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January 17, 2018

The Carey Institute for Global Good to a Host a Mardi Gras Party

New Orleans infused menu, live music and an after party at the Helderberg Brewery

The Carey Institute’s Carriage House Restaurant will host a Mardi Gras Party on February 10 from 5pm to 10pm in Rensselaerville, N.Y.  The party will be held on the 100-acre campus at the Carey Institute for Global Good, also home to the Helderberg Brewery.

Executive chef, John Murray, has curated a New Orleans themed menu featuring items such as duck and tasso gumbo, cheddar scallion grits, jambalaya and New Orleans king cake, to name a few. See the full menu below. Tickets include two drinks and the bar will be mixing up hurricanes as the evening’s special drink. Live music will be provided by the country blues band, Red Haired Strangers from 6pm to 9pm. The party will then continue at the Helderberg Brewery beginning at 9pm, a short walk from the Carriage House on campus. Overnight accommodations and breakfast are also available for those who choose to spend the evening.

Mardi Gras Menu 2018

Warm biscuits with bacon gravy

Duck and tasso gumbo

Baby kale and radicchio with yellow grape tomatoes, blood oranges, toasted almonds and Creole mustard vinaigrette

Mini muffulettas

Creole grilled shrimp with cheddar-scallion grits

Grilled vegetable jambalaya

Grilled pork tenderloins with bacon-apple cranberry chutney

Orecchiette with blackened chicken, tomatoes, spinach and Cajun garlic cream

Bananas Foster bread pudding with bourbon sauce

New Orleans king cake

To view ticket prices and available packages, visit theEventbrite page. All proceeds from the event support the Carey Institute for Global Good’s programs that are dedicated to building a strong, educated and just society.