Adirondack Alps Restaurant at the Lake Clear Lodge Menu

Main Menu

• Best-Of-The-Wursts
  a sample of old world brats marinated in doppelbock bier and then grilled to perfection with spices
• Vegetarian Brats
  from the lodge brat-maker a variety of garden brats are made with assorted vegetables, herbs and spices and then grilled
• Shrimp & Garlic
  no one does this better than cathy. served warm as a sauté with herbs, spices and most important fresh garlic
• Herring-In-Wine Sauce
  pickled old world herring in riesling wine with seasonings and onions
• Adirondack Alps Smoked Trout
  from the lodge smoker, trout is slowly smoked and finished off with an old world horseradish sauce
• Annie's Homemade Hummus
  an inspired dish for a friend no longer with us
• Vegetable Strudel Sampler
  a sample that can be made for one, two or six. based on vegetables from our root cellar, these are intertwined with fresh vegetables, herbs & spices baked in a puff pastry and finished with fresh cheese
• Adirondack Alps Fresh Cheese Platter
  a combination of old & new world cheeses, dependent upon availability. pair it with our wines before and after dinner
• Chicken Liver Pate
  a lodge classic for 40 years. a top quality pate finished with homemade crackers
• Adirondack Alps Game Brats
  dependent on availability, a variety of adirondack game brats such as venison, rabbit and boar are marinated as above and then grilled
• Adirondack Alps Brat Samplerq
  depending on the evening's availability chef cathy hohmeyer will put together a brat sampler for 2, 4, 6 or more
• Old World Escargots
  we stuff the escargots back into a shell filled with herbs, spices, garlic and a touch of breadcrumbs and oven bake
• Yaworski Potato Pierogi
  from omis polish grandmothers side: potato filled peerages sauteed in a polish wine or booze - ernest look it up with seasonings, bacon and onion
• Smoked Oysters/Clams
  traditional smoked new england fish dependent upon availability, smoked in seasonings
• Vegetarian Mushroom Schnitzel Bites
  fresh shitake or portabella mushrooms enveloped with herbs, spices and breadcrumbs sautéed in butter in a unique twist of a classic schnitzel
• Fresh Fruit
  a variety of fresh fruit that varies depending on availability, with an adirondack presentation
• Adirondack Alps Fondue
  primarily for our lodging guest arrivals - choose chocolate or cheese
• Adirondack Alps Dips
  this does not refer to the staff but chef cathy hohmeyers incredible knack to conjure up a host of unique dips. examples include: salmon & cucumber - bavarian smoked wursts -adirondack hunters pate

• Old World Marinated Cucumber Salad
• Hearts of Artichokes in Gorgonzola Salad
• Cathy's Adirondack Garden Salad
• Omi's Tomaten & Bean Salad

• Elsbeths Famous Chicken & Dumpling Soup
• Vegetable Beef Soup
• Vegetable Soup
• Curried Leak Soup
• Adirondack Hunter's Soup
• Adirondack Alps Onion Soup
• Adirondack Fish Suppe

• Blau Friorelle
  from ernest's side of the family with a well known adirondack fish. filleting fresh trout, slowly simmering in riesling wine bullion with fresh herbs and spices the combination of which turns the trout blue. it is finished off with an old recipe mustard and horseradish sauce
• Salmon in Parchment
  fresh salmon, filleted with herbs, spices and a dash of pesto. it is then wrapped in parchment that scintillates the juices, as it is oven baked
• Omi's Fish Suppe
  a classic that warms your heart - and palette yet light and spicy. a collection of filleted to hand cut pieces of varied fresh fish that is simmered in vegetables with natural peppers and a splash of riesling wine & some other goodies from omi hohmeyer
• Adirondack Wind Surf & Old World Turf
  combining the evening's fresh fish selection with the evening's old world roast selection
• Tilapia Rosti
  taking a delicate light fish, filleting and enveloping it with an old world rosti by shredding potatoes with herbs & spices, sautéed till brown
• Pike Schnitzel
  a well-known adirondack style fish that is filleted, immersed in herbs, spices and seasonings, lightly hand pounded, enveloped in breadcrumbs and sautéed as a classic schnitzel
• Adirondack Alps Newburgh
  a traditional dish from cathy's side. taking the evenings assortment of fresh fish (with a sampling of fresh lobster!)

• Adirondack Hunters Stroganoff
  beginning as a sauté with natural peppers, spices & herbs, a combination of adirondack natural beef, pork, poultry and wild game are hand-cut and from the juices with lemberger wine a sauce is evolved with cream into a stroganoff
• Adirondack Hunters Stroganoff: Venison Stroganoff
• Adirondack Hunters Stroganoff: Pork Stroganoff
• Elsbeth's Rhindfleisch Im Wein
  once again we fuse an old recipe with adirondack organic beef, from the juices of the meat with herbs, spices, lodge lemberger wine and peppers a sauté is born
• Adirondack Hunters Stroganoff: Lamb Stroganoff
• Adirondack Hunters Stroganoff: Beef Stroganoff
• Adirondack Alps Hasenpfeffer
  our adirondack version of a classic old world dish
• Adirondack Beef or Pork Tenderloin
  in keeping with adirondack organic stock, fresh beef or pork tenderloin is hand-cut, tossed in lodge root garden vegetables and spices & slowly simmered in house wine

• Ernest's Crisp Roast Duckling
• Lodge Smoked Cornish Game Hen
  chef cathy dices fresh pumpkin, peppers and other veggies from the garden to make a unique pumpkin relish
• Roast Pheasant
  pheasant is slowly oven roasted and as it cooks its way through from the juices a coriander spiced bier from lubeck is open flamed
• Roast Cornish Game Hen
  whole hens are served at the lodge! chef cathy roasts them whole with herbs & spices
• Roast Quail
  they are slow roasted in the oven with vegetables until crisp and then an adirondack blue berry with bavarian black berry brandy echte kroatzberre sauce is layered on top

• Adirondack Alps Root Cellar Vegetable Strudel
  based on vegetables from our root cellar, these are intertwined with fresh vegetables, herbs & spices baked in a puff pastry and finished with fresh cheese
• Adirondack Old World Vegetable Rosti
  our rosti begins by shredding potatoes with herbs & spices, sautéed till brown and then a healthy spread of fresh vegetables and cheese is overlaidand placed under the brioler in the final cooking moments
• Wild Mushroom
• Adirondack Alps Dumpling Platter with the World's Oldest Grain
  a great example of a classic old world dish fused with adirondack vegetable, quinoas and herbs
• Vegetarian and Veegan Schnitzels
  n this particular case a classic schnitzel in a unique twist with fresh mushrooms, herbs and spices with appropriate flours or grain, lightly hand pounded and sautéed
• Vegetarian Rouladen
  fresh cabbage is rolled and filled with vegetables, pickles, onions, herbs and spices

• Ernst's Roast Pork Loin
• Sauerbraten Adirondack Bison Sauerbraten
• Sauerbraten Adirondack Boar Sauerbraten
• Schnitzels
  veal schnitzel,chicken schnitzel, pork schnitzel,salmon schnitzel jager schnitzel, ala holstein schnitzel, cordon blue schnitzel venison schnitzel, sausage schnitzel, rabbit schnitzel, cajon schnitzel, mushroom schnitzel
• Schnitzels Veal Schnitzel
• Schnitzels Pork Schnitzel
• Schnitzels Jager Schnitzel
• Schnitzels Cordon Blue Schnitzel
• Schnitzels Sausage Schnitzel
• Cajon Schnitzel
• Schnitzels Chicken Schnitzel
• Schnitzels Salmon Schnitzel
• Schnitzels Ala Holstein Schnitzel
• Schnitzels Venison Schnitzel
• Rabbit Schnitze
• Mushroom Schnitzel

• Chocolate Canoes in Bavarian Raspberry Liquor
  an actual chocolate canoe seated with vanilla ice cream and covered with a bavarian raspberry liquor filled with raspberries and of course white chocolate paddles
• German Chocolate Cake
  a classic german specialty - home made at the lodge
• Adirondack Alps Parfaits
  black forest brownie parfait in creme de menthe
• Lindsor Torte
  a classic european dessert. a hazelnut crust, raspberry filling and a lattice top
• Omi's Cottage Cheese Cake
• The Birch Cake
  in this case a black forest marble cake with white chocolate is fashioned as a birch stump with green crème de menthe "moss" accents
• Adirondack Alps Romantic Dessert Samplers for 2 Hearts
• Special Occasion Desserts
• Cornucopia
  this one takes time starting with a unique batter and hand formed in a piz ell maker. each individual cornucopia is filled with vanilla ice cream and a special chef cathy topping
• Adirondack Mountain Pie
  a chef cathy inspired idea of a collection of adirondack berries with a special sauce, baked and served with ice cream and a crispy, flaky crust
• Marzipan Cake
  chef cathy has taken this traditional dessert to a new level
• Adirondack Alps Strudels
  apple strudel, blueberry strudel, raspberry strudel, adirondack berry strudel, cream cheese strudel, chocolate strudel, peppermint schnapps strudelthis case a black forest marble cake with white chocolate is fashioned as a birch stump with green crème de menthe moss accen
• Omi's Mousse Delights
• Ice Cream Delights
  our favorite is lemon ice cream with praline cakes
• Adirondack Alps Family & Friends Dessert Samplers
• The Spirits of the Adirondack Alps