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Appetizers and Starters
Clams Steamed with Hennepin
Steamed Mussels with Hennepin and Ginger
Mussels with Tomato, Onion, and Hennepin Broth
Mussels Poached In Ommegang with Rare Vos Aioli
Ommegang Onion Soup
Harpersfield Tilsit Cheese and Hennepin Farmhouse Ale Soup
Smoked Duck, Cheddar, and Potato Dumplings
Jumbo Shrimp Stuffed with Swiss Cheese and Wrapped in Bacon,

Main Dishes
Blackened Ribs with Rare Vos and Chipotle Pepper Aioli
Braised Pork Shanks w/ Dried Figs and Ommegang
Bistro Beef Stew With Rare Vos
Flemish-Style Roast with Ommegang
Gratin of Wild Salmon on a Bed of Leeks with Rare Vos
Ommegang Summer Chicken with Orange Hennepin Glaze
Braised Duck Legs in Apple-Rare Vos Reduction with Prosciutto and Portabella Mushrooms
Artichoke Risotto with Prosciutto and Hennepin
Choucroute Garni Ommegang
Gorgonzola Hennepin Chicken
Roasted Turkey With Hennepin and Herb Baste
The Heavenly Hennepin Thanksgiving Turkey
Roast Turkey with Hard Cider and Ommegang
Randy’s Ommegang Chili
Three Philosophers Chili: Yields 3.5 gallons
Hennepin Pot Roast

Desserts and Sweet Tastes
Almond Biscotti with Rare Vos Dipping Sauce
Apple Pancakes with Hennepin
Bread Pudding with Ommegang Ale
Chocolate Abbey Ale Cake
Ginger Bread Ommegang Cake
Hennepin Spice Bars
Ommegang Liege Waffles
Rare Vos Cheddar Cheese Cake
Three Philosophers Ultimate Brownies

Sauces
Raspberry/Rare Vos Vinaigrette

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New American Cuisine
We recommend Ommegang Ale with richer, heartier dishes and with cheeses - Hennepin with spicier preparations, with chicken and with shellfish - Rare Vos Amber Ale marries well with the relaxed café style fare - pasta, mussels in broth, and designer pizzas. Three Philosophers works wonders with desserts featuring chocolate, or to sip by itself after dinner like a fine port or sherry. Witte is perfect for summer outdoor fare such as hamburgers, roasted corn, and exuberant fresh salads.
Asian and Asian Fusion
The delicate and balanced spicing in our beers mirrors the subtle and composed spicing in Asian cuisines. The beers go well with sushi, with Mongolian hotpots, adobos, chicken inasal, sticky rice dishes with fish, with all kinds of fried fish, pad thai, lemongrass and coconut milk laced soups, with spare ribs and Peking duck. We recommend experimenting with Hennepin whose spice composure consists of coriander and ginger notes. In fact, Hennepin’s spicy notes work well even as a dessert beer with spicy and ginger based desserts.
French Cuisine
Ommegang compliments many richer slow cooked French dishes made with beef, pork, lamb, and rabbit - carbonnades and hochepot, marinated roasts and the like. Hennepin is great with rustic fare such as quiche, bread and cheeses, roasted chickens, fresh water fish, and those from North Atlantic waters, including shellfish, especially lobster.
Latin Fare
Pair our beers with grilled fish, mixed grills, conch fritters, crab and crayfish, Jamaican jerk chicken, paellas, soups with posole, chorizos and merguez, tapas, Cuban pork sandwiches, and salsas.
Beer with Cheese
Belgium produces 300 different cheeses, one for each of its beers. Churchill said “any country with 200 cheeses must be in good health,” while DeGalle stated that “any country with 300 cheeses is ungovernable.” Which leads to the accurate conclusion that a country with as many cheeses as France but only one-fifth the population is in an anarchic state of fitness.

The idea of pairing beer with cheese is difficult for many, because wine is so often thought of first for such a tasting. But beer with cheese improves on the virtues as wine, as beer actually holds up better to the vigorous flavors of many cheese. Cheese is essentially a strong tasting, fatty food. Beer perfectly balances its flavors and cleanses the palate of fat. In Belgium, the most common bar food is an amazingly simple combination- cubes of semi-soft cheese sprinkled with celery salt.
Adapted from “The Best American Recipes” by Fran McCullough and Molly Stevens (Houghton Mifflin, $26).

Roasted Turkey With Hennepin and Herb Baste

Preparation time: 20 minutes, plus 2-30 minutes resting
12 servings
Cooking time: 2 to 3 hours

The rich flavor of our Hennepin Farmhouse Saison paired with herbs and butter give this turkey a savory flavor, and the butter browns the skin beautifully. Keeping the turkey tightly covered for the first hour of roasting makes for tender, moist meat. Be sure to baste (use a pastry brush to get every nook and cranny) the turkey every 15 minutes for the best flavor and color.

Ingredients:
1 (14- to 16-pound) fresh turkey
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

For the beer and herb baste:
1 (12 oz) bottle of Hennepin Farmhouse Saison
1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary
1 tablespoon minced fresh sage
1 tablespoon fresh minced thyme
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
¼ cup soy sauce
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard


Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Discard the neck and gizzard (or save for stock). Save the heart and liver for the gravy. Rinse the turkey with cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Sprinkle the skin and cavity of the turkey with salt and pepper. Truss the turkey and place it on a rack in a large roasting pan with a tight-fitting lid.

To make the baste: In a medium saucepan, heat the butter on low heat until almost fully melted. Add the beer and continue heating. Add the rosemary, sage and thyme, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce and mustard. Keep the mixture warm on the stove as the turkey is roasting, using it to baste the turkey every 30 minutes.

Roast the turkey for 45 minutes to 1 hour, basting with the beer baste every 15 minutes. Remove the lid from the pan and roast for 1 to 1 ½ hours or until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the inner thigh reads 175 to 180 degrees. If the turkey browns too quickly, cover with aluminum foil. Let the bird rest for 20 to 30 minutes on a cutting board before carving.

 
 
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