The evening promises a five-course menu (£60 including wine) of visceral delights such as ox heart, pig’s head, sweetbreads and rocky mountain oysters, interspersed with insights to cooking with offal from chefs Martin Morales (Ceviche) and James Lowe (Lyles), as well as food writers William Sitwell, Xanthe Clay, Rosie Birkett and Tim Hayward, who will impart their wisdom on the matter.
A selection of wines from some of the world’s most exciting growing regions will also be on offer, along with plenty of opportunities for lively Q&As on a theme between the panel and fellow guests. The dinner coincides with the Oxford Food Symposium, which this year has a theme of ‘Offal: Rejected & Reclaimed Foods’.
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Ox heart; pig’s head and ears; lamb sweetbreads and ‘rocky mountain oysters with a sheep’s milk ricotta; beef flank steak served with ‘honeycomb’ made from tripe and pig blood and chocolate tart with pine nuts and sultanas soaked in pedro ximenez sherry with a Jersey milk sorbet.
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