03 February 2012

~ EAT REAL - EAT LOCAL ~ No Reservations ~ Best of Denver 2011 ~ Best French Restaurant ~ "FRENCH BISTROT DISHES ARE MEANT TO BE SHARED AND THE BEST MEALS ARE THE ONES YOU EAT WITH THE PEOPLE YOU CARE ABOUT" ~ Please scroll down for Z Cuisine entire menu ▼▼

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~ Z Assiette de Charcuterie Maison since 2005 ~ Long's farm slow braised pork shoulder & pork belly rillettes maison, Pâté de Campagne served with local artisan & French artisan cheeses & accompaniments of red onion confiture, caramelized shallots, piperade, seasonal chutney, candied pecans, imported saucisson sec, pickled cornichons & more.

$20.00

~ Hudson Valley's duck foie gras de la Maison - Foie gras marinated in late harvest muscat wine, fleur de sel and black pepper then slow baked in an individual terrine and served with toasted pain de mie Maison, Seasonal gelée & reduction.

$20.00

~ Z Salade Gourmande préférée de Z Cuisine staff ~ Hudson Valley duck gesiers confit maison sauteed with Morcillas sausage, Spanish chorizo tossed with apples baton & Colorado beef langua carpaccio style lightly flambeed in Cognac & topped with Hudson's Valley duck magret prociutto on top of a butter & frisée lettuce tossed in a aged cherry champagne vinaigrette.

$20.00

~ Salade de chévre chaud gratinée au pistou - Imported French chévre cheese melted on fresh pesto baguette crostini and served on farmer's market greens leaf salad tossed in our gourmande vinaigrette, marinated olives, roated bell pepper 'piperade Basquaise' : Petite :8 ~ Grande:15.

$8.00

~ La piéce favorite de boeuf du Boucher de la Maison ~ Grilled Colorado grass fed beef TriTip Carpaccio rubbed in fresh herbs & roasted spice rub, sliced, Dijonnaise Maison , served with glazed carrots & currants & Abbondanza's farm Yukon pommes purée.

$25.00

~ Fillets de Lotte à la purée de Choux-Fleurs ~ Just arrived Monkfish fillets, simply pan seared and sliced in medallions on top of roasted Cauliflower puree & fleurets served with a potato pavés tooped with cherry vinaigrette frisée:

$25.00

~ Rizotto à la Z aux légumes et betteraves rôtis ~ Arborio rice 'Rizotto' Simply cooked slowly in roasted vegetable broth folded in roasted marinated beets and wilted sprigarello greens in Champagne vinaigrette and topped with port wine gastrique aged Parmesan .

$17.00

~ Z Cassoulet de la Maison au confit de canard ~ Hudson's Valley duck leg confit maison and a pork belly & shoulder house sausage 'andouille style' baked together in a heirloom white beans & bacon ragout, served with wilted chard & kale.

$29.00

~ Poitrine de porc braisée tout doux et caramelisée ~ Tender pork belly slow braised then simply seared, braised Nappa cabbage Choucroute, pan fried herbed Späzle Maison, petite frisée and apple Julienne on top.

$25.00

~ Thursday : Boeuf Bourguignon de la maison en Terrinne ~ Colorado grass fed beef flat iron marinated and slow baked in a roasted spices, merlot wine, roasted beef marrow & oxtail broth slow braised with root vegetables, onions, yukon gold pommes de terre served with a salade vinaigrette.

$25.00

~ We, as humans, have not been given roots as obvious as those of plants, the surest way we have to lodge ourselves within this blessed earth is by knowing where our food comes from"

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~ Z carte des Desserts de la maison ~ Profiterolles au chocolat chaud ~ Crème Brûlée à la vanille, pot de Crème au chocolat noir, Pear & almond cream tart almandine, caramelized banana crêpes, local honey and lemon crêpe, chocolat sauce & crème fraiche crêpe, house ice cream & sorbet.

$7.00