{"id":2446792,"date":"2019-07-25T15:39:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T21:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=310107"},"modified":"2019-07-25T15:39:18","modified_gmt":"2019-07-25T21:39:18","slug":"ashcrofts-pine-creek-cookhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/ashcrofts-pine-creek-cookhouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Ashcroft\u2019s Pine Creek Cookhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"swift-gallery p402_hide\" readability=\"6.3993399339934\">\n<ul id=\"imageGallery-310107-756\" class=\"gallery list-unstyled\">\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/pinecreek-EAT-summer2019-13-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/pinecreek-EAT-summer2019-13-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Jeremy Wallace\/The Aspen Times | Saut\u00e9ed ruby red rainbow Trout with cauliflower pur\u00e9e, kale, cured tomatoes and roasted shallots in a lemon caper butter sauce\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-0.5\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"10\">\n<p><strong>Saut\u00e9ed ruby red rainbow Trout with cauliflower pur\u00e9e, kale, cured tomatoes and roasted shallots in a lemon caper butter sauce<\/strong><br \/>Jeremy Wallace\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/pinecreek-EAT-summer2019-13-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Saut\u00e9ed ruby red rainbow Trout with cauliflower pur\u00e9e, kale, cured tomatoes and roasted shallots in a lemon caper butter sauce\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/pinecreek-EAT-summer2019-9-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/pinecreek-EAT-summer2019-9-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Jeremy Wallace\/The Aspen Times | Pine Creek smoked trout dip\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>Pine Creek smoked trout dip<\/strong><br \/>Jeremy Wallace\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/pinecreek-EAT-summer2019-9-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Pine Creek smoked trout dip\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li data-thumb=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/pinecreek-EAT-summer2019-16-150x150.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/pinecreek-EAT-summer2019-16-1024x683.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Jeremy Wallace\/The Aspen Times | La Caja China suckling pig\" class=\"h-100\" readability=\"-2\">\n<div class=\"caption\" readability=\"7\">\n<p><strong>La Caja China suckling pig<\/strong><br \/>Jeremy Wallace\/The Aspen Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row no-gutters h-100\">\n<div class=\"col my-auto\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2019\/07\/pinecreek-EAT-summer2019-16-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"La Caja China suckling pig\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"caption-toggle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/eat\/ashcrofts-pine-creek-cookhouse-3\/?#\" class=\"show-captions\">Show Captions<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/eat\/ashcrofts-pine-creek-cookhouse-3\/?#\" class=\"hide-captions\">Hide Captions<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Chris Keating likes to tell the story of how he met Bill Greenwood.<\/p>\n<p>The Pine Creek Cookhouse general manager was then working as the executive sous chef at The Little Nell hotel in Aspen when he received a phone call from a 17-year-old Greenwood who\u2019d just moved to Vail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said, \u2018I don\u2019t like Vail and I want to come work in Aspen,\u2019\u201d Keating said during a recent spring afternoon on the Cookhouse\u2019s sun-drenched patio. \u201cI said, \u2018We have some positions available and if I was looking at you, it\u2019d be different. But \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greenwood was standing in front of Keating the next morning at 8 a.m., and so began a years-long partnership that culminated with Greenwood serving as Keating\u2019s chef de cuisine at the Hotel Jerome.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the duo has again teamed up to put their stamp on yet another classic Aspen restaurant: the Pine Creek Cookhouse. And while Chef Greenwood may be in charge of the kitchen, Keating remains intimately involved in the menu offerings at one of the area\u2019s oldest restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have this culinary tennis match,\u201d Keating says of his relationship with Greenwood. \u201cWhen we start talking about food, it\u2019s like a volley that could go on forever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pine Creek Cookhouse is a local treasure. Located about a mile beyond the ghost town of Ashcroft at the back of the Castle Creek Valley, the classic mountain lodge is a slice of high-country Colorado heaven. Open in both winter and summer, the Cookhouse has long-offered excellent, farm-to-table-style cuisine along with a hot or cold beverage with a view.<\/p>\n<p>The Cookhouse\u2019s latest lunch and dinner menus for this summer are par for the course. Keating and Greenwood continue to emphasize local ingredients like Colorado trout, locally-raised beef, elk and buffalo and produce from Roaring Fork Valley farms.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best new offerings on both the lunch and dinner menus is the Pine Creek Smoked Trout Dip. The combination of mouth-watering smoky fish, crispy butter-herb bread crumbs and toasted crostini is a perfect way to start a classic Colorado meal.<\/p>\n<p>Continuing the hearty Colorado theme, the Cookhouse\u2019s signature saut\u00e9ed Ruby Red Rainbow Trout is another can\u2019t-miss choice. Served with pecan brown butter meuni\u00e8re, fresh summer green beans, pan-roasted marble potatoes and heirloom cherry tomatoes, the dish is the Rocky Mountain summer on a plate.<\/p>\n<p>Pine Creek\u2019s menu is also vegetarian-friendly, with offerings that include organic mushroom and spinach crepes and vegan spaghetti squash. The real star of the vegetarian menu is the vegan potato dumplings. Like gnocchi but a bit lighter, crispier and more delicate, the dish is served with roasted mushrooms, caramelized cipollini onions, grilled wild salsify and garlic, and is a spectacular home-run.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/magazines\/eat\/ashcrofts-pine-creek-cookhouse-3\/?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saut\u00e9ed ruby red rainbow Trout with cauliflower pur\u00e9e, kale, cured tomatoes and roasted shallots in a lemon caper butter sauceJeremy Wallace\/The Aspen Times Pine Creek smoked trout dipJeremy Wallace\/The Aspen Times La Caja China suckling pigJeremy Wallace\/The Aspen Times Show CaptionsHide Captions Chris Keating likes to tell the story of how he met Bill Greenwood. 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