Dancing Bear Cosmo

Just in time for Valentine’s Day, Dancing Bear Lodge and Restaurant introduces the Dancing Bear Cosmo. Try one with your Valentine’s Day meal at our restaurant or trying making one at home!

Dancing Bear Cosmo:

1oz of your favorite vodka
1/2 oz Cointreau
1/2oz cranberry juice
Juice of a 1/2 lime

Combine all ingredients in a cocktail shaker filled with ice and shake till chilled. Strain in a martini glass and garnish with lime wedge if desired.

Special Valentine’s Day Menu

Dancing Bear Lodge and Restaurant Chef Jeff Carter has put together a spectacular menu for Valentine’s Day. If you are looking for the perfect place to spend time enjoying great food and wine in an intimate setting with your significant other, please make a reservation by calling 865.448.6000.

Valentine’s Day Menu
February 14, 2012

Fried Gulf Oysters
Spicy Remoulade

Prichard’s Whiskey Chicken Liver Pate
Pickled Scallions

Salmon Roe with Chive Hushpuppy Cakes
Crème Fraiche

Domaine St. Michelle ∙ Blancs de Blanc ∙ Columbia Valley ∙ NV

Truffled Lobster Soup
Potato Lobster Salad

Irony ∙ Chardonnay ∙ Napa Valley ∙ 2009

Fennel Dusted Scallop
Celeriac Puree, Arugula and Lemon Vinaigrette

Lamb Loin Chop with Roasted Garlic Falls Mill Grits
Broccolini and Slow Roasted Grape Tomatoes
Pommery Mustard Jus

Luca ∙ Laborde “Double Select” ∙ Syrah ∙ Mendoza ∙ 2009

Sweet Grass Dairy Green Hill Cheese
Honey Thyme Pecans
Champagne Strawberries Preserves

Whiskers Blake ∙ Tawny Port ∙ McLaren Vale ∙ Australia ∙ NV

Dark Chocolate Coffee Pot de Crème
Sweetened Ricotta and Pistachios
&
Red Velvet Cake with Mascarpone Icing

Pre Fixe Menu ~ 55 per person
Wine Pairing ~ 35 per person

Pomegranate Fizz

Just in time for your New Year’s Eve Celebration, try your hand a creating a Pomegranate Fizz!

Pomegranate Fizz
½ oz Pama Liqueur
Splash Pomegranate Juice
Champagne

Add liqueur, pomegranate juice in a champagne flute. Top with champagne and add pomegranate seeds for garnish.

The Mistletoe Cocktail

Enjoy one of our signature holiday cocktails with dinner! One of our featured cocktails this month is “The Mistletoe.” Come in and try it or make it for your holiday party!

The Mistletoe:
1 oz House Made Cranberry Vodka
½ oz Cointreau
Splash of Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice
Splash of Cranberry Juice
Orange Twist

House Made Cranberry Vodka
1 pound fresh cranberries
1 cup sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 Liter Vodka (what you like)

In a sauce pan combine cranberries, sugar and vanilla in a saucepan and cook over medium heat until berries pop, 6-7 minutes. Divide cranberries in two mason jars and top with vodka. Seal and refrigerate for a week. Strain and store in refrigerator.

Combine all ingredients in a shaker except orange twist. Shake till chilled, serve in a martini glass. Garnish with orange twist.

Dancing Bear Lodge Christmas Eve Menu

Dancing Bear Lodge is open Christmas Eve to celebrate the season! Leave the cooking to us and enjoy the night with close family and friends. Chef Jeff Carter has created a special menu for Christmas Eve. To make your reservation contact Dancing Bear Lodge at (865) 448-6000. Happy Holidays!

Christmas Eve
Saturday, December 24, 2011

Muscadine Glazed South Carolina Quail
Brussel Sprouts, Onion Jam and Brown Butter Apples
Sweet Potato Puree
Sokol Blosser Winery, Evolution

Frisee Salad with Pickled Vegetables
Goat Cheese, Country Ham and Soft Boiled Egg
Sherry Vinaigrette
J. Vidal, Fleury, Viognier, Cotes du Rhone

Veal Osso Buco with Falls Mill Grits
Sweet and Sour Collard Greens, Pearl Onions
Bell Pepper Confetti
Molly Dooker, The Boxer, Shiraz

Cowgirl Creamery’s Mt Tam Cheese
Honeyed Chestnuts and Cranberry Orange Relish

“Fruit Cake”
Cinnamon Walnut Bread Pudding, Stewed Winter Fruit
Eggnog Ice Cream and House Made Moonshine Cherries
Roederer Estates, Brut, Anderson Valley

Seared Scottish Salmon with Cauliflower Potato Puree

Recipe of the week: Seared Scottish Salmon with Cauliflower Potato Puree

Seared Scottish Salmon with Cauliflower Potato Puree
Pancetta Roasted Brussel Sprouts and Horseradish Vinaigrette


Cauliflower Potato Puree

1 head cauliflower, cleaned, stem removed and cut into large pieces
3 idaho potatoes, pealed and cut into large pieces
4 oz heavy cream
4 oz butter
salt and white pepper to taste

Boil potatoes and cauliflower in lightly salted water until tender, about 1 hour. Strain and put through a potato ricer into a pot. Stir in cream, butter salt and white pepper to taste.

Pancetta Brussel Sprouts

1 # Brussel sprouts, clean, cut in half and blanched until al dente
4oz Pancetta, diced and rendered until crispy, saving fat
1 T butter
1 shallot, julienned
salt and pepper

Heat a large skillet to medium high. Sauté Sprouts in 1 oz pancetta fat for 1 minute. Add shallots, toss and put the pan in the oven to roast and 375 for 5 minutes, shaking pan half way though roasting. Pull pan out of oven and deglazed with white wine or chicken stock; season with salt and pepper, add butter, crispy pancetta and serve with salmon and puree.

Horseradish Vinaigrette

2 oz champagne vinegar
6 oz extra virgin olive oil
3 T fresh grated horseradish
1 T prepared horseradish
1 shallot, minced
salt and pepper

Combine all ingredients except oil in a bowl. Slowly whisk in olive oil.

Salt and pepper flesh side of salmon. Sear in a cast iron skillet on flesh side for about 1 minute, or until crispy. Flip salmon over on skin side and put pan in 375 degree oven until salmon is done, about 4 minutes.

Serve over puree with Brussel sprouts and 1 T vinaigrette spooned over salmon.

Make Christmas Caroling a Family Holiday Tradition

One of our favorite things about the holidays is Christmas Caroling! Not only does it bring families together during the busy holiday season, but it warms the hearts of those you share it with!

This Christmas, get the family together and start a new tradition of Christmas Caroling! Try visiting nursing homes and children’s hospitals. Of course, you can’t go wrong with singing in nearby neighborhoods!

A few of our favorite carols:
Deck the Halls
Holy Night
Jingle Bells
The Twelve 12 days of ChristmasWe Wish you a Merry Christmas