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| July 1, 2010 | Don Julio Tequila Dinner
What: Don Julio Tequila Dinner
Where: Agave Grill – 100 Allyn St., Hartford, CT
When: Wednesday, July 21st – Reception starts at 6:30pm
Who: Speaker: Sandy Suarez
Agave Grill is hosting a special Don Julio Tequila Dinner on Wednesday, July 21st. The reception begins at 6:30 pm, to be followed by a three-course dinner and tequila pairing. The cost is $55 per person, plus tax and gratuity. The guest speaker for the evening will be Sandra Suarez. Seating is limited to 40 people.
Menu:
Reception:
– House-made Guacamole
– Chips and Salsa
– Three Cheese stuffed Jalapeño – Jalapeno stuffed with a blend of Oaxaca, manchego, cream cheese, and roasted corn topped with a jalapeno jelly
– Paired with a Don Julio Blanco cherry hibiscus margarita
Primero:
Cold Gazpacho Soup with Chipotle Mussels: A traditional Spanish vegetable soup served with chipotle stuffed mussels. Paired with a Don Julio Reposado Orange Fresca.
Segundo:
Beggar’s Purse Tenderloin: Stuffed with crab in a roasted red pepper tequila cream sauce served with wild mushroom casserole and a crab mousse filled manchego canoli. Paired with a Don Julio Anejo Sangria-Rita.
Fin:
Serrano Mango Sorbet Shortcake: Macerated mango, biscuit and Serrano mango sorbet dusted with powder sugar. Paired with Don Julio 1942.
About Agave Grill
Agave Grill is a modern Mexican restaurant in downtown Hartford and part of the Hartford Restaurant Group. Agave has an array of traditional Mexican favorites, alongside exotic signature dishes. Their tableside guacamole and extensive tequila bar has made them a local hot spot for $4 margaritas all day on Monday, and happy hour from 4-6pm Tuesday thru Friday.
About Don Julio Tequila
Don Julio Gonzales’ passion for making tequila started in 1942, establishing a distillery, La Primevera, where he spent nearly forty years perfecting his recipe. He believed that in order to create sublime and subtle tequila you must perfect and cherish each step along the way: from the cultivation of the agave plant to the barrels the tequila is aged in. It is not a process that can be performed by machines. Each step requires the skilled and practiced hands of people trained in the art and craft of tequila. This is what sets Tequila Don Julio apart. This is what makes the world’s finest tequila.
Steps to making Don Julio Tequila
1. All made with estate-grown 100% blue agave
unlike some less premium tequilas
2. The agave is carefully tended for maximum sunlight
3. Jimadores (agave harvesters) wait up to ten years, instead of the standard four to five – to harvest the blue agave, for a mellower, more
fully developed agave flavor
4. Trimmed piñas, (agave hearts) are slowly
baked, by his traditional method, in La Primavera’s brick ovens
5. The agave juice is separated and fermentation begins, converting the sugar to alcohol
6. Each batch is twice distilled, achieving legendary smoothness
7. To age the tequila, Don Julio surpasses the official standards
8. Aging occurs in special American oak barrels for a subtle, toasty flavor
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