Our Menu

APPETIZER, SALAD
SOUP du JOUR
Seasonal & vegatarian 9.
FRENCH ONION SOUP
Brown stock & caramelized onion soup finished with
sherry & topped with crustini & Swiss cheese 8.
DINNER SALAD
Spring greens tossed with carrot, cucumber, cabbage
& cherry tomato. Your choice of; house sherry vinaigrette,
or creamy blue cheese & bacon, or citrus vinaigrette
or yellow tomato vinaigrette 7.
CAESAR
Crispy hearts of romaine, crouton, cherry tomato,
grated Parmigiano Reggiano & white anchovy 8.
Add 4 oz strip steak 8 addition *.
BLUE CHEESE & BEET SALAD
Thinly sliced pear, Fourme d’Ambert blue cheese
mixed greens tossed with sherry-walnut vinaigrette 9.
LEEK & BRIE TART
Zingerman’s creamery cream cheese & Brie tart
in a flaky crust with a microgreen salad
& winter truffle 14.
TUNA NICOISE
yellow fin tuna with bibb lettuce, fingerling potato,
green bean, hard boiled local quail egg,
nicoise olives with caper & egg vinaigrette 14.
SWEETBREADS
Poached, peeled & pressed. Sauteed in grapeseed oil
served with fava bean & carrot with sauce Bordelaise
& fresh herbs 10.
CHARCUTERIE
Bacon wrapped local country pork terrine with pistachio
& golden raisin, also smooth local duck liver pate,
cumberland, crostini, grained dijon & cornichons 10.
POMME FRITES
Hand cut fries with roasted reb bell pepper-balsamic
ketchup, garlic aioli & sea salt 8.
ESCARGOTS
Champagne & toasted Hazelnut-Chartreuse butter 10.
CHEESE
GRAYSON raw cow’s milk, Virginia
SOFT WHEEL goat‘s milk, Virginia
BANQUO sheep‘s milk, Wisconsin
DUNBARTON BLUE cow’s milk, Wisconsin
PARMESIANO REGGIANO cow’s milk, Italy
CACIO DI BOSCO tartufo sheep’s milk, Italy
18 MONTH GOUDA cow milk, Vermont
HOOLIGAN raw cow’s milk, Connecticut
ROGUE RIVER BLUE 2011 cow milk, Oregon
2 SELECTIONS 10
3 SELECTIONS 13
4 SELECTIONS 16
served with; lavender carmel, fig shallot jam,
marracona almond, grape, crustini
ADD, DUCK RILLETTE or ARTISAN SALAMI
served with grained dijon, cornichon 5
SEASONAL SPECIALS
APPETIZER
SOUP & SANDWICH
Brioche grilled Cabot Cloth Bound Cheddar &
Reading Raclette raw cow’s milk cheese with
tomato consomme & Chips 16.
4 OUNCE FOIE GRAS
Foie Gras with toasted
brioche, vanilla bean & port braised mission fig,
gastrique, cubeb pepper 22.
RISOTTO
Butternut squash, Parmigiano-Reggiano
& Chantrelle 8.
SEA SCALLOPS
Two very large pan seared sea scallops with sea
urchin sauce, tabiko, concasee tomato & chives 14.
ENTREE
HAND MADE AGNOLOITTI.
vegetarian option with no bacon or proscuitto 24.
Sweet potato & bacon agnoloitti tossed in a sage
cream. A drizzle of brown butter, Proscuitto di Parma
& grated Vell Dry Jack from Sonoma, fried sage 26.
SURF & TURF
2, 3 ounce beef tenderloin tournedos with
Lobster meat, fresh vegetable & aligot potato
with a lobster & Bordaliase sauce 39.
VEAL OSCAR
Pilard of veal loin with Jumbo Lump crab meat
aspargus, aligot potato & Holindaise 40.
DINNER ENTREE, PRIX FIXE
LOCAL ELK BURGER
Two house ground, 3 ounce mini local elk burgers
poppy seed-brioche buns, white truffle mayo, lettuce,
tomato & hand-cut fries with a side of our
homemade ketchup 16.* add Swiss cheese 2
STEAK FRITES
6 ounce local Strip Steak, pan-seared with
maitre d’ hotel butter, sautéed spinach, hand cut fries
& our roasted red bell pepper & tomato homemade
ketchup 25.*
RIESLING CHICKEN
Crispy skinned roasted light & dark meat chicken
with herbed spaetzle, leeks, thyme scented
pearl onion, lightly sauted shimiji mushroom.
Roasted chicken jus 22.
PAN SEARED SKATE WING
Crispy fingerling potatoes with green beans, asparagus,
battonette carrot & basil-caper beurre noisette. 25.
This is a house specialty.
ATLANTIC COD
Succulent Atlantic Cod loin pan roasted & served
with a rich ragout of white beans & shallot simmered
in chicken stock, finished with wild mushroom, fresh
thyme, lemon zest & black truffle butter 25.
CASSOULET
House ground black pepper & garlic sauasage with
succulent pork belly & a confit leg of duck, all simmered
in a white bean & tomato ragu. Topped with
toasted bread crumbs & parsley 26.
12 OUNCE IOWA CHOP
Frenched, double bone-in Iowa pork chop pan seared
& oven roasted. Served with crispy bacon-chive
polenta, sauteed spinach & apple & calvados demi 24.*
LAMB SHANK
Tender braised New Zeland Lamb shank served
with aligot potato, roasted garlic celery, carrot,
pearl onion with spiced jus & tarragon gremolata 26.
PASTA du JOUR
angel hair pasta with steamed clams in a garlic
white wine & calm juice sauce, fresh chopped parsley
and lots of grated parmigiano reggiano 23.
DUCK A LA KUMQUAT
Pan seared crispy skin local duck breast served with
garlicky swiss chard, glazed turnip
& kumquat gastrique 26.*
OMLETTE du JOUR
black truffle with fresh vegetables & fingerlings 14.
PRIX FIXE
Not available with LIVING SOCIAL voucher.
No substitutions or splits allowed on prix fixe’s
$27 3 COURSE
SOUP, SALAD, APPETIZER
Soup du jour, French onion soup
Dinner salad or Caesar salad
Duck or Pork pate.
ENTREE
2 Burgers, Skate wing, Small Cassoulet
small Chicken, Beef Bourginon
DESSERT
Crème Brulee, Flourless Chocolate torte,
Ice cream or Sorbet selection
$20 3 COURSE
SOUP, SALAD, APPETIZER
small dinner salad or soup d’jour
ENTREE
1, 3 ounce Elk Burger, small Skate wing,
steak Caesar salad, Tuna Nicoise salad, omelette
DESSERT
small crème brulee or small flourless chocolate
tort
CHILDRENS MENU UPON REQUEST
Pre Fixe Menu
Des Moines First True French Bistro
Bistro Montage 2724 Ingersoll Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50312 - tel: 515 557 1924
Open Tuesdays–Saturdays at 5PM