Big Jones', 5347 N. Clark, Christmas Eve menu touches upon a long-standing Creole tradition of multi course menu choices featuring recipes from the Christian Women's League of New Orleans' Creole Cookery and Lafcadio Hearn's La Cuisine Creole. The dinner, available Dec. 24 only, is $49; $20, ages under 12. The menu is below. bigjones
First Course
Hearts of palms bisque with vanilla, Three Sisters corn mushrooms and housemade pumpernickel
Coconut and calf's foot soup (circa 1885) with shrimp and fingerling potatoes
Oyster stew with house-cured 2011 country ham and buttered croutons
Bread
House-baked rustic black walnut bread with house-cultured butter and quince jelly
Second Course
Roasted and pickled beets with clotted cream, absinthe gems, frisee and celery salt crispy bacon
Living Waters Farms butter lettuce with Green Goddess dressing, Amish blue cheese and crispy bacon
Third Course
Heritage American Buff goose gumbo with housemade chaurice meatballs and Arkansas Delta rice
Creamed venison pie with celery root, rutabaga and horseradish red wine jus
Stuffed Rushing Waters trout with crawfish boudin, cauliflower puree, root vegetables and candied satsuma
Heirloom purple barley risotto with creamy butter beans, roasted black trumpet mushrooms, Three Sisters garden pea greens and brown butter fried pecans
Fourth Course
Traditional doberge cake of chocolate, lemon and caramel
Rum and nutmeg bread pudding with oatmeal cookie crumble and vanilla bean ice cream
Warm kumquat and marrow pudding with whipped Kilgus Farmstand cream
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