Tour de France Festival Celebrating Fall’s Seasonal Picks

Celebrating Fall, the Tour de France Festival held a kickoff party that showcased some of the seasonal menu items from their group of 11 NYC based restaurants pairing beer, artisinal sausages and apples. The group’s beer sommelier Gianni Cavicchi focused the pairings on New York breweries like the Bronx Brewery, Kelso Brewing, Empire Brewing and Ommegang Brewery. Here are some highlights of culinary delights whipped up by their French themed restuarants.

Our favorite item was the delectable savory & sweet carmelized apple tart that had a perfectly balanced texture of crunch and softness.
Le Monde
Pheasant Sausage
Goji Berries, Celery Root Purée, Blackberry Sauce
Bronx “Cask,” Pale Ale, Bronx New York

Café d’Alsace
Grilled Homemade Seafood Sausage
rouille, toasted baguette, shaved fennel salad, shallots sherry vinaigrette
Empire, “Bistro,” Saison, Syracuse, New York

Nice Matin
Jonagold Apple Beer Batter Beignets
cheddar fondue & sweet Italian sausage
Doc’s “Hard,” Cider, Warwick, New york

Marseille
Merguez “Scotch” Egg
Moroccan Eggplant & Paprika Oil
Ommegang, “Scythe & Sickle,” Harvest Ale, Cooperstown, New York

French Roast Downtown
Green New Zealand Mussel
Saucisson Sec, Calamari Confit, Apple compote
Captain Lawrence “Liquid Gold” Elmsford, New York

French Roast Downtown
Garlic Sausage, Green Lentil Ragout
Empire, “Bistro,” Saison, Syracuse, New York

L’Express
Mini Chroucoute Garnie
Sautéed apples.
Klosterbrauerei Weißenohe “Monk’s Fest” Oktoberfest, Weißenohe, Germany

Pigalle
Tuscan Kale Duck Sausage
Roasted Tomato Duck Jus
Kelso “Industrial,” Pumpkin Ale, Brooklyn, New York

Maison
Mini Chorizo “Cantimpalitos”
Braised Beer-French Lentil with Granny Smith Apple Compote
Bronx “Rye,” Pale Ale, Bronx New York

Barbounia
Chicken and Foie Gras Sausage
Samuel Adam’s, Specialty TBA, Boston, Massachusetts

Savory & Sweet
Unibroue, “Éphémère Pomme,” Apple Witbier, Chambly, Quebec