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Summer is upon us and we're celebrating this season's wonderful produce at Rustic Canyon, Huckleberry and our newest venture Sweet Rose Creamery. Sweet Rose opened last month and is off to a delicious start. For those of you who haven't been by yet, Sweet Rose is a small batch ice cream shop located in the Brentwood Country Mart. We serve homemade ice cream, shakes & malts, sundaes, ice cream sandwiches and pies, and lots of other frozen goodies. We make everything on site using only organic milk and cream from Clover, organic eggs and sugar, Farmer's Market produce and top quality chocolate, vanilla beans and other ingredients. Our June hours are Tuesday-Sunday from 12-10PM, so come in soon for a scoop of Fresh Mint with Homemade Chocolate Chips, Peach Buttermilk, or Salted Caramel Ice Cream in a Homemade Chocolate or Original Waffle Cone, or a Coffee Milk Shake made with beans from our soon to be neighbor Caffe Luxxe. We will be open on Mondays beginning at some point in July, and are in the process of purchasing a mobile ice cream cart so that we can set up a Sweet Rose Ice Cream and Sundae Bar at your home or office building for your next special event. For more info about Sweet Rose visit us on our website www.sweetrosecreamery.com, and to hear about new flavors and special treats follow us on twitter. We look forward to seeing you with a dripping ice cream cone in your hand soon!
Summer is such a fun time to cook and eat at Rustic Canyon. Inspiration is everywhere at the markets, from sweet corn to summer squash, to berries, stone fruit, heirloom tomatoes and so much more. You'll notice the menu will be changing a fair amount as each week some new delicious treat shows up on our favorite farmers stands for the first time this year. This month look for a savory salad of Apricots, Radicchio, Toasted Hazelnuts and Goat Cheese with a Honey Rosemary Vinaigrette. It screams light but satisfying summer eating. Peaches are another stone fruit that works seamlessly in a savory dish, featured with Creamy Burrata Cheese and Saba. Summer squash and eggplant are wonderful as well. Look for them in a hearty Ratatouille with Basil Pistou. Corn is back and so is one of our favorite dishes, Sweet Corn Agnolotti with Caramelized Corn. Tomatoes are beginning to arrive and soon will be all over the menu. For now find them in a sweet and salty Puttanesca Sauce with the Whole Roasted Trout, and in a salad with Anson Mills Farro, Cucumbers, Red Onion, Shaved Fennel, Feta Cheese and Yogurt Raita. For desserts summer is all about letting the fruit shine. Look for lots of Fresh Fruit Tarts topped with anything from Boysenberries, Figs, and Plums to Strawberries and Blueberries. Also look for Old Fashioned Pies using the best of this season's stone fruit.
Speaking of Stone fruit, you know it's summer at Huckleberry when you see us at Ron Cornelsen's amazing Honey Crisp stand at the Wednesday Farmer's Market buying his phenomenal peaches, plums and nectarines. Ron is only at the market from June through September and in our mind no one comes close to matching his stone fruit, with the exception of maybe John Tenerelli, whose crop doesn't begin arriving at the market until a bit later in the summer. At Huckleberry you'll find this fabulous fruit in different kinds of Fresh Fruit Tarts, Fruit Crisps, Pies, Cakes and so much more. Summer is also the time when the Blueberry Corn Cake transcends it's already delicious status with the addition of fresh shucked corn in the batter and summer blueberries. The salad case at Huckleberry also transforms in summer. filled with healthy and satisfying options like Fresh Corn Salad with Cilantro, Baby Lentils with Carrots and Haas Avocado, and a Ratatouille with Summer Squash. Last month we put Thursday Night Dinners on an indefinite hold, but still have our weekday lunch and dinner specials. Tuesday is Grilled Cheese day, Wednesday is Deck Oven Pizza of the Day, Thursday is Carne Asada Tacos made with Niman Ranch Steak, and Friday is Fried Jidori Chicken. We are also proud to be using Clover Organic Milk throughout the bakery. This impact of this amazing product is especially noticeable in our espresso bar, with our Lattes, Cappucino, and Hot Chocolate. Come by and taste one. Trust us, all organic milk is not created equal.
Thank you so much for all of your amazing patronage of all our places and we look forward to seeing you soon.
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