first print evidence of Tex-Mex in reference to food happened in
1945 and from there Tex-Mex restaurants surfaced outside our Southwest
U.S. in cities with large Hispanic populations. Tex-Mex then went
"Gourmet" in 1970 !
Folks living in the East
tend to "cringe" when they hear Tex-Mex because if you live in Dallas,
Houston, San Antonio or elsewhere in Texas and you love this cuisine ..
that makes you a 'Chile Head' = "Spicy Food" ... Not so, for at least
50% of Tex-Mex dishes are extremely 'Mild'.
That will be the focus here
.. "Mild Tex-Mex" as there are some wonderful combinations of this style
of foods that are a big part of these dishes where Beef is the primary
meat used and it stands to reason as Texas is known for it's "Beef
Cattle".
Pairing these foods with
the Northern Italian Cavit Winery seems a 'stretch' but they work very,
very well together as we become more and more a Global Economy !!
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Reservations ..
Roaring Rock Restaurant
Brass Castle Road at
Hartman's Corner
Cavit’s
stellar range of high quality, approachable and food friendly wines
includes: Riesling, Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon & many more.
Cavit
Wine Order Form
Here's Cavit's Home Page
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