Then there was a dish listed as "pork three ways": grilled pork loin, braised bacon and barbecued spiced rib, all of which came with sweet-sour cipollini onions, sautéed mustard greens, Parmesan polenta and a warm maple vinaigrette.
RECOMMENDED DISHES -- Lettuce with pancetta vinaigrette, mixed greens and herbs with eggs, green gazpacho, chicken soup, charcuterie plate, cavatelli with mushrooms and escarole, red snapper with caper-almond sauce, halibut with citrus and vodka sauce, braised bacon and roasted pig, baby lamb, crescent duck, trio of cheeses, passion fruit soufflé, rhubarb soup, chocolate cake, strawberry coupe.
The recipes are grouped into eight sections beginning with Make Your Own Bacon which has recipes for "Classic Cured Bacon", "Spicy Braised Bacon", "Soy-Ginger Braised Bacon", "Crispy Pork Belly", and "Chinese Style Pork Belly".
Among the recipes in Soups, Salads and Sides are "Egg Chowder with Bacon and New Potatoes", "Grilled Bacon and Cucumber Salad with Chili Caramel Dressing", and "Spicy Braised Bacon with Spagna Beans and Treviso Radicchio" which uses thickly sliced pork belly bacon.
The students created a menu of seared scallops and braised bacon with blood orange, serrano chile and micro greens, with a white wine braising jus for an appetizer.
The students created a menu of seared scallops and braised bacon with blood orange, Serrano chile and micro greens, with a white wine braising ju for an appetizer, Fischer said.
That might include pan-fried Sichuan-spiced crawfish ($15) one night, or tripe braised with bacon ($8) another.
Stonington scallops came perfectly butter-browned in a bowl of beet pasta, braised cabbage, bacon and asparagus tips with a delicate Parmesan broth.
The bass was dusted with curry, placed on an avocado purée with a topknot of salad and ringed with mounds of red cabbage braised with bacon.
Two dishes that received a mixed report card were the fried chicken and a duo of ribs and braised fresh bacon.
For folks like her, I offer two recipes: Robert Carter's collards with country ham, and one for mustards braised with bacon from Donald Link at New Orleans's very fine Herbsaint.
