Meadowood’s 12 Days of Christmas, Day Three: Carlo Mirarchi of Roberta's
The Restaurant at Meadowood’s annual 12 Days of Christmas guest chef series is well underway. Here at Inside Scoop, we’re reviving our own tradition of individually tracking each night’s charity dinner — and the exploration of cuisine from the chefs from around the world, through their words and their food. You can check out past years here: 2012, 2011 and 2010.
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To this point in Meadowood’s 12 Days series, the first two chefs — Andy Ricker and Rodolfo Guzman — made a point of bringing “their” flavors to Napa Valley, showcasing their respective styles and cuisines to a new audience. Carlo Mirarchi — the chef and owner of Roberta’s and Blanca, both in Brooklyn — had a slightly different approach to his dinner last night.
“We’re trying to work with a lot of the stuff that [Christopher Kostow] has here,” Mirarchi says.
Chief on Mirarchi’s list was an ingredient that simply doesn’t exist on the East Coast: Abalone.
“To me, it’s the West Coast ingredient,” he says.
With the desire to do an abalone dish firmly embedded, Mirarchi worked with the Meadowood kitchen to riff on the best approach to creating an abalone dish. He wanted to make it work with uni, so they decided that they’d poach it really lightly, and finish it over a grill or pan. Paired with the aforementioned uni, it was finished with a yogurt mixed with daikon radish juice and garnished with lovage.
Here is the rest of the menu, as paired with wines from Napa Valley’s Scribe Winery:
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Day Three of the Twelve Days of Christmas
December 10, 2013
Tomatillo, ground cherry, coriander
Carlo Mirarchi
Uni, abalone, daikon yogurt
Carlo Mirarchi
Cod, maple, sunchokes, truffle
The Restaurant
Rye pasta, rabbit, dried leaves, cured heart
The Restaurant
Beef Puntarelle
Carlo Mirarchi
Ashed Mimolette, quince cooked in habanero
The Restaurant
Smoked ricotta, pine nut
Carlo Mirarchi
Citrus curd, white chocolate, pistachio
The Restaurant
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Scribe Winery
“Estate” Riesling
Carneros 2011
“Skin Fermented” Chardonnay
Carneros 2011
Chardonnay
Carneros 2010
Pinot Noir
Carneros2009
Syrah
Napa Valley 2007
Cabernet Sauvignon
Napa Valley 2007
Previously
· Day One: Andy Ricker, Pok Pok (Portland)
· Day Two: Rodolfo Guzman, Boragó (Santiago)