Xmas in Bay Shore: Lake House at Your House

Bay Shore’s New American restaurant, The Lake House, is offering a terrific-sounding Christmas catering menu. Orders must be received by Dec. 21 and pickup is on Dec. 24. All items serve four people except dessert:

Appetizers and hors d’oeuvres
Wild-mushroom risotto, roasted shiitake, truffle oil and asparagus, $40
Green salad, apples, goat cheese, candied walnuts, blood-orange vinaigrette, $28
Bluefin tuna tartare with cucumber, crispy potato, chili vinaigrette, $45 / pint
Roasted butternut bisque, pumpkinseed oil, spiced marshmallows $20 / quart
New England clam chowder, Yukon Gold potatoes, bacon, fresh herbs, $25 / quart
Wild mushroom-shortrib ravioli, truffle emulsion and truffled pecorino, $48 (12 pieces)
Maine lobster rolls, mini buttered rolls, $45 pint (8 rolls)

Entrees
Red-wine braised beef short ribs, bacon and carrots, $75
Roasted rack of Berkshire pork, roasted apple and Calvados sauce $75
Baked Chatham cod Provençal, $65
Coq au vin (red-wine braised chicken), buttered egg noodles, $72
Herb-crusted Colorado rack of lamb, $120

Sides
Roasted root vegetables, $30
Sauteed baby spinach, $25
Broccoli rabe and toasted garlic, $30
Aged goat cheese, leek-and-potato gratin, $35
Grilled herbed asparagus, $30
Truffle-chive potato puree, $35

Individual desserts ($7 each)
Valrhona chocolate soufflé
Banana-brioche bread pudding
Pear-almond tart
Lemon cheese cake

The Lake House is at 240 W. Main St., Bay Shore, 631-666-0995.