£7.50 per person for 3 ‘flavours’, £2.50 per additional choice

 

Vegetable & cheese

 

Caprese skewers (tomato, mozzarella, basil)

Baked tiny potatoes with taleggio & black truffle

Assorted mini arancini

Scaccia Ragusana – layered ‘pizza’ in 2 flavours - ricotta-sausage & tomato-parmesan

Fried mozzarella bocconcini

Pumpkin cappellacci with sage, amaretti & parmesan

Pears roasted in balsamic vinegar; parmesan

 

Sea

 

Oysters with capers & white balsamic vinegar (£1.5 surcharge per person)

Baby artichoke stuffed with crab salad (£1 surcharge per person)

Sesame grissini with smoked salmon, fennel tops & capers

Baked mussels stuffed with breadcrumb, chilli & a hint of parmesan

Scallop tartare with thyme & lemon

Tuna tartare with pine nuts, capers & orange zest

Red pepper bruschetta with mullet bottarga (£1 surcharge per
person)

Fried sage leaves stuffed with anchovy

Seared scallops with gremolata (£1 surcharge per person)

Sardines beccafico – rolled & stuffed with breadcrumbs, raisins, pine nuts & orange

Fried skewer of artichoke, squid & lemon

Baked tiny potatoes with squacquerone & caviar (£10
surcharge oscietra –or no surcharge for salmon)

 

Meat

 

Olives stuffed with veal & pork

Poppyseed grissini with prosciutto & rocket

Rabbit saltimbocca – tiny chops pan-fried with sage, prosciutto & Marsala

Foie gras, roasted onion & balsamic pizza with pomegranates (£1 surcharge per person)

‘nduja (extremely spicy salame) & ricotta on bruschetta

Veal battuto (delicate tartare) with shaved Parmesan, on very thin toasts

Mini crescentine filled with squacquerone & finocchiona

Grilled chicken livers & onions in agrodolce on bruschetta

£35 per person

 

Antipasto Misto

Prosciutto di S. daniele, coppa, crescentine, squacquerone, marinated
peppers with anchovies

 

or

 

Pumpkin & amaretti tortelloni

butter, sage & parmesan

 

~

 

Grilled pork neck chops

marinated in honey; cannellini beans all'uccelletto - with sage & tomato, escarole salad

 

or

 

Sea bream baked in salt

samphire with butter & lemon

 

or

 

Treviso & asiago risotto

 

~

 

Blood orange granita

toasted almonds & fresh mint

 

or

 

Panettone

with warm Marsala zabaione

 

or

 

Bonet

chocolate, espresso, amaretti, rum & caramel pudding

£45 per person

 

Mortadella, parmesan & pears

thick balsamic to dip

 

~

 

Prosciutto & mortadella tortellini

with cream, nutmeg & Parmesan

 

or

 

Ricotta tortelloni

butter & sage

 

~

 

Roast suckling pig

with white wine & grapes; roast potatoes & red onions

 

or

 

Clam and samphire risotto

fennel, rocket, white asparagus & parmesan salad; white balsamic dressing

 

~

 

Pumpkin, candied orange & amaretti gelato

balsamic vinegar

 

or

Torta di Riso - rice, raisin, pine nut & rum torte

lemon & pine nut gelato

£55 per person

 

Blood orange salad

red onions & oregano

 

or

 

Shaved radish salad

with celeriac, pomegranates, Pecorino & truffle oil

 

or

 

Crescentine

finocchiona & squacquerone

 

~

 

Orecchiette with 'nduja

(extremely spicy home-made salame) red onion, tomatoes & rocket

 

or

 

Spinach and ricotta malfatti

butter and sage

 

~

 

Roast suckling pig

with grapes, white wine & bay leaf

 

or

 

Sea bream baked in salt

 

or

 

Pumpkin risotto

sage & amaretti

 

Cime di rapa with garlic & chilli; roast potatoes & red onions

 

~

 

Gelato cake 'Opera'

Individual chocolate-glazed cakes, served with warm chocolate sauce

& espresso-nocciola zabaione poured tableside

 

or

 

Cassata Siciliana

Layered cake of ricotta, candied fruits & Marsala

 

or

 

Sanguinaccio

 

Sweet pate of pig's blood & chocolate with candied citron & pine nuts

£90 / person - maximum 20 guests

 

Antipasto

 

Raw langoustines, native oysters, sea bream carpaccio with thyme,

sea bass carpaccio with rosemary, little fritters of 'bianchetti' baby fish fry,

smoked swordfish, marinated octopus, baked stuffed mussels,

fried squid and lemon slices;

Salads of avocado, fennel, artichoke & blood orange with golden bottarga

 

Primo

 

white truffle risotto

 

Riposo

 

lemon sgroppino

 

refreshing lemon granita mixed with prosecco

 

Secondo

 

Catch of the day grilled over an open fire

 

Seasonal vegetables accompany - sauteed samphire

 

Dolce

 

Cornucopia di frutta gelata

 

oranges, lemons, tangerines, pineapples, pomegranates

arranged in a still life, filled with their own sorbets;

frozen dates filled with espresso gelato

£90 / person - maximum 20m guests

 

Antipasto

 

Cured meats - home-made salame,'nduja on bruschetta, coppa, prosciutto

Cheeses - fresh buffalo mozzarella, pecorino Sardo, smoked ricotta and walnuts

Vegetables - grilled treviso & balsamic, marinated grilled peppers

Fried sage leaves and smoked, lighlty cured anchovies,

baskets of bread & home-made grissini accompany

 

Primo

 

Spaghetti with native lobster, mussels, clams, tomato & ginger

 

Riposo

 

Blood orange sgroppino

 

refreshing blood orange granita mixed with prosecco

 

Secondo

 

roast suckling pig with crackling, grape and wine sauce;

roasted potatoes and fennel

 

Dolce

 

Gelato cup-cakes in assorted flavours;

warm chocolate sauce & zabaione are poured by the waiter

£45 per person

 

A series of small courses

served in quick succession to share

 

Cozze ripene 

 

baked mussels stuffed with breadcrumbs & a little Parmesan

 

~

 

Shaved radish salad

 

with celeriac, pomegranates, Pecorino & truffle oil

 

~

 

Chifferi

 

with lamb ragu & pecorino

 

~

 

Cream of red prawn risotto

 

basil & olive oil

 

~

 

Grigliata mista di carni, on a large board when possible

 

grilled home-made spicy & foie gras sausages, lamb scottadito, pork chop,

grilled radicchio with aged balsamic, soft polenta with parmesan

 

~

 

Pecorino

 

pears and honey

 

~

 

Cantucci

 

warm Marsala zabaione 

£75 per person

 

A series of small courses

served in quick succession to share

 

Shaved artichoke salad

 

truffle oil & Parmesan

 

~

 

Fried squid & soft shelled crabs

 

lamb's lettuce & blood orange salad

 

~

 

Spaghetti with bottarga

 

crispy breadcrumbs

 

~

 

Pappardelle with wild boar ragu

 

~

 

Roast langoustines with butter, lemon & thyme

 

braised artichokes with lemon & mint

 

~

 

Castelfranco, treviso tardivo & hazelnut salad

 

balsamic dressing

 

~

 

Cheese selection

 

with home-made fruit mostarda

 

~

 

Cannoli siciliani

 

fried tubular biscuits with ricotta cream;

candied orange, pistachio and chocolate