It’s always hard to find something to do on Monday, but this week’s dilemma may be solved. $75 gets you into a five-course dinner at Nellcôte at 7 p.m., paired with Virtue Cider and beers from Perennial Ale including a Belgian-style saison and a Black Walnut Dunkel. We’ve got the whole menu below; email michelle@virtuecider.com to snag your spot. [Facebook via Chicagoist]
First Course
Grilled Sturgeon
English peas, spring vegetable fricassee, pancetta, sorrel
Saison de Lis: Belgian-style saison brewed with chamomile flowers
Second Course
Veal Sweetbreads
fava beans, english peas, fennel, pickled dried apricots
Hommel Bier: Dry-hopped Belgian-style pale ale
Third Course
Fava Bean Agnolotti
Smoked ricotta salad, spring onions, mint
RedStreak Cider: Proper English Dry Cider, with local apples from IL and MI
Fourth Course
Lamb
Grilled loin, braised neck, gnocchi, olive marmalade, manchego, sofritto
Black Walnut Dunkel: Rich, malty German dunkelweizen aged on Missouri-grown black walnuts
Fifth Course
Dessert
Special house-made dessert
Special Collaboration Blend: Virtue Cider and Perennial Ale
$75 per person
RSVP: michelle@virtuecider.com
