Friday, June 3, 2016

Deliciousness Abounds On The New Summer Menu At St. Francis In Phoenix

By: The Food Hunter

St. Francis, located on the SE corner of Central & Camelback is a modern yet comfortable family-owned restaurant serving wood-fired cuisine with an emphasis on quality, seasonal ingredients delivered daily from local farmers. Summer at St. Francis brings a menu featuring the season's brightest and tastiest veggies in dishes that are light yet rich with flavor.

Some favorites, from a recent tasting, include:

Carrot Ginger Soup – A savory soup made from roasted local carrots and fresh ginger swirled with  crème fraiche.


Fire Roasted Eggplant Dip – Pureed, fire-roasted local eggplant layered with yogurt, for a cool and creamy dip served with delicious house-made bread.


Roasted Carrot & Avocado Salad– Local carrots are oven-roasted, seared and tossed with sliced avocado, a California goat cheese, and mixed greens all drizzled with a tangy/sweet orange poppy seed vinaigrette.


Wood Roasted Summer Squash – A variety of colorful, oven-roasted baby squash topped with roasted red pepper romesco sauce, California goat cheese and toasted almonds.


Heirloom Tomatoes & Burrata – Local tomatoes, cucumbers and shaved red onion atop California burrata cheese, crostini, and drizzled with red wine vinaigrette. Admittedly my favorite dish.


Pan Seared Rainbow Trout – Delicious trout served with purple sweet potato mash and green beans in a browned butter lemon caper sauce.


Though not new to the menu, if you have room for dessert the Sticky Toffee Pudding served with sweet cream gelato is a must.


For more information and to see all the other delicious menu items head over to stfrancisaz.com.

This experience was provided complimentary, all opinions are my own. 

8 comments:

  1. These dishes look absolutely AMAZING! I'm always making lists of places I need to eat when I travel and this one just got jotted on the Arizona list!

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  2. You ordered perfectly --- wish I could have joined you!

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  3. Whoaaaaa, everything looks so good! That eggplant dip especially seems to be calling my name!

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  4. Yum! I love burrata, and that purple sweet potato mash looks so delicious!

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  5. St Francis sounds amazing - and oh my goodness those dishes look incredible! I especially like the Fire Roasted Eggplant, Heirloom Tomatoes and Burrata and oh my, that Sticky Toffee Pudding!!

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  6. Looks like a trip is in order! :-) What a delicious sounding (& looking) menu! Such fresh and pretty ingredients!

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  7. Sounds like an amazing place to eat. I wish I was close by. That pudding with gelato sounds soo good!

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  8. This sounds like an amazing place to eat! You just made me very hungry!

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