Le Jardin will celebrate locally grown produce with this summer’s Garden Series. The July Garden Series dinner is set for July 21. Chef Grandgeorge and the culinary team will source local, in season ingredients to create a four course culinary experience. A complete menu follows:

First Course

Dijon and zucchini flatbread with Graziano’s Italian sausage, Arugula salad, balsamic dressing, cherry tomatoes

Roasted garlic and smoke pepper hummus, cumin dusted pita chips, zucchini pickles

Second Course

Mixed greens, candied walnuts, blueberries, strawberries, feta cheese, watermelon vinaigrette

Green bean salad, salsa fresca, almonds, Cojita cheese, pickled red onion

Third Course

Salade Nicoise, seared Ahi tuna, green beans, roasted potatoes, hard-boiled eggs, tomatoes, olives

Berkwood Farms pork chop, parmesan and sweet corn grits, cucumber salad, pickled radish’s

Zucchini, cherry tomato, sweet corn and angel hair pasta, olive oil, dill butter, goat cheese & walnuts

Fourth

Rooster Ridge cherry clafoutis, whipped cream, lemonade cookie crumbles

White chocolate and raspberry parfait with Amaretti cookies

Mocha pot de crème with whipped cream and sweet cherry soup shooter

This four course dinner is $45 and guests are able to choose amongst selections per course. There will be one seating and reservations are available at 5:30, 5:45 and 6:00 p.m.

The Garden Series will culminate with Chef Grandgeorge’s Annual Tomato Dinner on August 25. The Tomato Dinner will be $60 for a 5 course meal that incorporates heirloom tomatoes into each course. Like the first two dinners, guests have options for each course. The first seating will be from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. with a second seating from 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Reservations can be made by calling Le Jardin at 515-255-5787.

Save the date for the Le Jardin beer dinner on August 4 at Peacetree Brewery in Knoxville.