Peanut Butter Sundae at Fume

I had the Ooey-Gooey Chocolate & Peanut Butter Sundae at Fume Bistro & Bar in Napa just the other day. Just the name alone made me want to order it...ooey-gooey. YUM!!

At first I was a bit thrown with the chocolate-walnut gelato as the base of this sundae served on a slightly curved plate. But in the end, it actually worked well with the whole sundae.

"Oreo" cookies, chocolate dipped marshmallows (little rectangle chocolate pieces) and peanut butter bon-bons (round frosty chocolate covered peanut butter ice cream balls) are all house-made. A little squiggle of caramel and chocolate sauce along with a nice dollop of whipped cream top this whole treat off. The menu had peanut brittle listed as a topping on the sundae. I never found it...would have given this dessert a great crunch factor.

The peanut butter bon-bons have great peanut butter flavor and a nice creamy texture. Loved the chocolate covered marshmallows, gave the sundae a fun texture and great goo factor.

Fume Bistro & Bar is located just a little upvalley in Napa. 4050 Byway East at Wine Country Avenue.

Peanut Butter

I know everyone is freaked out about the salmonella outbreak in peanut butter. Here is a link to a list of recalled items just in case you have something in question.
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/peanutbutterrecall/PeanutButterProducts2009.xls

I still love my peanut butter.

Peanut Butter Desserts in the Napa Valley

Hello!
I love desserts!! Life is short, eat dessert first is my motto.
So I am gonna talk about desserts that I will go back for again and again and some I will not even take a second bite of in and around the Napa Valley.
We will start here and then head out to other places soon.
I do have a weakness for Peanut Butter desserts...so let's start there.

Redd Restaurant in Yountville has the BEST peanut butter dessert hands down. The peanut gianduja is to die for. (quick side note about gianduja (zhahn-doo-yah) - a smooth creamy mixture of milk chocolate and roasted hazelnut paste). Nicole Plue, the world renowned pastry chef at Redd, does an exciting play on the hazelnut gianduja with peanuts. YUM!! It is so peanut buttery, smooth and the perfect balance of saltiness. The bottom crust is made of broken feuilletine cookies and a peanut butter milk chocolate ganache. Adds the perfect crunch to this dessert. (quick side note about feuilletine (fuh-yuh-teen) -caramelized biscuits from France which are broken up into small flake sized bits )
It is served in a thin rectangular slice portion along with a mini peanut honeycomb parfait. My favorite by far.

Well, that sums up the good peanut butter desserts in the Napa Valley...there was an awesome peanut butter pie on the Mustards Grill menu a while back...but we wont talk about that now.
Please let me know if you have had a good peanut butter dessert in the Napa Valley or beyond. I would love to go out and try it.
Next topic...panna cotta.