Decadent Catered Dinners

Below are just samples of some of the many five-star quality plated dinner menus and buffets available at Picnic. Simply speak to Christine to custom design the perfect menu for your next party, from casual barbecue to formal sit down dinner.

Plated appetizer examples

Cold

Truffled carpaccio of beef with aged parmesan
Simple salad of fresh herbs and flowers
Shrimp and caviar in asparagus cream
Grilled tuna over gazpacho
Smoked breast of duck with vegetables and miso
Potato truffle terrine
Tartar trio: scallop, salmon, tuna
Mediterranean shrimp salad
Duck breast with pears and sherry
Scallop carpaccio

Hot

Homemade ravioli with fresh vegetables
Scampi risotto with mushrooms and truffle essence
Double cheese soufflé
Seafood pot
Sweet potato gnocchi with sage butter sauce
Lobster stuffed giant prawns over asparagus
Seared Hudson Valley Foie Gras over caramelized pears
“Macaroni and cheese” — mascarpone cheese and truffles with pasta

Entrees

Seafood

Fresh Dover sole, beurre blanc sauce over crispy spinach
Lobster claw wrapped in fillet of sole
Provencal Bouillabaisse
Wild salmon, asparagus sauce béarnaise
Crispy sea bass over stewed lentils with root vegetables
Plank smoked salmon with huckleberries, scalloped potatoes and vegetables

Poultry and meat

Soy braised quail
Lavender infused game hen
Herb crusted lamb tenderloin
Chicken en croute with Morel mushrooms
Blue cheese bacon wrapped filet of beef with mushroom demi glace
Provencal styled rib steak with spring vegetables
Coconut curried pork tenderloin
Duck with fresh fig and braised red cabbage
Venison saddle, gingerbread sauce, spatzle, and roasted root vegetables
Classic veal osso buco
Cassoulet
Rack of lamb, rosemary and Dijon crust, with spring vegetable

Desserts

Granny Smith Apple Fritters in Apple Cider Soup
Strawberry Almond Shortcake with Basil
Sweet Foccacia with Fig Jam, Goat Cheese and Honey
Classic Creme Brulee
Bananas Foster Crepes
White Chocolate-Cherry Bread Pudding
Baked Hot Chocolate
Warm Flourless Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Puree
Passion Fruit-Mango Bars with Coconut Macaroons
Mango-Papaya Cobbler
Individual Cheesecake
Basil and Black Peppercorn Sauterne-Poached Pears over Puff Pastry Buttermilk Panna Cotta with Fresh Summer Berries
Bourbon Pecan Pie
Almond-Stuffed Baked Apples with Carmel-Apple Sauce Key Lime Pie Assorted Cookie Plates
Petits Fours
Warm Lemon Tartletts
Almond Paste Cake with White Chocolate Buttercream
Chocolate Cake with Ameretto-Mocha Buttercream
Carrrot Cake with Classic Cream Cheese Frosting
Moist Yellow Cake with Vanilla Buttercream

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