Chopped Champions – Sweetbreads - Sea Urchin – Fruit Ring Cereal

Jason Zukas

Michael Siry

Luisa Fernandez

Joe Dobias

Appetizer

Dried persimmon

Phyllo dough

Pepper Jack cheese

Sweetbreads (pancreas (thymus gland))

Jason

Corn-meal crusted sweetbread

Red wine vinegar w/ persimmon

Fry phyllo strips in oil with Arugula pepper jack cheese salad

Joe

Pan-roasted sweetbread, red wine flour (chicken nugget)

Puree persimmon paste, red wine vinegar

Crispy phyllo in oven with cheese

Luisa

Salt pepper smoked paprika

Strudel with persmimmon & sweetbread & jack cheese

Madiera wine with persimmon

Michael

Pan-seared sweetbreads, pepper jack strudel w/ phyllo

Persimmon Raspberry Sauce: veg stock raspberry jam

Entree

Chicken breast

Blue corn tortillas

Tuscan kale

Sea urchin

Jason

Sea urchin sauce

Toasted tortillas ground, w/ bread crumbs, to crust chicken

Sauteed kale

Apple herb salad

Luisa

Pan seared chicken wih sea urchin sauce

Kale sauteed with lemon juice

Potato shoestrings/blue corn tortillas

Save chicken stock

Michael

Blue corn tortilla- crusted chicken

Sea urchin buerre blanc, reduction reisling coriander

Kale and bacon

Dessert

Blueberries

Bread & butter pickles

Saffron

Fruit ring cereal

Jason

Fruit ring cake sour cream

Saffron blueberry sauce

Topped with sweetend crunchy pickles

Orange liqueur, apricot preserves

Michael

Fruit ring blueberry saffron galette

Blueberry sauce (compote)

Orange and julienned pickle salad

Almond orange zest