It’s August and tomatoes are ripening on the vine with all our sunshine and ready for us to enjoy with a great meal with friends and BC wine. Provence Marinaside has put together a special menu for August using tomatoes in each dish, and offering BC Rose wine paired to each dish. Here is the press release for this special tasty August menu. Enjoy.
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(Vancouver, BC) â Some are larger than a hand and come in neon shades of yellow and red, others are striped like crazy zebras while others are tiny multi-coloured gems; regardless of the size or the colour, what all tomatoes share in common is the taste of sunshine. August is peak tomato season in BC â a time of year when there is no such thing as over-dosing on these juicy, flavourful fruits. Eaten fresh-picked out-of-hand, chopped into salsas and salads, juiced, roasted or sun-dried – there are almost as many ways to enjoy their flavourful goodness as there are varieties.
The Tomato Month Menu starts with a choice of two appetizers â a refreshing Tomato Watermelon Gazpacho (cucumber, mint and tomato relish) paired with JoieFarm Plein de Vie Brut 2018 (Naramata) or a favourite dish that has been brought back from past Tomato Menus – Tomato and Nectarine Salad (whole grilled Argentinian prawns, red onion, fresh basil, sherry vinaigrette). Vanessa Vineyard Estate Winery RosĂ© 2018 (Similkameen Valley) has been selected to accompany the salad.
Tomato-lovers will have a hard time choosing between three tasty main courses:
- Grilled Local Halibut: grilled yellow campari tomatoes, leafy greens, multi-coloured petit potatoes, smoked Roma tomato vinaigrette. Wine pairing: CedarCreek Estate Winery âBlock 1â Pinot Noir RosĂ© 2018 (Kelowna)
- Seared Bavette Steak: heirloom tomato and herb salad, fingerling potato rounds, chimichurri sauce. Wine pairing: Orofino Vineyards âPozza Vineyardsâ Cabernet Franc RosĂ© 2018 (Similkameen Valley)
- Tomato Aglio e Olio Tagliatelle: grilled Argentinian prawns and Hokkaido scallops, poached pink scallops, micro basil. Wine Pairing: Sea Star Vineyards âBlanc de Noirâ RosĂ© 2018 (Pender Island)
Dessert highlights the fruity character of the tomato in a Honey Tomato Panacotta (tomato brĂ»lĂ©e, fresh whipped cream, cape goose berry) that is paired with a made-in-BC cocktail – Okanagan Kir Royale (Fitzpatrick Family Vineyards âFitz CrĂ©mantâ and Elephant Island Cassis).
âI love creating the Tomato Menu every year. Tomatoes are the taste of the sun, and remind me of long summer days when I was a child in Provence,â says Provence Marinasideâs Executive Chef/Owner Jean Francis Quaglia.
Join Provence Marinaside this month for a âtaste of the sunâ with its Tomato Month Menu, only $62 for three courses available now through the end of August.