Barr Mansion is USDA Certified Organic

Organic Source Spotlight: La Quercia

Posted on: February 22nd, 2012 by Adele No Comments

With our First Harvest Tasting coming up for couples getting married between April 15 – June 15, I thought it’d be nice to showcase some of our organic sources in the kitchen.  La Quercia supplies us with American-made, organic prosciutto — and has received many awards for their deeply flavored, melt-in-your-mouth cured meats.  Bon Appétit Magazine says “their products are served by perfectionist chefs like Mario Batali and Alice Waters” and Vogue says it’s “the best domestically-produced or imported prosciutto I’ve tasted.”   Check out their website for more about their (many!) awards, accolades and words of praise.  If you’re looking for the best of the best, this is it.

We believe Kathy and Herb and their team at La Quercia are doing what is imperative but also natural: returning an authenticity to our nation’s food production.  This authenticity and quality is what drives our recipe creation and sourcing in the kitchen — as well as the gardens and all other aspects of event production.

We’ll be testing recipes in the coming weeks for our First Harvest menu…   Do you have a favorite recipe featuring prosciutto?   We’d love to hear it!

More on La Quercia’s organic prosciutto:

NAME :

Prosciutto Green Label, Organic

FLAVOR  PROFILE :

Fruit forward, builds to nutty, umami flavors then returns to fruit tones for finish

BREEDING :

Berkshire male on a white female (Danbred or Chester White)

SPECIAL  QUALITIES :

Certified organic, all pigs born on one farm

GROWER :

Becker Lane Organic Farm, Iowa

NAME  OF  CUT:

Rear leg/Ham

INGREDIENTS :

Pork, Sea Salt

USER  RECOMMENDATIONS :

Savor by itself, on sandwich with butter, wrap asparagus or fruit, especially figs

CHEESE  PAIRING :

Parmigiano, Piave Vecchio, Ascutney Mountain (Cobb Hill Creamery, VT)

BEVERAGE  PAIRING :

Champagne, dry Alsatian white

 

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And finally, one of our many menu items:
Mozzarella, La Quercia Prosciutto and Native Greens Pesto Bruschetta  [photo by Katherine O'Brien Photography ]
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Barr Mansion does instagram does austin monthly bridal bash

Posted on: February 19th, 2012 by Adele No Comments

I snapped a few quick instagram photos at the Austin Monthly Bridal Bash.  Did you?   If so, I’d love to see your photos!  (email adele@barrmansion.com).

 

Bridal Bash this sunday 2/19

Posted on: February 17th, 2012 by Adele No Comments

We hope to see you at Austin Monthly’s Bridal Bash this Sunday…   Our Executive Chef, Chris Coleman, will be preparing the delicious food you see below on-site in the Bridal Bling Lounge; it promises to be a mouth-watering affair!  In addition, there are a ton of amazing vendors participating.

Don’t forget to purchase your entry ticket to our VIP Bridal Bling Lounge, which is where  we’ll be serving up tasty treats….   Here’s a few mouth-watering images from the talented Lisa Shepard at Aimage Photography Studio, who came out while we were testing recipes for the Bridal Bash…

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Juliet & Ben

Posted on: February 16th, 2012 by Adele No Comments

Date  |  May 29

Palette  |  white

Ceremony  |  chuppah under the pecan tree

Planning  Liv by Design

Music  |  Full Circle Media

Blooms  |   STEMS  |  hydrangeas, ranunculus, tulips, calla lilies & peonies.

Menu |  First Harvest

Pictured…    

Stawberry Pizzas

Crostini with Shockingly Pink Hummus

Lighting  |  ILIOS Lighting

Cake  |  Butter & Lemon Cake with Cuttercream Icing.  Chocolate Zucchini with Chocolate Buttercream Icing.

Videography  |  Adam Grumbo Films

Photography  |  à la Vie Photography

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Gardens in Bloom: February

Posted on: February 13th, 2012 by Adele No Comments

All this cold, rainy weather excites my anticipations for a verdant and stunning spring.   Of course our gardens are far from bare even in February; take a peak below at the highlights from the garden this week….

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And finally: do you recognize these little sprouts?   We’re going to have amazing bluebonnets this year!

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Danelle & Kyle

Posted on: February 8th, 2012 by Adele 1 Comment

Date  |  October 7

Palette  |  shades of green with pops of white and purple

Ceremony  |  Pecan Tree.  “Whatever It Is,” Zac Brown Band.

Music  |  Look No Further Entertainment

Blooms  |   STEMS  |  hydrangeas, stock flower, amaranthus, succulents, ti leaves, freesia, lavender and  cymbidium orchids.

Menu |  Third Harvest

Passed Appetizers

Bacon Wrapped Dates with Blue Cheese and Pumpkin Seeds

Mozzarella. La Quercia Prosciutto and Native Greens Pesto Bruschetta

Plated Meal

Apple Cider Brined Chicken Breasts

Beef Tenderloin with Bacon Herb Butter

Roasted Vegetables with Parsley Oil

Greens and Seasonal Vegetables with Cranberry Vinaigrette

Roasted Potatoes with Gouda

Jalapeno Cornbread with Honey Butter

Late Night Snack

Cheese Pizza

Sausage and Sun-Dried Tomato Pizza

Cake  |  Light white cake with Buttercream icing, raspberry filling and buttercream layers.  Apple Spice Cake with Brown Sugar Buttercream.

Lighting  |  Intelligent Lighting Design

Photography  |  AJH Photography

 

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Organic Source Spotlight: Johnson’s Backyard Garden

Posted on: February 7th, 2012 by Adele No Comments

Did you see Johnson’s Backyard Garden’s latest blog post?   Besides hunger-inducing images of this week’s farmers markets offerings, there was this tidbit:

Calling All Fundraisers! We’re Putting Together a Team

barn raising: n., A social event in which members of a community assist in the building of a new barn.

We have been working for now months on designing a new barn and cold storage facility next to our fields over at River Road.  Such a facility is greatly needed as we are bursting at the seams over here on Hergotz; however, we do not have the capital we need to build this barn alone.  Like an old-fashioned barn raising, we want to make the building of this barn a community effort.  If you have experience running a capital campaign or with fundraising in general and would like to give JBG a hand with this, please email us at farm@​jbgorganic.​com.

via Johnson’s Backyard Garden – Blog.

I hope you’ll consider passing along the information, if you know somebody who would be a good fit.  In the meanwhile, enjoy these images of this week’s harvest from JBG…

Photo by Scott David Gordon,  via www.jbgorganic.com
Photo by Scott David Gordon, via www.jbgorganic.com
Photo by Scott David Gordon,  via www.jbgorganic.com
Photo by Scott David Gordon, via www.jbgorganic.com
Photo by Scott David Gordon,  via www.jbgorganic.com
Photo by Scott David Gordon, via www.jbgorganic.com

Mary Kate & John

Posted on: February 6th, 2012 by Adele No Comments

Date  |  September 10

Palette  |  soft, delicate shades of blue, green and lavender with pops of deep saffron.

Ceremony  |  Statue Rose Garden.  ‘Over the Rainbow,’  ‘Here Comes the Sun’.

Music  |  Barton StringsSoul Track Mind.

Blooms  |   STEMS  |  hydrangeas, crocosmia,  lavender, rosemary, and succulents.

Menu |  Third Harvest

Mozzarella, La Quercia Prosciutto & Greens Pesto Bruschetta
Bacon Wrapped Dates with Blue Cheese and Walnuts
Eggplant and Pepper Casserole with Olives & Cheese
Stuffed Portabella with Sundried Tomatoes and Taleggio Cheese
Cider Brined Chicken
Braised Beef Roast
Sesame Russet & Sweet Potato Home Fries

Cake  |  Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting, Tiramisu.

Dress  |  Gown by Modern Trousseau from Unbridaled

Invitations & Programs  |  Bella Figura

Photography  |  © Katherine O’Brien Photography

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