The Earle Restaurant Menu
Effective July 15, 2010
Appetizers
Tortellini
Cheese filled tortellini baked with prosciutto and freshly grated nutmeg. $9.95
Calamari
Deep-fried squid rings, served with aioli. $10.95
Roasted Garlic
Served with crostini and a variety of accompaniments. $9.95
Escargots
In a puff pastry shell with shallots, garlic, white wine, chives, butter, and a hint of Pernod. $9.95
Baked Goat Cheese
French goat cheese rolled in sesame seeds and baked, served on greens tossed in a walnut vinaigrette. $8.95
Risotto
Risotto balls stuffed with mozzarella, breaded and deep fried, served with a tomato-basil sauce. $7.95
Portabella
Marinated, Grilled portabella mushroom served on curly endive with Roquefort vinagrette and red pepper puree. $9.95
Beef Tenderloin
Slivered beef tenderloin marinated in olive oil with herbs and grilled. $11.95
Mushroom Caps
Mushroom caps baked with a zesty eggplant paté. Sprinkled with Parmesan cheese. $9.95
Ginger Shrimp
Sautéed shrimp served in a ginger-lemon sauce, with cracked black pepper, on spinach leaves. $10.95
Crab Cakes
Served with a roasted red pepper sauce. $12.95
Artichoke
Artichoke half, grilled and served with a mixture of lemon, butter, garlic and fresh chopped mint. $8.95
Caprese
Tomato slices with fresh Mozzarella, sprinkled with olive oil and basil. $8.95
Smoked Salmon
Smoked salmon slices with asparagus and avocado, sprinkled with olive oil, lemon and fresh basil . $8.95
Soups
French Onion
Traditional French onion soup enhanced with shallots and chives, topped with gruyére and finished under the broiler. $5.95
Fish
A provencal fish soup flavored with saffron and Pernod, served with rouille, grated Gruyére and crostini. $5.95
Minestra
A cool summer soup of tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers and red onion; with fresh chives and basil. $4.95
Salads
Panzanella
Cucumber, onion, tomatoes and Tuscan-style bread, olive oil and vinegar, with basil, capers, and anchovies. $4.95
Tossed Dinner Salad
Romaine, bibb, chicory, radicchio, and tomato wedges. Choice of creamy garlic, creamy pepper, Roquefort, olive oil vinaigrette, or balsamic vinaigrette dressings. $2.95
Nicoise
A Mediterranean combination of fresh vegetables, tuna, tomatoes, hard-boiled egg, anchovies, and olives. $9.95
Gorgonzola
Romaine lettuce tossed with gorgonzola, walnuts, and vinaigrette. $5.95
Caesar
Romaine tossed with a dressing of olive oil, egg, garlic, anchovies, and parmesan. $5.95
With grilled spicy shrimp. $9.95
Mint
Mixed greens tossed with fresh chopped mint, tomatoes, cucumber, avocado, chives and vinaigrette. $6.95
Entrées
Sautéed Duck Breasts
Boneless duck breasts sautéed medium-rare, pan sauced with brandy, brown sugar, peaches and currants, served with turnip-potato puree. $26.95
Grilled Delmonico Steak
Served with two sauces: a dijon-green peppercorn sauce and a mushroom enhanced sorbise sauce, served with potatoes. $25.95
Sea Scallops
Sautéed with mushrooms and garlic, pan-sauced with sherry and cream, served with rice. $26.95
Sautéed Beef Tenderloin with Artichoke
Served in a sauce of white wine, tomatoes and garlic, with artichokes and rosemary, served with potatoes. $29.95
Sautéed Beef Tenderloin with Roquefort
Deglazed with Madeira and pan-sauced with cream and Roquefort, topped with walnuts and pine nuts, served with potatoes. $29.95
Sautéed Beef Tenderloin with Black Pepper
Rolled in coarsely ground black pepper, and served with a brandy sauce, garnished with mushrooms, served with potatoes. $29.95
Pepper Salmon
Fresh fillet of salmon rolled in coarsely ground black pepper, sautéed and served in a lemon sauce with fresh basil and chives, served with potatoes. $22.95
Mahi Mahi
Fresh fillet of mahi mahi sprinkled with rosemary and sautéed, served with aioli and sautéed swiss chard enhanced with garlic and lemon, served with potatoes. $25.95
Veal Scallops
Veal scallops pounded and sautéed and prosciutto, pan sauced with white wine, garlic, cream and asparagus, sprinkled with Parmesan cheese and served with orzo. $26.95
Chicken
Boneless chicken breasts stuffed with pesto, seared and baked, pan sauced with shallots, garlic, white wine, tomatoes and fresh basil, served with orzo. $19.95
Lamb Chops
Lamb chops sautéed, served in a port wine and tarragon sauce. $32.95
Whitefish
Fresh fillet of whitefish coated with ground hazelnuts and breadcrumbs, sautéed and served with a chive beurre blanc on a bed of sautéed spinach, served with potatoes. $20.95
Pork Tenderloin
Slices of pork tenderloin marinated in olive oil with garlic, fresh rosemary, sage, basil and chives, grilled and served on potatoes, with a horseradish sauce . $20.95
Salmon in Puff Pastry
Fresh filet of salmon wrapped in puff pastry with a lining of spinach-basil mousse, served with a basil-cream sauce. $23.95
Vegetable
Spinach, artichokes and 3 varieties of mushroom wrapped in phyllo dough with rosemary and goat cheese, baked and served on a tomato vinaigrette with rice. $19.95
Pastas
Linguini with Garlic Sausage
Linguini tossed with crumbled garlic sausage, Capocolla ham, sliced hot peppers, olive oil, and Romano cheese. 18.95
Linguini with Shrimp
Linguine tossed with sautéed shrimp, asparagus, white wine, sun-dried tomato strips, garlic and fresh basil, with Parmesan and goat cheese. $19.95
Eggplant Ravioli
Ravioli with an eggplant stuffing, served in a sauce of puréed fresh tomatoes, with basil, with Romano cheese. $19.95
Siciliana
Tube shaped pasta tossed with roasted peppers, eggplant, garlic, black olives, tomatoes, basil and olive oil, .withRomano cheese and breadcrumbs. $18.95
Penne with Chicken
Tube-shaped pasta tossed with chicken in a sweet pepper-tomato sauce with black olives and basil, with Romano cheese. $19.95