Ds1's menu...we may have to hop in the truck and head to VA !! If you don't have plans this would be a great place to dine and celebrate :) c

Got plans for New Years Eve? Whether you are going to ring in 2013 at home or are heading to a big party, how about having dinner at The Red Hen first!
Please join us for dinner on New Year's Eve, Monday, December 31st. We will have a special Four Course Prix Fixe menu for $55 Per Person. Call 540 464 4401 for reservations.

Menu

1st course

Sunflower Flats' Spicy Mesclun Salad
with shaved radish, beth's pickled ginger, herbed goat cheese, cranberry/maple vinaigrette

or

Roasted Pumpkin, Leek, & Apple Soup
with candied pumpkin seeds, bourbon poached apple, pumpernickel croutons

2nd course

Oyster Mushroom Risotto
with shaved parmigiano reggiano, sage, cognac/shallot sauce, beet chips

or

Crispy Fried Chesapeake Oysters
johnny cake, pea shoots, spicy black eyed pea/surryano ham vinaigrette

3rd course

Hand Cut Pappardelle Pasta & Sew & Sow Farm' 63/60 Egg
with baby mustard greens, brown butter, capers, medjool dates, pecans, winter squash puree

or

Grilled Buffalo Creek Beef Steak of the Moment
with potato & white turnip au gratin, braised kale, bone marrow butter, red wine sauce

or

Caramelized Georges Bay Sea Scallops
with chive spaetzle, spiced winter squash, arugula, jowl bacon, roasted onions, preserved lemon

DESSERT

Dark Chocolate Bete Noire
with banana/peanut praline, espresso ganache, whipped cream

or

Vanilla Bergamot Cheesecake
with clementines, pomegranate, candied ginger, rum caramel

or

Tart Cherry & Rose Petal Panna Cotta
with amaretti cookie crumble, moonshine cherries, chocolate sauce