Sample Dinner Menu

From Saturday August 23, 2008

(note: all items on this menu are subject to change daily)

Starters

House-marinated olives $4

Rucola with shaved pecorino $8

Little gem lettuce with hazelnut, lemon & chilli $8.5

Heirloom tomatoes with peaches & basil $9

Watermelon, olives & ricotta salata $9

Roasted grapes & baby turnips with almonds $9.5

Charred Italian frying peppers with cherry tomatoes & aioli $10

Figs with rucola & Boccalone lardo $12

Warm smoked mackerel, sausage & watercress salad $12.5

Pork tripe & savory clams with serranos & garlic $13

Veal & game bird terrina, pickled ramps, grilled bread & marmellata $13

Pig's trotter with foie gras, bacon & nectarines $14

Antipasto platter (for two) of Boccalone artisan salumi,
roasted garlic & marinated vegetables $20

Pastas

Handkerchief pasta with rustic pork ragù $15

Bucatini, Sardinian cured tuna heart, egg yolk & parsley $16/$10

Mezze rigatoni with heirloom tomatoes, San Remo olives & basil $17/$11

Baccalà ravioli with stinging nettles, garlic & lemon $17/$11

Cavatelli with porchetta di testa & broccoli di ciccio $18/$12

Entrees & Sides

Heirloom tomato & grappa risotto with basil pesto $19

Cena alla salumeria: Boccalone sanguinaccio & pancetta,
roast tomato, crimini & farm egg $20

Whole roasted local sardines, garlic, capers, chilli & cherry tomatoes $21

Local albacore, chickpeas, heirloom tomatoes & mint $23

Braised pork shoulder, shelling beans & agliata $23

Braised veal breast, polenta verde, turnips & mascarpone $25

Rabbit & squab scapece with eggplant, Cerignola olives & bitter honey $27

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Corn with chives & bottarga $6

Duck fat-roasted heirloom tomatoes with pangrattato $6.5

Plate of Frantoio Olivestri DOP Umbria extra-virgin olive oil $3

Desserts & Cheeses

Bay leaf panna cotta with fresh strawberry & saba $7.5

Fig & almond crostata, honeyed crème fraîche & black pepper $8

Flourless chocolate cake with hazelnut Teeccino cream $8

Incanto "Car Bomb" of stout cake, Irish cream anglaise & malt-chip ice cream $8

House-made strawberry jam & lemon curd doughnuts $7

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Selection of Italian cheeses served with accompaniments:

 $7 each or plate of three for $15, listed by Cheese / Milk / Region:

* Montés / Goat / Sardinia

* Blu Del Monviso / Cow / Piedmont

* Langhe Robiola Due Latti / Sheep & Cow / Piedmont

 

 

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