L'Escalier - Palm Beach, FL

americaine sauce, fava beans, asparagus, vanilla beurre blanc

tarragon and "honey mustard" dressing

butter roasted parsnips, maple pain perdu, almond foam, toasted banana consomme. (comprised entirely of 100% organic ingredients)

dill and ricotta gnocchi, summer squash

fava beans, chive, truffle corn broth

navarin of petite vegetables, portobello mushroom timbale, young garlic soubise

black truffle anson mills polenta, bright lights swiss chard, pinot noir sauce

poached hen egg, duck confit, hollandaise

"truffled" sea scallop, carrot flan

sweet garlic puree, braised onions, buttered brioche, maldon sea salt

traditional accompaniments

sardinian couscous, artichoke, leek, tomato-olive oil jam, green olive emulsion, saffron-mussel nage

tortellini, butter roasted morels, lingonberry, armagnac mustard sauce

spring vegetable tian, turnip fondant, preserved lemon veloute

arugula, hearts of palm, black trumpets, port glace de viande. (supplement japanese kobe beef $32.00 per oz)

three selections

blue veined, cow and goat's milk cheese, wrapped in sycamore leaves, from the north west province of leon spain.

semi hard goat's milk cheese, rubbed with olive oil and paprika, from the transmontana region of portugal.

semi hard cow, goat and sheep's milk cheese, aged for 90 days in la mancha spain

triple cream cow's milk cheese from ile de france

blue veined sheep's milk cheese from the rouergue region in the southwest of france

uncooked, unpressed, cow's milk cheese washed in marc de bourgogne, from the region of burgundy france

soft, washed rind, cow's milk cheese, from the lombardy region of northern italy

triple cream goat's milk cheese from pine plains new york

plum wine poached cherries, pistachio ice cream

banana swirl ice cream, caramel, sea salt

mango and passion fruit ravioli, salty chocolate caramel, coconut cream cheese sorbet

espresso cream, hazelnut dacuiose, lucuma ice cream

almond applesauce cake, vanilla bean ice cream, pecan "cous cous"

traditional style chocolate baked meringue, grand marnier anglaise

grapefruit sorbet, plum consomme, bergamot gelee