3rd Annual 100 mile dinner

What a wonderful night! We were booked and everything was just beautiful! It is easy to prepare this kind of meal when the freshest of local foods does all the work for you!

The menu included Red wine vinegar pickles with local salt, A tasting of Goat cheeses from Latte da Dairy and Dallas Mozzarella Company, Bibb lettuce salad with sprouts and hard boiled egg, Fresh Tomato Blt Salad with hot bacon dressing, Pineapple sage and Pear roasted Ham, Pork Loin, Sweet Potato fries, Butternut squash with brown butter and sage, Purple Hull peas, Stewed okra and tomatoes, Rosemary Roast Beef and potatoes Lyonnaise, Poblano Roasted Chicken and Blueberry pecan Crisp with Cantaloupe Lavender Sorbet and much, much more!

My goal for next year is to incorporate more wild foods.There are still those elusive morels in Sherman Gainsville area and maybe some more sunchokes and yucca shoots and burdock or poke salad....Maybe the Spring will bring us some luck for these wild foods of North Texas.

If you missed it, be sure to sign up early for the next one, we were booked for this one!

Cheers!

100 mile Food Event

Come join us at 6:30 pm Tuesday night for our 3rd annual 100 mile dinner! This is a special event hosted by Hannah's off the Square celebrating our North Texas abundance of regional foods. Let us show you how easy it is to eat locally and better than you ever thought you could! Everything on the table for this special dinner was GROWN or RAISED within 100 miles of Denton.

What you can expect to see at Tuesday's Dinner includes but is not limited to:
Red wine Braised Beef with chargrilled onions, Smoked Pork Ham with Pineapple sage, Poblano Pesto roasted Chicken, Spaghetti squash and butternut squash gratin, Purple Hull peas with snaps, stewed okra and tomatoes, Bibb lettuce salad with Red wine vinaigrette, Local eggs, pickles, Honey poached pears, Watermelon feta salad, Cool roasted Shiitake mushrooms, Local Cheese Course, Lavender Cantaloupe Sorbet.... and much more!

Space is limited and we will have local wines on hand as well! 75 dollars per person...What a deal!

Many Thanks to this years Farmers and Suppliers...
Dominion Farms
Brushy Creek Winery
Texas Organic Mushrooms
Wolf Creek Farms
Cardo's Sprout Farm
Charlie's of Texas
Susan Hastings and Mike White of Texas Pure Honey
Ken's Produce
Denton County Farmer's Market
Dallas Farmer's Market
Mckinney Farmers Market
Dallas Mozzarrella Company
Latte Da Dairy in Flower Mound
and every small farmer in the city of Denton who has contributed to this lovely dinner...Thank you!
Texas Olive Ranch
Grand Saline Natural salt

Local Fruit

We have tons of local pears coming in right now and local bay leaves, We use the two together for a classic dish of red wine poached pears with pink peppercorns

I like to use a dry red wine (any variety), because we do add a little bit of sugar in the recipe, so a sweet wine might overpower the subtle flavor of the pears


One hour later, plus 30 minutes resting time to help set the color and let the pears cool off a bit in the poaching liquid before removing...


Beautiful little ruby colored gems, perfect for salads, Pear Belle Helen etc..

What a lovely evening

If you weren't here on Thursday for our Wine Tasting event, you missed a lovely evening..

Five great wines and wonderful food paired with each, courtesy of Sous Chef Candis Koerner.

Moroccan Lamb with Mint and Raisins on Beet Chips

Sweet Pea Soup Crudo with Celery and Sashimi

Beef Carpaccio with EVOO, Capers and Cracked Pepper

The winemaker Brian was on hand to walk the guests through the Vintner's history of each wine.

Tommy and Pat Caruthers

Duck liver with White Truffle and Shaved Parmesan

Local roasted pear with Candied Horseradish and Buttermilk Baby Bleu

A great event that has us looking forward to our next special evening...The 100 mile dinner in September...Stay tuned! Follow us on Twitter or Facebook for all of the latest news!

Meet winemaker Brian Graham tonight August 20th from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Hannah’s Off the Square. Originally from Denton, Mr. Graham, who now makes wine in Napa Valley, California will be signing bottles and discussing his new projects.

You can enjoy this special event for $30 per person or $50 per couple which includes 5 taster glasses of wine paired with chef selected accompaniments. Any showcased wine may be purchased by the glass for $10. Our regular dinner menu will also be available. Please R.S.V.P. as soon as possible as space is limited.

Wine Tasting Menu

2007 Ramian Estate Reserve White

-Cool Sweet Pea and Celery Soup with Ahi Tuna Sashimi

2007 Ramian Estate Grenache Rose

-Morrocan Shredded Lamb on Herbed Taro and Sweet Potato Chips

2006 Ramian Estate Debauchery Petite Sirah, Napa Valley

-White Truffle Duck Liver and Roasted Wild Mushroom Croustade

2006 Ramian Estate Chapter Six Bourdeaux Style Proprietary

-Roasted Pear with Fresh Ginger and Horseradish Syrup and Buttermilk Bleu Cheese

2005 Ramian Estate Parlay Syrah

-Beef Tenderloin Carpaccio and Caper Relish with EVOO Drizzle

A Wine Country theme dinner

A private setting on Hannah's Patio...beautiful Coffee Berries and Pale Green Orchids
set the stage...linen wrapped ice buckets filled with the couple's favorite wines greet the guests on a warm Summer evening

Locally made and imported cheeses were served with rosemary focaccia, honeycomb, fresh fruit, toasted walnuts, chili oil and basil

Light music and the splash of our fountain drowns out the sounds of the city

The menu included Napa Salad with dried fruits, nuts, a touch of bleu cheese and Pinot dressing, Porcini Chicken, Roasted Salmon and Beef Tenderloin

The party lasted well into the evening as guests nibbled on dessert...shortbread lemon bars, chocolate ganache stuffed strawberries and mini carrot cakes

Hannah's would love to host your themed dinner for friends, family or celebration! Give us a call any time!

Some more goodbyes

Some of our regulars that visit Grace each week

And our current longest running employee besides Grace...Damian Carlos.
No Mas Baby!