Christmas Menu 2016

Christmas Menu 2016
ANTIPASTI
MISTICANZA DI VERDURE CON NOCCIOLE E MANCHEGO • 18
Boston lettuce salad, baby arugula, frisée, radicchio, toasted hazelnuts, and manchego cheese with hazelnut dressing
INSALATA DI SPINACI, CAVOLO NERO E PERA CON NOCI E GORGONZOLA DOLCE LATTE • 22
Baby spinach, kale and pear salad with a walnut and gorgonzola dressing
INSALATA DI BARBABIETOLE • 22
Roasted organic baby beet salad served with goat cheese and candied walnuts,
finished with shaved beets and dressed with red wine vinaigrette
DELIZIA DI MARE • 25
Scallops, lobster, crabmeat and shrimp with sautéed endive and shaved fennel, finished with an oven-dried tomato vinaigrette
OSTRICHE IN ARMONIA • 36
One dozen mixed season oysters served with cocktail sauce and a shallot-raspberry vinegar
INSALATA TIEPIDA DI CALAMARI CON CAVOLI DI BRUXELLES, CIPOLLINE E FUNGHI • 20
Sautéed calamari salad with brussels sprouts, cipollini onions and mushrooms
DUETTO DI TONNO CON CIPOLLOTTI • 28
Duo of yellow fin tuna (carpaccio and tartare) with pickled onions and micro greens salad
GAMBE DI ANATRA CONFIT CON FEGATO DI ANATRA E MARMELLATA DI PRUGNE • 28
Duck leg confit with foie gras, prune marmalade and quince apple
CARPACCIO DI MANZO CON CETRIOLINI E CAPPERI IN SALSA DI LIMONE • 25
Beef carpaccio served with pickle red onions, capers, baby arugula, parmesan cheese and lemon vinaigrette
PASTA
LINGUINE CON ARAGOSTA • 55
Linguine with Maine lobster
SPAGHETTI CON SARDE • 28
Spaghetti with fresh sardines, pine nuts, raisins, fennel and saffron
SPAGHETTI ALLE VONGOLE VERACI • 26
Spaghetti with clams in a white wine sauce
BUSIATI CON BACCALA • 28
Sicilian fusilli with salted cod, tomato, olives and capers
GARGANELLI CON RAGÙ D’AGNELLO • 28
Garganelli with lamb ragu and peppers
PAPPARDELLE CON RAGÙ D’ANATRA • 28
Pappardelle with duck ragu
TORTELLI DI FUNGHI CON BATTUTO AL PREZZEMOLO • 26
Mushroom Tortelli with parsley sauce
AGNOLOTTI DI VITELLO CON SUGO D’ARROSTO E TARTUFO NERO • 38
Veal Agnolotti with a veal jus reduction and black truffles
RISOTTO
RISOTTO CON PORCINI PANCETTA E FEGATINI• 32
Risotto with porcini, bacon and chicken liver
RISOTTO AI PEPERONI DOLCI E CAPPESANTE • 35
Risotto with sweet pepper and scallops
RISOTTO AL LIMONE E MENTA • 35
Lemon risotto with saffron, fresh mint and topped with shrimp
RISOTTO AI FRUTTI DI MARE • 35
Risotto with seafood
PESCE
CAPPESANTE CON PUREA DI CAVOLFIORI E SALSA DI TARTUFO NERO • 45
Grilled sea scallops with cauliflower puree, cauliflower florets and black truffle sauce
PESCE SPADA CON LENTICCHIE E LUMACHE • 45
Grilled swordfish with lentil and snails
MERLUZZO CON VONGOLE, LATTUGA E SALSA DI LIMONE • 42
Fresh cod with clams, wilted boston lettuce and lemon sauce
BRANZINO AL SALE • 50
Whole salt encrusted branzino with seasonal vegetables
SALMONE CON PATATE E RAFANO • 50
Salmon with fingerling potato puree and horseradish
CARNE
POLLO ARROSTO CON FUNGHI, MIRTILLO ROSSO E MELA • 38
Half of a free range roasted chicken with mixed mushrooms, gala apple, dried cranberry, and finished with chicken jus
COSTOLETTA DI VITELLO ALLA GRIGLIA CON CHIODINI E PATATE NOVELLE • 52
Roasted veal chop with new potatoes, chiodini mushrooms and parsnip puree
SELLA D’AGNELLO IN CROSTA DI PREZZEMOLO CON CECI E BIETOLE • 48
Parsley crusted rack of lamb with lemon garlic puree, braised swiss chard and chickpeas
BISTECCA ALLA GRIGLIA CON FEGATO DI ANATRA • 65
New York strip steak with Foie Gras and Bone Marrow
served with prune marmalade, brussels sprouts, black truffle butternut squash puree, and finished with beef jus
OSSOBUCO CON RISOTTO AI FUNGHI • 60
Ossobuco with mushroom risotto
CARRÈ DI MAIALE • 45
Birkshire pork rack with apple sage puree, brussles sprouts, crispy bacon, mushroom and apple
SELLA DI CERVO CON VERZE ROSSE, SEDANO RABE E FEGATO DI ANATRA • 65
Venison with red cabbage, celery root puree and foie gras
* White truffles are in season. Please inquire about the price. *