Our Menu - Osteria di Passignano

a la Carte Menu
Our menu varies according to season in order to guarantee the freshness of the products we serve
and so that we can offer you variations in menu choices.
Starter
€ 22,00
Wild herbs, crunchy rabbit, and raw vegetables
with olive oil
Erbe spontanee, coniglio croccante e verdure in pinzimonio
Artichokes and chicken livers
pâté with savoury pastry, parmesan, violet artichokes and puffed spelt
Carciofi & fegatini
Red mullet
in a tartare with chicory shoots, Livorno style, breaded with a celeriac purée
La triglia di scoglio
Cream of broccoli, grilled squid gnocchi, marinated anchovies,
olive-oil and pineapple bread
Crema di broccoli, gnocco di seppia alla piastra, acciughe marinate,
pane all’olio e ananas
Looking forward to spring
mixed winter radicchio, truffled quail eggs and cherry tomatoes with
warm ricotta cheese
Voglia di primavera
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Via Passignano 33 - Loc. Badia a Passignano 50028 - Tavarnelle Val di Pesa (FI) - Tel./Fax +39 055 8071278
First Courses
€ 22,00
Fava bean stuffed parcels with marzolino cheese fondant,
honey caviar, wall-nuts and pears
Fagottini ripieni di fave e fondente di marzolino,
caviale al miele, noci e pere
Whole-wheat butterfly pasta, stewed lamb,
artichokes and eggnog
Farfalle integrali, agnello in umido, carciofi e zabaione
Wild fennel scented baby gnocchi, clams and abalone
Gnocchetti di patate al finocchietto, vongole veraci e abalone
Spaghetti “volcano” with an explosion of baby octopus, powdered
bread and broccoli -shoot pastry
Vulcano di spaghetti alla chitarra esplosione di moscardini, polvere di
pane e sfoglia di rapini
Wood pigeon risotto, olive crunch and black cabbage tips
Risotto al colombaccio, croccante di oliva e punte di cavolo nero
Tortelli fresh pasta, flavours and perfumes of the Tuscan hills
Tortelli, sapori e profumi…. delle colline Toscane
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Via Passignano 33 - Loc. Badia a Passignano 50028 - Tavarnelle Val di Pesa (FI) - Tel./Fax +39 055 8071278
Main Courses
€ 35,00
Roast pigeon breast, its drumsticks stuffed with liver,
red beet terrine and braised artichoke
Petto di piccione spadellato, coscine farcite ai fegatini con
terrina di rape rosse e carciofo stufato
Rabbit
it’s loin with oranges and fennel, it’s liver with hazelnuts and olive ice cream
Il coniglio
Veal tongue escalope, shredded garden vegetables, anchovy emulsion
and capers with a bell pepper spicy pickle
Scaloppa di lingua di vitello, giardiniera, emulsione di acciughe e capperi e
mostarda di peperoni
Pan -fried gilt sea bream fillet, salad of puffed grains, asparagus, leeks
and cardamom scented yoghurt
Filetto di orata cotto sulla pelle, insalata di cereali soffiati, asparagi,
porri e yogurt al cardamomo
Roast rack of lamb, Jerusalem artichoke with coal and
vegetable chips
Carrè di agnello arrosto, topinambur al carbone e chips di verdure
Vegetarian…..pastry
cauliflower and cocoa nib cannolo, mini doughnuts stuffed with
baked beans, celeriac and goat cheese millefeuille,
biscuit with artichoke and pistacho bavaroise
Pasticceria…….vegetariana
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Via Passignano 33 - Loc. Badia a Passignano 50028 - Tavarnelle Val di Pesa (FI) - Tel./Fax +39 055 8071278
The Grill
“The Essence of Chianti Cuisine”
Florentine T Bone Steak € 7,00/hg
with oven roasted potatoes and tuscan beans
minimum two people
Bistecca alla Fiorentina
Rib of Beef € 7,00/hg
with oven baked potatoes and tuscan beans
minimum two people
Costata di manzo
Beef fillet
celeriac tarte tatin, chicory and chick pea
Filetto di manzo
€ 35,00
Beef tenderloin
celeriac tarte tatin, chicory and chick pea
Tagliata di manzo
€ 35,00
C HEESE D ISHES
€ 20,00
Tasting of sheep, cow and goat cheese
served with “Le Mortelle” preserves
Platter of pecorini cheeses aged differently
served with pear-filled puff pastry and honey
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Via Passignano 33 - Loc. Badia a Passignano 50028 - Tavarnelle Val di Pesa (FI) - Tel./Fax +39 055 8071278
Pastry Selection
€ 15,00
( WITH
€ 20,00)
ACCOMPANYING DE SSERT WINE
Walnuts wafer, green tea “Matcha” parfait and dates compote
Pineau de Charentes “A. Jullien”
Palette praline with mint ganache, hazelnut ice-cream and crunchy
caramel crumbs
Madeira Blandy’s Malmsey 10 anni
Dome orange with citrus jam and Amaretto sauce
Kaloro Moscato di Trani “Tormaresca” 2012
White chocolate bavarian, pears jelly and ricotta foam
Angialis “Argiolas” 2012
Almonds biscuit, carrot parfait and vanilla ice-cream
Torcolato “Maculan” 2011
Rice and polenta
fritters, chocolate foam and quince
Muffato della Sala “Antinori” 2011
Fresh fruit sorbets
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Via Passignano 33 - Loc. Badia a Passignano 50028 - Tavarnelle Val di Pesa (FI) - Tel./Fax +39 055 8071278