Jon Rahm’s Champions Dinner at next month’s Masters will feature a “northern Spanish Basque country” flair that was inspired by famed chef and restaurateur José Andrés and Rahm’s grandmother.
“[Andrés] called my grandma for the [stew] recipe,” Rahm told reporters in a press conference Tuesday. “If somebody doesn’t like it, please just don’t tell me. Don’t tell anyone, actually. It means a little bit too much to me to hear it.”
The menu for the dinner, which will be held April 9 at Augusta National, will include tapas or pintxos of acorn-fed Iberian ham, spicy Basque chorizo, Idiazabal cheese with black truffle, creamy chicken fritters with confit potatoes, a Spanish omelet with confit potatoes and “Mama Rahm’s classic lentil stew.”
“A lot of things are not people’s favorites, but it’s something that’s very common in the Basque country,” Rahm said.
The first course will be a Basque crab and potato salad and the two choices for the main course are a Basque ribeye with Piquillo peppers and turbot, a white flatfish, with white asparagus
“Traditionally they will basically serve [the ribeye] to you already cut up and then you have a hot plate that you can cook it up to your temperature,” Rahm said. “Most people in northern Spain go about as much as medium rare. If you go past that, you’re going to get a weird look just because that’s how we are.”
For dessert, Rahm will serve a puff pastry with custard and Chantilly cream.
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Tapas y Pintxos
Ibericos
Acorn-Fed Iberian Ham
Cured Pork Loin
Idiazabal con Trufa Negra
Idiazabal Cheese, Black Truffle
Tortilla de Patatas
Spanish Omelette, Onions Confit Potatoes
Croqueta de Pollo
Creamy Chicken Fritters
Confit Potatoes
First Course
Ensalada de Txangurro
Basque Crab Salad, Potato
Main Course
Choice of
Chuleton a la Parrilla
Basque Ribeye, Tudela Lettuce, Piquillo Peppers
Or
Rodaballo al Pil-Pil
Turbot, Navarra White Asparagus
Dessert
Milhojas de Crema y Nata
Puff Pastry Cake, Custard and Chantilly Cream