Octagon celebrates community, farmers, local food and farmland preservation.
The first in a three part series Farmer’s Dinner will be held on June 28th at Octagon in Groton and will feature a reception, with speakers from some of the local farms, followed by a five course menu featuring locally grown produced and harvested items from this region’s best source of sustainable foods. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the CT Farmland Trust, whose sole mission is to permanently protect CT’s farmland.
June 28th, 2010
Reception at 6:00pm • Dinner at 7:00pm
$89 per person includes tax and gratuity
Passed Hors D’ oeuvres
• Sweet pea pancakes with duck trap smoked salmon
• Johnny cakes with maple mushroom “caviar”
• Early summer salsa and chips
• Local cheeses with condiments
Dinner Menu
1st Course
Groton Family Farms soft poached egg with a spinach salad with toasted sunflower seeds, warm Nodine juniper bacon vinaigrette
2nd Course
Seared Bomster Scallops with a bronze fennel jam and spiced potatoes
3rd Course
House smoked Stony Ledge Farms Cornish game hen with a Swiss chard tart and Nasturtium honey
4th Course
Roast leg of lamb from Sankow’s Beaverbrook Farm with a green garlic aioli baby arugula and paprika oil
5th Course
Frozen goats milk parfait with basil and chocolate
Octagon is located in the Mystic Marriott and Spa at 625 North Road in Groton. For more information and to purchase tickets in advance, visit www.octagonsteakhouse.com or call 860.326.0360
