2014 Picnic Baskets and Wine by Limelight Catering

Dîner en Blanc (DeB) Chicago is excited to bring you Picnic Basket & Wine selections expertly created by Limelight Catering. Like the Hosts of DeB Chicago, Limelight simply loves food. They share in our belief that food has the “power to connect people, revitalize spirits, nourish souls and inspire ideas.”

Limelight embraces a farm to table approach, using local, fresh and sustainable foods in all of the offerings for this year’s DeB Chicago, including Jujube Heirloom Tomatoes specially grown just for them.

This year’s selections will be served in re-usable wire baskets and will include recyclable or compostable food containers. We ask all attendees to please respect the environment and recycle their containers after the event.


Picnic Baskets

Classique for 2 - $35.00
Local Cheese Assortment
    -    Illinois Vermillion River Blue
    -    Aged Wisconsin Brunkow Cheddar
    -    Fresh Capriole Goat Cheese

Midwestern Artisan Charcuterie
    -    Smoked Duck Breast ~ Wittenberg, WI
    -    La Quercia Coppa Americana ~ Norwalk, IA

        Served with Stone-Milled Mustard, Sweet Purple Cherry Preserves and
        Lightly Pickled Summer Green Market Vegetables

Petite Heirloom Tomato Tart Tatin with
Fresh Thyme and Caramelized Onions Wild Arugula and Nicoise Olives

La Fournette Baguette

Spritz Sablé Cookies with Shaved Dark Chocolate and Candied Orange


Grandiose Legume (Vegetarian) for 2 - $48.00
Local Cheese Assortment
    -    Illinois Vermillion River Blue
    -    Aged Wisconsin Brunkow Cheddar
    -    Fresh Capriole Goat Cheese

House Made Vegan Charcuterie
    -    Porcini, Carrot and Black Walnut Terrine
    -    Roasted Garlic, Lentil and Chickpea Pate

        Served with Stone-Milled Mustard, Shallot Confit, and Lightly Pickled
        Green Market Vegetables

Roasted Chioggia Beet and Orange Salad with
Shaved Red Onion and Pistachios

Petite Heirloom Tomato Tart Tatin with
Fresh Thyme and Caramelized Onions Wild Arugula and Nicoise Olives

La Fournette Baguette

Spritz Sablé Cookies with Shaved Dark Chocolate and Candied Orange


Parc Monceau for 2 - $55.00
Local Cheese Assortment
    -    Michigan ‘Manchego’
    -    Illinois Triple Cream

Midwestern Artisan Charcuterie
    -    Smoking Goose Pig & Fig Pate ~ Indy, IN

        Served with Cornichon and Stone-Milled Mustard

Whipped Rushing Waters Smoked Trout with
Baby Heirloom Tomatoes, Wild Cress, Pickled Red Onions and Capers

Grilled Illinois Pork Tenderloin with
Fresh Herbs and Pressed Olive Oil, served over Braised Lentil and Toasted Farro Salad with Caramelized Vegetables

La Fournette Baguette

Spritz Sablé Cookies with Shaved Dark Chocolate and Candied Orange


Haut Panier for 2 - $65.00
Local Cheese Assortment
    -    Saint Rocco Brie
    -    Big Woods Blue
    -    Fresh Capriole Goat Cheese

        Served with Green Market Berries and Limelight Honeycomb

Calumet Fisheries Pepper & Garlic Smoked Salmon with
Hard- Cooked Eggs, Steamed Haricot Vert, Provençal Olives

Grilled Slagel Farm Steak Spence Farm with
Jujube Heirloom Tomatoes, Persian Cucumbers, Creamy Meyer Lemon-
Horseradish Sauce

Roasted Chioggia Beet and Orange Salad with
Shaved Red Onion and Pistachios

La Fournette Baguette

Spritz Sablé Cookies with Shaved Dark Chocolate and Candied Orange



Wine
Sparkling
Gran Sarao Brut Rose Cava – Spain - $22
Tasting Notes: Fresh and easy to drink with a fine bead. Reveals aromas of cherry

Celler Vilafranca NV Casteller – Cava – Spain - $27
Tasting notes: ‘great sparkling’ Organic vineyard located in the south of Barcelona,
several hundred feet over the Mediterranean Sea.

Jean-Francois Merieau ‘Bulles’ Sparkling, Touraine – France 2009 - $50
Tasting Notes: Pale yellow color with golden hints. Pleasant nose, with some white fruits and vine peaches aromas. Its fine bubbles will enchant you.

Rosé
Zestos Rosado (Granacha) Vinos de Madrid 2013– Spain - $21
Tasting Notes: This elegant vibrant, mineral-rose from the high elevation mountains of Madrid, showcases aromas of strawberry, pomegranate coupled with flavors of cherries and grapefruit. The finish is crisp with notes of minerality.

Domaine Montrose Rose 2013 - France - $23
Tasting Notes: Grapes are harvested at night to preserve freshness; de-stemmed before short skin contact. Light pink color; red berry and peach overtones.

White
Domaine Montrose 2012 Viogneir– France - $23
Tasting Notes: Light yellow color with hints of green. Lovely nose of exotic fruits,
mango and cut hay. Fresh and flavored with a great balance.

Vera Vinho Verde – Portugal - $23
Tasting Notes: Bright and complex citrus aromas of lime and pink grapefruit
complimented by refreshing mineral notes. On the palate are flavors of ripe yellow and pink grapefruit with a touch of yellow grapefruit balanced by a slight effervescence.

Left Foot Charlie Dry Riesling 2012 – Michigan - $53
Tasting Notes: Expect aromas and flavors of lime zest, mineral, sea spray, and quince. This wine shows balanced acidity, true vineyard flavor and vintage transparency. Pair it up with salt, cream and anything savory.


Red
Zesto Granacha – Spain - $20
Tasting notes: Organic, dry-farmed. Succulent red and dark aromas, aged in cement
and stainless steel

La Cross Cotes du Rhone Villages Laudun 2010 - France - $24
Tasting Notes: This wine has a very complex nose full of fruit mixed with the local
garrigue composed of juniper, oak scrub, thyme and wild lavender. Drink this wine
through 2013 with wild game, rabbit, rotisserie chicken and roast beef with roasted
vegetables.

Valle dell’Acata 2012 ‘Tenuta Ibidini’ Nero d’Avola – Sicily - $27
Tasting Notes: Wine was aged in steel vats for 6 months. The nose is intense and fruity with small red fruit and spices like licorice. There are hints of leather and mild game. Wine is fresh and velvety on the palate. Pair with meat dishes and grilled vegetables.

Sean Minor Cabernet Sauvignon - Napa Valley - $41
Tasting notes: very good, classic; perfect for Cab Sauv drinkers Deep ruby color, fullbodied, rich, soft tannins.