Edible Austin Benefeast: MOONSTRUCK

Every year Edible Austin brings tons of events highlighting local, fresh food in Central Texas during Eat Drink Local Week. These events help raise awareness and funds for two amazing local nonprofits, Urban Roots and the Sustainable Food Center. The Alamo team is thrilled that we have been able to become a part of this tradition with the Edible Austin Benefeast prepared with lots of care and local ingredients by Alamo Executive Chef John Bullington. For this year’s Benefeast we're screening MOONSTRUCK, the romantic Italian-American classic starring Cher as a Brooklyn widow just weeks away from her second marriage. But when a cute young Nicholas Cage shows up -- who also happens to be her fiancée’s estranged brother - it’s a recipe for trouble.  

Each course of this irresistible menu includes a perfectly matched wine pairing listed below in italics.

Menu:

Pasta Fazool
Garganelli, cannellini, prosciutto, pancetta, scallion, tomato
Maretima Primitivo '05 

Egg in a Hole
Farm egg in baguette, roasted peppers, garlic chive oil
La Bella Vita Frappato '09 

Salad
Fresh Garden greens, Japanese turnips, vodka - bergamot vinaigrette
Paladin Pralis '10

Steak and Pasta
Whiskey marinated NY strip marinated on perciatelli with roast tomato – porcini sauce and garlic bread
Pertonius Chianti Classico '07 

Dessert
Espresso panna cotta, toasted oats, rosemary tangerine
Giacobazi Rose Lambrusco