Wednesday, September 22, 2010

An October Evening with "The Jersey Devil"

Here's a great way to spend a beautiful fall night out at one of your favorite independent restaurants while benefiting a great local non-profit and drinking Jersey produced wine, with the winemaker. At Tortilla Press Cantina on October 14th we're doing our first Jersey Wine Dinner featuring Jim Quarella from Bellview Winery located in Landisville, NJ. Jim makes great wine & we're featuring two of my favorites (this is where the Jersey Devil Comes in) Jersey Devil Red & Jersey Devil White Table Wines with our entrees. And $10 of every ticket goes to benefit The Camden Children's Garden.

Bellview Winery Sangria made with Fiesta Grape Cranberry Wine

Passed Hors d’ Oeuvres
Butternut squash & forest mushroom empanada, creamy guajillo chile sauce
Mexican cheesesteak springrolls with three pepper dipping sauce
Coconut habanero shrimp & grilled pineapple skewer
Goat cheese, black bean & pumpkin empanada quesadilla with ancho chile crème

1rst course
Served with Bellview Homestead
Choice of
Mexican rock shrimp bisque with roasted poblano chile & red pepper garnish
or
Grilled vegetable salad with fried goat cheese straws & roasted pepper vinaigrette

Main course (Choice of )

Grilled Carne Asada, rajas poblano, chipotle mashed potatoes & sautéed green beans served with a glass of Jersey Devil Red Table Wine

Grilled Mahi Mahi Baja Fish Tacos &with sweet & spicy jicama slaw & chipotle~lime crème served with black beans & red rice served with a glass of Jersey Devil White Table Wine

Dessert

Blueberry Pan Perdida with Vanilla Bean Ice Cream, Blueberry Sauce
Served with a glass of Bellview Blueberry Dessert Wine

$50/ person + tax & gratuity

Remember, $10 of every ticket purchased is donated to The Camden Children's Garden who besides having an awesome educational & recreational facility on the waterfront in Camden, helps to feed the city with their involvement in promoting community gardening in Camden. Community gardens are supplying about 10% of the fresh produce to city residents in what is considered one of America's largest "food deserts" so naturally, we are proud to support their efforts whenever we can.

After dinner we will have a the wines that we paired with dinner available for sale to enjoy at home.

To make a reservation for the evening at 856-356-2050. The Cantina is located at 7716 Maple Avenue, Pennsauken, Nj 08109, just off of Haddonfield Rd about 1 mile from the Cherry Hill Mall.