Thursday, July 14, 2016

New Menu Items 7/14/2016

Salami Cotto
A classic piedmontese sausage. Pork, pork fat, and beef are mixed with salt, pepper, fennel seeds, garlic, and coriander. The meat is ground, then paddled along with brined green peppercorns, lambrusco, and carpano antico vermouth. The mixture is stuffed into a collagen casing, hung overnight, and then cooked in the combi. Sliced thin with no garnish. Allegies: Garlic 

Nancy's Camembert
Camembert style cheese from old chatham sheepherding company in old chatham new york, an organic farmstead creamery. Pasteurized cow and sheeps milk, bloomy rind, rich buttery and strong mushroom notes. The blend of milks is not common in camemberts but adds some complexity that is often lost during pasteurization. 

Pecorino Crotonese
Raw sheeps milk cheese from Crotone in calabria. A classic italian style cheese, the curds are pressed and then aged in baskets for 3 months giving it a distinctive rind. Only made from November to June to ensure quality and consistency of the milk, the cheese is strong and sharp, citrusy and a little nutty.  

Polpette
Pork and beef meatballs with garlic, parsley, pecorino, parmesan, and a panada of egg, breadcrumb, and half and half. 3 to an order served in a crushed tomato sauce (tomatoes, garlic, olive oil, basil, and bone marrow), garnished with fresh basil, parmesan, and lardo. 
Allegies: Garlic, Dairy, Egg, Gluten

Rigatoni
Housemade rigatoni (00, semolina, and durum flours, along with water). Tossed in smoked corn cream, which is made from corn, and onions cooked in a smoked corn stock (smoked corn cobbs, parmesan, bay leaf, water) that is then pureed. Tossed in with the pasta, are hungarian wax peppers, spanish chorizo, roasted corn (corn, bay leaf, thyme), lemon zest, and red veined sorrel. Finished with ricotta salata cheese Allegies: Gluten, Onion

Nodini Fritti 
Pizza dough, portioned into 1 oz knots, is fried and tossed in a garlic beurre monte (butter, water, and roasted garlic). Then tossed with parmesan, pecorino, and chili flake, finished with fresh black pepper. 4 to an order. Allegies: Gluten, Dairy

Fiore Di Zucca
Olive oil base, summer squash caponata (squash, zucchini, fennel, celery, shallots, garlic, golden raisins, and sherry vinegar), roasted oyster mushrooms, pecorino crema (sheeps milk ricotta, and grated pecorino), mozzarella, and basil are cooked in the oven. Finished with oregano, salt, oil, and parmesan Allegies: Gluten, Garlic, Dairy

Calabrese
Olive oil base, marinated broccoli rabe (broccoli rabe, garlic, chili flake, olive oil, and red wine vinegar), fried eggplant, mozzarella, scamorza are cooked in the oven. Finished with ricotta salata and calabrian chili relish (calabrian chilis, mirepoix, lemon juice and zest). Allegies: Gluten, Garlic, Dairy

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