Rusconi’s American Kitchen Announces Mother’s Day Menu

On Sunday, May 8 Rusconi’s American Kitchen hosts a Mother’s Day celebration in honor of hardworking mothers. The restaurant will feature the following specialty prix fixe menu, with guests’ choice of one dish per course:

Starters:

House Smoked Salmon with Dill Blini — hard boiled quail egg, lemon crème fraiche, tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions and frisee

Chilled Tomato Gazpacho with blue crab and wild Gulf shrimp

Lobster Bisque with wild Gulf shrimp and cilantro crema

Baby Field Greens and Goat Cheese Fritters with toasted macadamia nuts, grilled apples and blackberry balsamic vinaigrette

Grilled Spring Peaches and Arugula with crisp pancetta, spiced pine nuts, Laura Chenel goat cheese and balsamic syrup

Main Courses:

House-Smoked Salmon with Poached Eggs and Cilantro Hollandaise with English muffin and roasted fingerling potatoes

Steak and Eggs — poached eggs on focaccia with wood grilled beef tenderloin

roasted potatoes and herbed hollandaise

Wild Gulf Shrimp and Crab Benedict with Italian bacon on focaccia

Slow-Braised Spring Lamb Shank with Sunny-Side Up Egg, goat cheese and yellow corn polenta, baby carrots and tarragon jus

Pecan Wood-Grilled California Halibut and Wild Gulf Shrimp with tarragon, snap peas, citrus scented risotto and lobster butter sauce
Wood-Grilled Beef Tenderloin with English Pea Risotto, baby carrots and red wine sauce

Desserts:

Dark Chocolate Budino with caramel sauce, berries and Chantilly cream

Lemon Biscotti Crusted Strawberry Cheesecake with salted caramel and blackberry sauces

Pistachio and Caramelized Peach Crème Brulee

Cost is $69 per person, plus tax and gratuity. Reservations can be made by calling 480-483-0009 or via rusconiskitchen.com.

Date: Sunday, May 8

Time: 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Location: Rusconi’s American Kitchen (address below)

Rusconi’s American Kitchen

10637 N. Tatum Blvd., Phoenix 85028

480-483-0009

rusconiskitchen.com