Inaugural Meeting of The Goochland Gastronome Society

Inaugural Meeting of The Goochland Gastronome Society

We hope everyone had an awesome time at the first Goochland Gastronome Society event! Here’s the tasting menu from the opening event:

Starting off with the Tio Pepe Palomino Fino Sherry, we went on to taste out Clos de L’Oratoire Chateauneuf-du-Pape and Domaines Schlumberger Gewurztraminer. Course tastings included:

•     Goose pate with foie gras
•     Cornichons
•     18 month Serrano ham
•     Nicoise olives
•     Alaskan halibut with anisette cream
•     Mussels with wine, shallot and garlic
•     Fennel Salad with oranges, pinenuts and EVOO
•     Moulard duck with allspice, cognac and mushrooms
•     Black barley polenta with wilted spinach and Cashel Irish blue cheese
•     Bouef en Daube
•     Radicchio, raw sugar, local vinegar and marsalla sea salt
•     Turnips with nutmeg and duck fat