Warm Fruit Salad

with hearts of palm, telicherry pepper and rutabaga puree

Wine: A Zin is just divine. A Malbec works and a Merlot would satisfy.

Yield: one order

Ingredients:

1pear, oblique cut
1apple, oblique cut
3strawberries, oblique cut
 butter
 s&p
3hearts of palm, oblique cut, blanched
1rutabaga, cooked, large dice
 cream
 butter

Method:
Pass the rutabaga through a food mill along with the cream and butter.  Season. Make one quenelle of the resulting puree.

Heat the butter in a pan.  Sauté the fruit until desired doneness is reached. Season.

Place the puree in the middle of the plate and spoon the fruit salad around.