1200 Sixteenth St. NW
Washington, D.C. 20036-3295
202-347-2200
Thomas Russell - Executive Chef
Jefferson Crab Cake with a
Buckwheat Blini, Creme Fraiche
and Avocado Puree, Chive
Oil

Ingredients:
1) 1 ea. 3 oz. Breaded Crab Cake
2) ½ oz. Crème Fraiche
3) 1 oz. Avocado Puree
4) 1 ea. Buck Wheat Blini
5) 1 oz. Tomato Concasser
6) Sliced Chives
7) ½ oz. Olive Oil
8) Micro Greens
9) ½ oz. Chive Infused Oil
Preparation:
1) Prepare Buck Wheat Blini in a Teflon
pan the same way as a pancake.
Set aside.
2) Pan fry crab cake until golden brown.
Then heat in a 300 degree oven until
done. Keep
warm.
3) Combine tomato with olive oil and sliced
chives season with salt and
pepper.
Set aside.
To Plate:
1) Place warm blini on a appetizer plate
and top with crème fraiche, place
warm crab cake
on top and spoon avocado puree on top of crab.
2) Garnish with micro greens.
3) Place tomato mixture around crab cake
and garnish with chives and oil.
Serve warm.
Pepper Cured Salmon
Salad with Baby
Gold Beets, Frisee and Watercress,
Tarragon-Shallot Vinaigrette

Ingredients:
1) 2 oz. Sliced Cured Salmon
2) 4 ea. Quartered Baby Gold Beets
3) Frisee Lettuce
4) Watercress
5) 1 oz. Fried Potato Sticks
6) 3 ea. Halved Grape Tomatoes
7) 1 oz. Tarragon Vinaigrette
8) ½ oz. Balsamic Vinegar Reduction
9) Micro Greens
Preparation:
1) Combine frisee, watercress, and fried
potato and dress with vinaigrette.
2) Add beets and season with salt and
pepper, place on appetizer plate.
3) Place sliced salmon on top of greens.
4) Garnish plate with tomatoes, balsamic
and micro greens.
Seared Red Snapper with Sauteed
Baby Spinach and Braised
Saffron
Potatoes, Tomato Fondue

Ingredients:
1) 6 oz. Snapper (Skin on)
2) 2 oz. Braised Saffron Potatoes
3) 3 Halved Baby Turnips
4) 3 Halved Baby Corn
5) 2 oz. Sauteed Baby Spinach
6) 4 oz. Tomato Fondue
7) 1/2 oz. Fried Celery Root Julienne
8) Butter
9) Chopped Shallots and Garlic
10) Olive Oil
11) Chicken Stock
Preparation:
1) Saute snapper in a Teflon pan skin
side down until crispy. Turn over and
finish in a 300-degree
oven. Set aside.
2) Heat potatoes in a small sauce pot
with chicken stock and butter. Season
and set aside.
3) Warm up tomato mixture in a small saucepan.
Season and set aside.
4) Saute turnips and corn in butter.
Season and set aside.
To Plate:
1) Place sauteed spinach in the bottom
of a pasta bowl. Place fish skin side up
and garnish around
with tomato mixture, potatoes and vegetables.
2) Garnish with fried celery root.