Blackberry Farm
Farmstead Firecracker – Blackberry Farm Strawberry Jam, Light Rum, Garden Mint, Jalapeno, Ginger, Lemon Lime Soda
Spring Onion Brioche, Honey Wheat Whole Grain, Butter, Brebis Chive Cream Cheese Spread
Egg Yolk, Caviar, Crème Fraiche Panna Cotta, Chives, Potato Chip, Flowering Blossom
Bean and Cucumber Salad – Pole beans, blackberries, Pickled Onions, Mint, Cucumber Emulsion
Hearth Fried Farm Egg – Fried Egg, Chicken Cracklins’, Watercress, Garlic Confit, Chili Oil
North Carolina Mountain Trout – Garden Tomatoes, Cornbread, Wax Bean, Basil
Grilled Peking Duck Breast – Garden Beets, Bacon Braised Cabbage, Arugula, Honey Duck Jus
Painted Hills Beef – Buttermilk Potatoes, Carrots, Roasted Onion, King Trumpet Mushrooms
Marinated Blackberry Farm Feta, Tomato Consomme, Basil Granita
Praline Crumble, local peaches, bourbon infused crème anglaise
Farmstead Brebis Semifreddo – Blackberry Paper, Peaches in forms, Corn Flour Crumbs, Sweet Pesto
Caramel Macaron
Located in Walland, amidst the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, Blackberry Farm is an icon of American Luxury – a Relais & Chateax property with true sense of history that every single employee on the 4,200 acre estate will be happy to share with you as you tour the grounds by foot, golf cart, or private car. To those who know, in addition to being a beautiful resort full of bucolic scenery, outdoor activities, and zen-like quiet Blackberry Farm is also a dining destination – dinner in The Barn a jacket-required affair focused on locally sourced proteins and produce, antique linens, china, and silver, plus lavish service befitting the formal environs to all who stay at the resort and a limited number of persons not taking up residence on the property each night, myself the only one on a Thursday in early August when I sat down for Chef Joseph Lenn’s nightly tasting menu. A lovely space with high ceilings and a personal escort to and from The Barn a pure focus on the food served at Blackberry Farm that evening would fall far short of the experience of place because although each item served was perfectly prepared and made of the highest quality ingredients none save for the impeccable Brebis dessert and a perfectly prepared piece of trout stood out from the pack as particularly ‘memorable’ and focusing on precision as opposed to innovation much of the food was nothing one couldn’t find at a local farm-to-table restaurant, though I’m certain this was not the case when the restaurant opened so many years ago. A magical place well worth its destination status for dinner or an extended stay, go early for tea and cookies in the main house and stay late for toasted marshmallows and s’mores, and don’t forget to wander the grounds absorbing the history and serenity.
http://www.blackberryfarm.com/