| Off The Bay Cafe 28 Main Street Orleans, Lower Cape Cod (508) 255-5505 Serving the Dining Public since 1985 Lunch & Dinner Year-round Average Lunch $6.00, Dinner $11-14.00 |  |
"The Cafe is housed in the oldest building in Orleans. Tinned ceiling, paneled wooden structure add up to a charming Cafe offering American cuisine and an extensive selection of 130 French, American, and Italian Wines in a relaxed and casual setting."
Chef Aaron P. Costa's
Selected Recipe of the Month
A Menu of Chef Selections
Sauteed Foie Gras with
a Demi Glace and Wild Mushrooms
Double Lobster Consomme
with Spring Vegetables
and Pencil Spring Roll
Mesclun Salad
with Enoki Mushrooms
Fresh Broiled Halibut
with Gulf Shrimp and Wild Mushroom Ragout
Fiddlehead Ferns
Roasted Purple Potatoes Anna
Saga Blue Cheese
and Frosted Grapes
Fresh Berry Scuffle
with Champagne Sabayon
Chef Aaron P. Costa's
Selected Recipe of the Month
Double Lobster Consomme
Serves 6-8
| 1 bunch celery | 1 large Spanish Onion |
| 4 Carrots | 6 large Tomatoes |
| 6 1 1/2lb Lobsters | 1 1/2 Bay Leaves |
| 1 cup Brandy | 1/2 bunch Parsley |
| 1 tbsn fresh Thyme Leaves | 1 tbsn Black Peppercorns |
| 2 gallons Water | 1 Carrot (julienned) |
| 1 Leek (julienned) |
Chop celery, onion, carrots, tomatoes into 1" pieces. Bring brandy, herbs, and water to boiling point. Add lobsters. Continue boiling for 12 minutes. Remove lobsters, cool, remove meat and set aside for later use. Open lobster bodies and rinse out tamale. Quarter the lobster bodies and place back in the stock. Boil stock at high heat to reduce to half a gallon. Strain stock through cheese cloth and reduce further to one quart. Blanch julienned carrot and leek and place at the bottom of soup bowls. Fill with consomme and serve. If desired, garnish with lobster meat.
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