Citrus and Baby Beet Salad

Dinner at Tra Vigne in St. Helena

I’ve been going to Tra Vigne with my family for probably 20 years now but this meal was the best one we’ve ever had there.

Butternut Squash Soup

Butternut Squash Soup

There were six of us so we got to sample quite a few appetizers and entrees including the Sonoma Grown Butternut Squash soup, Zucca Alla Livornese, Citrus and Baby Beet Salad, Sage Infused Pappardelle with braised rabbit ragu, the North African Spiced Pork Shoulder Roast, the Fire Roasted Certified Organic Chicken and some blood orange sorbet and chocolate cake.

Citrus and Baby Beet Salad

Citrus and Baby Beet Salad

Sage Infused Pappardelle

Sage Infused Pappardelle

Fire Roasted Chicken

Fire Roasted Chicken

This is the North African Spiced Pork Shoulder and I will definitely be making it.  It’s served with crushed dates and cumquats, cooked until they caramelize.  So good.

North African Spiced Pork Shoulder Roast

North African Spiced Pork Shoulder Roast

Blood Orange Sorbet

Blood Orange Sorbet

Chocolate Cake

Chocolate Cake